"We're so far from even where I was when I was there, 25 years ago, just would not have happened. And it is happening now. And we as a nation have to figure out a way to pull ourselves back from the brink. We still remain the strongest, most powerful country on the face of the Earth. But oftentimes, it seems post-9/11 that we are that country in spite of ourselves, in spite of our leaders."
"You think of that day 24 years ago and again, I spoke about the promise and the hope of the beginning of the day that you could see visually in the air and then quickly everything changing, everything changing to devastation and buildings collapsing. And before that, people jumping and running and being covered in debris. And the loss that was so severe and so fast."
"And on a day like today, I just hope that people look back on this and realize how much we need each other. We need each other despite our differences. Whether we're competing politically or in the media sphere or on Twitter or in politics, we need each other. We need to disagree peacefully. We're going to lose ourselves. This is not a war. We're not at war with each other. We disagree."
Mika Brzezinski became emotional while urging national unity following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, which occurred one day before the 24th anniversary of 9/11. The Morning Joe panel reflected on where they were on Sept. 11, 2001, while co-host Joe Scarborough criticized recent partisan conflict, saying the nation must pull back from the brink despite remaining powerful. Brzezinski recalled the initial hope and sudden devastation of 9/11, described the intense, fast loss, and pleaded that Americans need one another, must tolerate differences, and must disagree peacefully rather than treat political disagreement as a war.
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