Richard Haass
Haass Claims Jimmy Carter Was 'The Forerunner' To Ronald Reagan
President emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations Richard Haass had an interesting take on Tuesday’s installment of Morning Joe on MSNBC. Ahead of former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral, he claimed that Carter was actually the “forerunner” to Ronald Reagan.
Scarborough Scours the 'Evil Geniuses' Redistributing $$$ to the Rich
Last week, we caught Joe Scarborough banging his desk in frustration as he inveighed against "billionaires" and wondered how the Democrats could possibly have missed the "layup" of beating the Republicans in November's election, given the disparity in income between those billionaires and working class Americans. Today, Scarborough made it clear that he has signed on to the project of…
Morning Joe Doubles Down On 'Deeply Damaged' Trump -- Also 'Dangerous'
Eugene Robinson agrees with Mike Barnicle that Trump is "deeply damaged," adding that he is "dangerous," "not a well man," and has "some deep insecurity and feeling of inadequacy."
Sharpton Laughs at Trump's Financial Woes, Scarborough Grows Skeptical
On Morning Joe, Al Sharpton gloats over Trump's financial travails, saying "It couldn't happen to a nicer guy." But Joe Scarborough is surprisingly skeptical about the case that NY AG Letitia James has brought against Trump, noting: James ran on a promise of going after Trump, that her case relies on an arcane, little-used, law, that a billionaire friend of his said that he wouldn't be able to…
Morning Joe: Don't Bomb Iran's Oil, Higher Gas Prices Bad For Biden
On Morning Joe, Jennifer Palmieri, a Morning Joe regular and Obama's former communications director, opposes Joe Scarborough's suggestion of bombing Iranian oil fields in retaliation for the drone attack by Iranian proxies on a US military outpost that killed three US soldiers and wounded dozens of others. She says the result of such bombing would be to raise oil prices, and that "higher gas…
Morning Joe Demands Biden Undermine Netanyahu On War Effort
The cast of MSNBC’s Morning Joe kicked off their Thursday show by declaring that Republicans not passing aid for Ukraine puts them on the same side as Vladimir Putin so, by their own logic, not even an an hour later they aligned themselves with Hamas as they demanded President Joe Biden go around Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and undermine the Israeli war effort.
Haass: Republicans to Blame for Credit Downgrade, Not Bidenomics
Thursday’s Morning Joe featured a defensive segment where host Joe Scarborough and President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations Richard Haass teamed up to shove blame on Republicans for the recent credit downgrade of the United States received from Fitch.
Seeking to promote the lie that national debt doesn’t matter and that “Bidenomics” was working, Haass and…
MSNBC Labels GOP as ‘Callous’ for Calling Out ‘Abortion Tourism’
Monday’s Morning Joe opened with fill-in host Jonathan Lemire and his panel weighing in on the controversy surrounding Republican amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act. They argued that the military should pay for travel expenses for women in the military looking to travel out of state to circumvent state laws prohibiting abortion.
Lemire discussed clips shown…
Scarborough Humble-Brags About Being Banned from Russia By Putin
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough humble brags about being on a list of people banned by Putin from entering Russia.
Mika Slow-Claps for Kevin McCarthy Dissing Russian Reporter in Israel
Kevin McCarthy has been the frequent target of criticism by Morning Joe. But on Tuesday's show, praise was heaped on him, with Mika Brzezinski leading the charge, for the strong statement he made, while in Israel, in favor of continuing support for Ukraine.
MSNBC: 'Mind-Numbingly Stupid' Of Israel To Defend Itself From Rioters
MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell took a brief break from all the Trump indictment news on her Wednesday show to discuss the current state of affairs in Israel. Teaming up with President of the Council on Foreign Relations Richard Haas, Mitchell said it was “unbelievable” that Israel would raid the Al Aqsa mosque to prevent would-be rioters from gathering stones and fireworks while Haass described it as…
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…
Scarborough To Dems: Work on Border, Crime or 'Thugs Like Trump Will'
On Morning Joe, cranky Joe Scarborough warns Democrats that if they don't deal with the issues of crime, and the chaos at the southern border, "then thugs like Donald Trump will. And we don't want that to happen."
On Morning Joe, Richard Haass Calls for 'Dead Russian Soldiers'
On Thursday's Morning Joe, discussing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the normally mild-mannered Richard Haass of the Council on Foreign Relations declared: "I hate to be so blunt, but the thing Putin is most vulnerable to is DEAD RUSSIAN SOLDIERS. So we have to ensure Ukraine has means to resist."
