On Thursday, panelists on MSNBC’s Morning Joe continued their all-out offensive against congressional Republicans and others who have raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest in the Mueller probe. The majority of the three-hour show was spent attacking House Intel Committee Chariman Devin Nunes, the New York Post, Donald Trump Jr., and others who have dared question the objectivity of investigators working on the Russia probe.
Allegations of conspiracy theories and paranoia dominated most of the conversation. However, as is often the case, the most hysterical rejection of the hated FBI corruption narrative came from the show’s namesake. In an impassioned rant, Joe Scarborough implied that questioning the FBI’s integrity under any circumstances was playing into the hands of violent terrorists:
There are FBI agents that are going around. They’re trying to get intel, they’re trying to get information, they’re trying to break apart terror networks of homegrown terrorists that want to blow up your church. That want to blow up your synagogue. That want to kill you, or your family, or other people in your community... You are only making it more difficult for our law enforcement officers to protect your family and mine against Islamic terrorism and homegrown terrorism that you supposedly fear so much. So just stop it. Get out of their way.
Scarborough punctuated his tirade with the demand: “Just stop with your conspiracy theories because you are making America less safe.”
“Hope it’s worth it to you,” co-host Mika Brzezinski chided.
The panelists also attempted some retroactive damage control regarding Chariman Devin Nunes’s May press conference in which he discussed alleged FISA abuse by Justice Department officials. Though none of Nunes’s allegations were mentioned and the content of the press conference was not discussed, Joe Scarborough confidently dismissed the whole ordeal as a “clown show” and a “three-ring curcus.”
“He was lying to the press,” Scarborough concluded. “He had no information.”
