. >>> republican candidate vernon jones has ended his bid for georgia governor and is now planning to run for congress instead. >> in announcing his decision, jones threw his support behind former u.s. senator david perdue whom former president trump also backed against the incumbent governor brian kemp in the primary. cnn capitol hill reporter melanie with more. we know trump has been trying to clear the field here. does not like kemp because of his wishes to overturn the election results in georgia. do we know what's behind the decision and the congressional seat he plans to run for? >> reporter: this has been in the making for weeks now. met with jones and encouraged him to drop out of the governor's race to say, i will endorse you for congress if you run for a house seat instead intended to close the gap between kemp and perdue because even though vernon jones was struggling in the race, was

vernon jones who was running against purdue and kemp really exciting race in georgia and he pulled out and endorsed david purdue and purdue is a close friend of trump. i think david purdue will be elected and i think he'll be the best virginia in history along with youngkin in virginia. i'm fired up. i'm working hard for david purdue. i think he'll be the best governor in georgia history. >> this is ann a republican in manchester, kentucky. what do you make of what your senator had to say yesterday, ann? >> caller: i do not agree with him. i think that it was just a protest. maybe there was some plants, people that were planted and maybe a few bad actors. but it was just a protest. and do i think anybody in their right mind voted for the president that is in office now? no. >> bill, orange park, florida, protest or insurrection, bill?

former georgia state congressman vernon jones is dropping his bid for a congressional run now. he joined us earlier. listen. >> i want to do for this country what i've been able to do for georgia. let's go to washington and take back our country. i'm a conservative. i have traditional values. the left is taking this country too far to the left. that's why identify with the 10th congressional district. >> ainsley: he was leaving the house to challenge georgia secretary of state. those are some of your headlines. >> pete: coming up, the navy seal candidate who died after how to make training identified as a new jersey high school football star. a former coach joined us next to honor -- no-exit-in-sight, migraine medicine. it's ubrelvy. for anytime, anywhere, migraine strikes. without worrying if it's too late or where i am. one dose can quickly stop my migraine in its tracks within 2 hours. unlike older medicines,

by the way, vernon jones who was running against purdue and k emp, he endorsed david perdue who is a close friend of trump. i think he will be elected and be the best governor in history. i am really fired up. i think david purdue will be the best governor in georgia history. host: that was joe in georgia and this is anne in manchester, kentucky. what do you think about what your senator had to say? caller: i do not agree with them. i think it was just a protest. maybe there were people who were planted and some bad actors but it was just a protest. do i think anybody in their right mind voted for the president in office now? no. host: bill, orange park,

vernon jones in the 10th congressional district that is a solid red district. it's currently represented by jodie heiss running for secretary of state and members of the freedom caucus behind a different candidate in the race and they're going to be at odds with trump and i'm told a lot of members are not happy about the idea of vernon jones getting in with a trump endorsement but we'll see whether the trump backing here really shakes up the race, it's a crowded field, as i mentioned. >> so understandably now, republican leaders are scrambling trying to find some way to deal with the infighting. that's understandable. what's a bit puzzling is the example they're turning to help alleviate some of that, and the football team, the new england patriots. what more are you learning? >> reporter: that's right. i'm told house minority leader kevin mccarthy played a video clip this morning during the conference meeting that showed a super bowl game for 20 years ago where the rams were introduced individually on the field versus the patriots who were introduced as a team

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by the way, vernon jones who was running against purdue and k emp, he endorsed david perdue who is a close friend of trump. i think he will be elected and be the best governor in history. i am really fired up. i think david purdue will be the best governor in georgia history. host: that was joe in georgia and this is anne in manchester, kentucky. what do you think about what your senator had to say? caller: i do not agree with them. i think it was just a protest. maybe there were people who were planted and some bad actors but it was just a protest. do i think anybody in their right mind voted for the president in office now? no. host: bill, orange park, florida. protest or insurrection? caller: i think it was a protest but i think mcconnell ought to sell his house in kentucky because he will not be living there anymore. i think liz cheney and kissinger ought to be routed out of congress. not only their own state, they are the insurrectionists. host: back to ronna mcdaniel, chairman of the republican national committee. her op-ed this morning in town hall, but the awful events of tha

i think -- i think brian kemp will lose to david perdue vernon jones announced dropping out of the gubernatorial primary once polls patriot i think brian kemp sealed his fate not allowing any sort of audit look at any sort of ballots that happened in last election, kind of siding with the democrats establishment over you know the america first o movement with the end of his political career, so nice to see david step onboard with that. maria: you are not allowed to discuss, the irregularities existed in 2020 only allowed to question election if democrats voting laws don't go through. michael liz say right there next hour "mornings with maria" begins right now. . . >> good monday morning thanks for joining us. i'm maria bartiromo monday,february 14, your top stories right now 8:00 a.m. on the east coast, a chance for an agreement, new comments breaking news from russia foreign ministers lavrov sparking a turnaround for markets vice president also saying all right to lavrov's proposal of agreement over the weekend, u.s. said russia could invade ukraine any moment triggering war in europe as state