Micah Lasher joins Morning Joe after winning his Tuesday primary in New York’s 12th Congressional District to replace retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler. Lasher says his success signals voters “still want seriousness” from their government officials in the face of President Donald Trump’s administration.

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On Thursday, Vice President JD Vance said former President Richard Nixon and President Donald Trump were similarly targeted by “the deep state.” At an event promoting his new book “Communion,” Vance also said the Watergate scandal would be just “a 12-hour news story if it happened now.” Joe slams Vance’s remarks, pointing to the ways in which Nixon weaponized the government: “Richard Nixon used the deep state to go after political enemies,” he says.

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Obama campaign vet Chai Komanduri on “Mamdani Dems.”

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Congress was ready to celebrate a rare bipartisan win this week after passing a landmark housing affordability bill… And then President Trump refused to sign it at the last minute.

George Conway and Christina Greer tell Jacob Soboroff they agree: this only hurts Americans.

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Mayor Mamdani responds to AG Tish James’ suggestion that he is “blowing up” the Democratic Party after his slate of candidates swept their primaries in New York.

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