Jonathan Lemire

WORST OF 2022: The Praising and Protecting Old Joe Award
Today we present the WORST OF 2022: The Praising and Protecting Old Joe Award.

'Whiff of a Loser'— Scarborough's Mock Movie Title for Trump
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough, noting a poll showing Trump's historically low approval rating, and playing off the title of the Al Pacino movie, Scent of a Woman, claims that Jonathan Lemire has a movie title for Trump: Whiff of a Loser. Morning Joe knows about being losers: in the coveted 25-54 demographic, the Fox & Friends audience more than doubles…

Mike Barnicle: Trump Re-Election Threatens to End USA 'As We Know It'
On Monday's Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle offered a typically overwrought take that if Donald Trump wins the presidency again in 2024, it's a threat to the existence of America as we know it. They can never be moderately alarmed. It always has to be an "existential threat."

MSNBC Already Warning GOP Not to 'Be Guilty of Overreach'
The midterm elections are still over a week away and MSNBC has already shifted to warning Republicans not to “overreach” should they win because “the public would turn against them.” Those comments were made by Politico White House bureau chief Jonathan Lemire to Andrea Mitchell Reports guest host Lindsey Reiser on Thursday as she tried to suggest that Republicans risk falling into…

False! 'Morning Joe' Says Trump 'Anti-Semitic Screed' Threatens Jews
Monday's Morning Joe launched quickly into Trump Attack Mode, bizarrely claiming Donald Trump put out a "dangerous" and "anti-Semitic screed" on his Truth Social account about American Jews and Israel. They bizarrely claimed Trump was endangering the Jews by tweeting about his staunch support for Israel.

Morning Joe Admits Fetterman Stroke Legit Issue, But Then Trashes Oz
After defending an NBC reporter who interviewed John Fetterman, who in her subsequent remarks said it wasn't clear he understood small talk without closed captioning, Morning Joe turns to trashing Fetterman's opponent Dr. Oz. At one point Mika Brzezinski says that "Dr." should be put in quotes about Oz. Facts: Oz's undergrad degree was magna cum laude in biology from Harvard, and he has a…

MSNBC Admiral: Putin's Conscripts Are Like NYC Bartenders
On Morning Joe, retired Admiral James Stavridis, commenting on Putin's chaotic call-up of 300,000 conscripts, came up with a truly strange metaphor, saying: "This is like pulling a bunch of bartenders off of Fifth Avenue, and sending them out to the front lines. It's not going to work."

Morning Joe Cheers For Dems—'Momentum Shift, Turning Point, on a Roll'
The Morning Joe crew cheerleads for Biden and the Democrats, claiming that there is a "momentum shift and turning point" in their favor, and that Biden and the Dems are "on a roll" and have "the wind at their back" heading into the midterms.

MSNBC Hosts Unfazed By Rogue FL Attorney: DeSantis ‘Wannabe Dictator’
Morning Joe tried to get viewers’ tears flowing for democracy on Tuesday by bringing on Florida state attorney, Democrat, and lefty-caterer Andrew Warren. Warren was recently suspended by Governor Ron DeSantis for refusing “to enforce Florida's 15-week ban on abortion and gender-affirming care.” Warren’s response? Acting like a free speech martyr and calling DeSantis a “wannabe…

Morning Joe: Reporter 'Sorry' to Knock Biden Negotiating for Griner
Senior NBC international correspondent Keir Simmons was interviewed on today's Morning Joe regarding the potential swap of Griner and Paul Whelan for a Russian arms dealer. Simmons reluctantly said " sorry to say it, but I think this is an example of where inside-the-Beltway politics is good, probably smart, from the White House point of view's inside-the-Beltway politics, is not good…

Morning Joe's Double Standard on Trump/Biden Saudi Ties
The Morning Joe panel blasts Donald Trump for hosting at his NJ golf club a tournament sponsored by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund. Richard Haass, head of the Council on Foreign Relations, opines that 9/11 would not be happy about it. But no mention was made of the condemnation by the 9/11 families of Biden's notorious fist bump with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during Biden's…

MSNBC Tries to Redefine Recession While Willie Geist Sticks to Numbers
It is Thursday, and on this edition of Morning Joe, barely a word uttered about January 6! The main highlight this time was the GDP numbers being released, and the show’s relief host Willie Geist did not seem too happy about what these numbers represent: America in a recession.

Tiresome: MSNBC Tees Up Far-Left Guys With Lazy Softballs on Abortion
Wednesday’s dramatic edition of Morning Joe involved the assembled cast of sanctimonious liberals seeking to scare Americans with false and exaggerated statements regarding a post-Roe America. For this installment, they used recent speech by a pro-life doctor at a gathering of new University of Michigan Medical School students as a jumping off point, touting how some…

MSNBC Pushes Disinfo About MO Pregnancy Law, Domestic Violence Stats
Tuesday’s edition of Morning Joe catered to lefties once again by promoting abortion, disregarding the importance of the family, and making false claims about certain laws to further push their pro-infanticide stance. Leading the charge was former Missouri senator now MSNBC political analyst, Claire McCaskill (D).