While most left-wing journalists try to channel all their anger at President Trump, they will occasionally go straight to the punch and just start attacking people who support him. On Tuesday morning, the co-hosts of MSNBC’s Morning Joe scolded American voters who dare, for any reason, to vote for Trump.
With Election Day exactly two weeks away, and millions of Americans already voting, co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski decided it was time to launch a brutal verbal assault against Trump supporters. Apparently triggered by Trump speaking publicly about the Biden family’s alleged corruption on Monday, Scarborough whined that it’s unacceptable to vote for him for any reason:
So, all of these people saying, ‘Oh, you know what, I just don’t vote for Democrats,’ ‘Oh, you know what, I’m just voting for him because of regulations,’ ‘Oh, you know, he doesn’t—‘ Donald Trump, in the last two weeks of the campaign, is raging at his attorney general for not arresting his political opponent. If you’re voting for Donald Trump, that’s who you’re voting for. And if you’re voting for that man who, two weeks from Election Day, is calling for the arrest of his opponent, then you have absolutely no idea what America is about. Let me say it again: you have no idea what this country’s about if you’re supporting a man who, two weeks out, is calling for the arrest of his—you can’t—you can’t explain that away. You can’t explain that away to history. You can’t explain that away to your children or grandchildren. You just can’t. And you can’t plead ignorance because you know better.
Then, with his nose high up in the air, Scarborough finished his tantrum: “[H]ow anybody can vote for him? I don’t care what your ideology is. I don’t care what your regulations are. I mean, two weeks out, saying that his opponent should be arrested. It is beyond the pale. It is un-American. There’s no other way to put it.”
Co-host Mika Brzezinski, of course, was obligated to back him up: “And you make that great point, Joe, that you don’t understand what this country is about, if you’re going to vote for him.”
From listening to the co-hosts, it sounds like this is an election where American voters get to decide between America [voting for Biden] and Trump. This insulting “America or Trump” narrative was apparently the theme of the day, as Morning Joe also featured a commercial from the Lincoln Project that used this narrative to endorse Joe Biden. MSNBC has made its message clear: voting for Trump borders on treason.
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Read the transcript below:
Morning Joe
10/20/2020
6:09:29 AM
JOE SCARBOROUGH: And you know why Joe Biden has decided, ‘hey, I’m going to go and do debate prep for a couple of days?’ Because he literally wants to cede the entire stage to Donald Trump. Because either Donald Trump is providing aid and comfort to terrorists who tried to kill a Michigan governor by attacking her, and saying, ‘well, I don’t know, maybe, she’s claiming that.’ I mean, he’s saying some extraordinary things there. Or, he’s attacking Anthony Fauci.
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Or he’s saying he’s gonna leave, if he loses.
JOE SCARBOROUGH: And- and also, also for people that say, ‘Hey, you know I think I’m voting for Donald Trump because of my regulations or- won’t be as bad as they are under Joe Biden,’ he’s talking, he’s enraged about the fact that his attorney general will not arrest his political opponent. So, all of these people saying, ‘Oh, you know what, I just don’t vote for Democrats,’ ‘Oh, you know what, I’m just voting for him because of regulations,’ ‘Oh, you know, he doesn’t—‘ Donald Trump, in the last two weeks of the campaign, is raging at his attorney general for not arresting his political opponent. If you’re voting for Donald Trump, that’s who you’re voting for. And if you’re voting for that man who, two weeks from Election Day, is calling for the arrest of his opponent, then you have absolutely no idea what America is about. Let me say it again: you have no idea what this country’s about if you’re supporting a man who, two weeks out, is calling for the arrest of his—you can’t—you can’t explain that away. You can’t explain that away to history. You can’t explain that away to your children or grandchildren. You just can’t. And you can’t plead ignorance because you know better. Let me say it one more time: Donald Trump, the man who said that Article II gave him power to do whatever he wanted to do, Donald Trump, the same man who constantly undermines the ju- judiciary, and judges’ independence, the same man who calls the media, the free press, that Stalinist slur, “enemies of the people,” he’s now yelling at his attorney general for not arresting his opponent. Take a listen to this:
[FOOTAGE FROM TRUMP RALLY]
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SCARBOROUGH: So, so, so let’s get this straight. So, you have a president, Mika, who calls his opponent a criminal, and is calling for his arrest. And now, is actually, I know ‘cause he’s called for my arrest several times. Now, he’s calling for Jeff Mason- uh, d- arrest, calling him a criminal, because he’s not calling for the arrest. I mean, this- this is what is being fought in Belarus. This—Donald Trump is a strong man, a very weak strong man, but he’s trying to be a strong man. And again, how anybody can vote for him? I don’t care what your ideology is. I don’t care what your regulations are. I mean, two weeks out, saying that his opponent should be arrested. It is beyond the pale. It is un-American. There’s no other way to put it.
BRZEZINSKI: And you make that great point, Joe, that you don’t understand what this country is about, if you’re going to vote for him. Especially just listening to that alone. But you also have no clue what this country is going through as he hopscotches across Arizona, if you look at Arizona headlines, coronavirus cases are going up in Arizona. Thank you very much for your super-spreaders all across the country. Two weeks out to the election, it’s literally self-destructive, if one cares about his campaign. But also spreading this virus, making sure it surges in Wisconsin, where they’re setting up extra hospital space, because they literally are at 110% capacity, you have no idea what this country is going through.
