The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics Today
In the tumultuous, paradigm-shifting years of Donald Trump’s first presidency and now in his second, his near-constant lying has become a fixture of political life. It is inextricably linked with how his party behaves, and how the Democrats respond to it. With sharp political insight, Jonathan Lemire explores how this phenomenon shapes our politics based on his New York Times bestselling book.
Jonathan Lemire is a co-host of MSNBC's flagship program Morning Joe, a contributing writer at The Atlantic, and a longtime White House and national politics reporter. His first book, THE BIG LIE: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics after 2020, was released in July 2022 and was an instant New York Times bestseller.
Prior to his Morning Joe hosting role, Lemire helmed the network's Way Too Early show for three years while also serving as White House Bureau Chief for Politico. Before joining Politico, Jonathan was a White House reporter for The Associated Press where he covered two presidential administrations, first Donald Trump and then Joe Biden. He broke scores of news stories and wrote authoritative analysis pieces while covering the day-to-day workings of both presidencies, as well as the nation's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the insurrection of January 6th, 2021 and the collapse of Biden’s 2024 re-election bid. He interviewed President Trump in the Oval Office, traveled with the presidents to the Middle East, Asia and Europe and received attention for his news conference questions to Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin at their July 2018 Helsinki summit.
Lemire has been a daily presence on Morning Joe since 2017 as well as a frequent guest on MSNBC programs like Deadline White House with Nicolle Wallace, The 11th Hour with Brian Williams and Andrea Mitchell Reports, and he contributed to the network's coverage of the 2020 and 2024 elections. He previously covered New York City and State politics. Before joining the AP in 2013, he spent more than a decade at the New York Daily News, covering the 2012 presidential election, City Hall and the September 11th terrorist attacks.
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