Looks like Morning Joe forgot to lug along the seven-second-delay machine when it moved from MSNBC to MS NOW.
Back in 2008, we noted that Morning Joe had instituted the seven-second delay two days after Joe Scarborough dropped an F-bomb.
Scarborough went potty mouth again today. It came in response to Speaker Mike Johnson's and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's comments on the video released by six congressional Democrats telling members of the US military they can refuse to obey illegal orders.
Leavitt said: "So these members knew what they were doing. They were leaning into their credentials as former members of our military, as veterans, as former members of the national security apparatus, to signal to people serving under this Commander-in-Chief, Donald Trump, that you can defy him and you can betray your oath of office."
Johnson said: "It was a wildly inappropriate thing for so-called leaders in Congress to do, to encourage young troops to disobey orders. I mean, think of what the threat that is to our national security and what it means to our institutions. We have got to raise the bar in Congress. This is out of control and is wildly inappropriate.
Scarborough said: "He lies so pretty. I mean, it's too easy for him to lie." Willie Geist added "clutching the pearls," like a good sidekick. Then Scarborough added:
"They're lying through their f---ing teeth."
Scarborough pronounced the first four letters of the F-bomb out loud, only stopping himself before completing the word with the "-ing."
Scarborough's vulgar outburst elicited raised eyebrows [see screencap] from his wife and co-host Mika Brzezinski. But she quickly transitioned to playing defense for Joe: "He didn't say it. It was just half."
Scarborough repeatedly referred to Speaker Mike Johnson as "Mikey," and mocked his Christianity: "I guess the Bible said, bear false witness against your brother. Is that what Mike's Bible says? Bear false witness, keep the illegal word out of there, so it means just the opposite of what Mikey knows it means?"
How bravely transgressive—right up there with dropping f-bombs!
Here's the transcript.
MS NOW
Morning Joe
11/21/25
6:14 am ETJOE SCARBOROUGH: This was a guy, I think, I can't remember, was he the one that said that he was going to be ruling by the Bible, what the Bible said?
WILLIE GEIST: He is.
SCARBOROUGH: I guess the Bible said, bear false witness against your brother. Is that what Mike's Bible says? Bear false witness, keep the illegal word out of there, so it means just the opposite of what Mikey knows it means?
GEIST: And you had Karoline Leavitt, from the podium yesterday, saying that these Democrats are telling troops that they can betray their oath. No, the call was to uphold the oath and not to commit illegal acts.
SCARBOROUGH: Once again, just the opposite. They are literally saying, this is Orwellian. They're literally saying just the opposite of what is true. They're lying to the American people. People on other news channels are lying to the American people. They are literally saying, you have to uphold your oath.
. . .
KAROLINE LEAVITT: So these members knew what they were doing. They were leaning into their credentials as former members of our military, as veterans, as former members of the national security apparatus, to signal to people serving under this Commander-in-Chief, Donald Trump, that you can defy him and you can betray your oath of office.
. . .
MIKE JOHNSON: It was a wildly inappropriate thing for so-called leaders in Congress to do, to encourage young troops to disobey orders. I mean, think of what the threat that is to our national security and what it means to our institutions. We have got to raise the bar in Congress. This is out of control and is wildly inappropriate. And for a senator like Mark Kelly or any member of Congress in the House or Senate to be engaged in that kind of talk is, to me, just so beyond the pale.
SCARBOROUGH: You know, he lies so pretty.
MIKA: It's too much.
SCARBOROUGH: He lies so pretty. I mean, it's too easy for him to lie.
GEIST: Clutching the pearls.
SCARBOROUGH: Clutching the pearls. Yep. The fainting couch. You know, it was very rude of those press members to be standing all around. He had a fainting couch. It was beautiful. Beautiful pink satin fainting couch with all the frills. He was going to just [puts on deep South accent] flop over. I tell you, he was so shocked and stunned.
These people are lying through their f---ing, through their teeth. These people are lying through their teeth.
MIKA: He didn't say it. It was just half.
