NBC News presidential historian Michael Beschloss took the media furor over former President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;bloodbath&#8221; comments to new heights during a Monday appearance on MSNBC&#8217;s &#8220;Morning Joe.&#8221;
During an Ohio campaign rally over the weekend, Trump predicted a &#8220;bloodbath&#8221; if he does not win reelection in 2024, and media outlets fell all over themselves trying to make it look as though he was predicting politically motivated violence and a literal bloodbath. They left out <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/medias-wall-to-wall-coverage-of-trump-bloodbath-comment-delivers-zero-context" target="_blank" rel="noopener">important context</a>, however — namely that he had made the comment while talking about the potential impact of a car company owned by Communist China building vehicles in Mexico in order to evade U.S. tariffs.
Beschloss left out the context as well — and suggested that Trump would promote political violence whether he won or lost.
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MSNBC’s <a href="https://twitter.com/BeschlossDC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BeschlossDC</a>: “A major party candidate is saying, ‘You elect me, there’s going to be dictatorship, bloodbath, violence, retribution against my political enemies that equals what we’ve seen in Germany &amp; Italy &amp; other places.” <a href="https://t.co/Yg7KHdWibq">pic.twitter.com/Yg7KHdWibq</a>
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Host Mika Brzezinski set him up to take that particular path, claiming as she introduced him that Trump was beginning to sound &#8220;more and more like a fascist&#8221; and complaining that too few people knew history well enough to recognize the signs.
&#8220;There&#8217;s that vulnerability that Trump preys upon,&#8221; Brzezinski said. &#8220;And then there are those who are making the choice — I need to understand that. Is there any precedent, or is this how fascism works?&#8221;
Brzezinski went on to suggest that no one could support Trump unless they were either compromised or uneducated. &#8220;Are they sucked in and brought in on different terms whether Trump has something on some Republican leaders or others are just so uninformed — they don&#8217;t care. Is it a mixture? How does it work? Is there a precedent?&#8221;
&#8220;I totally agree with what you just said,&#8221; Beschloss told Brzezinski. &#8220;That&#8217;s how fascism and totalitarianism and — in Germany&#8217;s case, the Holocaust came to Germany, which had been a country where there were big institutions of democracy until as you well know, the early 1930s.&#8221;
&#8220;In a way, Donald Trump has done us all a favor,&#8221; Beschloss continued, arguing that Trump was making it easier for people to identify the risk of fascism by telling the American people who he was when he made such comments.
&#8220;A major party candidate is saying, &#8216;You elect me, there’s going to be dictatorship, bloodbath, violence, retribution against my political enemies that equals what we saw in Germany and Italy and other places,'&#8221; he said, suggesting that even if Trump were to win his reelection bid, political violence would necessarily follow.

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NBC Historian Takes Media’s ‘Bloodbath’ Insanity To A Whole New Level

NBC Historian Takes Media's 'Bloodbath' Insanity To A Whole New Level

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Former MSNBC host Chris Matthews claimed on Wednesday that rural Americans were essentially members of a &#8220;cult&#8221; and would &#8220;vote their craziness&#8221; if Democrats did not show up at the polls in numbers large enough to prevent them from doing so.
Matthews made an appearance during a panel discussion on Wednesday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;Morning Joe,&#8221; joined by fellow panelist and former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) as well as regular hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski. He explained that if Democrats wanted to fight back on issues they cared about, they would have to make sure they voted in large numbers.
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Chris Matthews and Mika Brzezinski on Morning Joe &quot;Voters have to get out there and say damnit: If I&#39;m a young person, if I&#39;m a black person if I&#39;m out in the streets, I don&#39;t trust the cops I&#39;ve got to vote that way. If I am a woman and I want to protect myself I got to vote… <a href="https://t.co/JXRg0kslkw">pic.twitter.com/JXRg0kslkw</a>
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Brzezinski began by setting the stage, noting that the Iowa caucuses were just days away and primary elections would begin just a short time after.
McCaskill noted that caucuses could be awkward for those who are not supporting former President Donald Trump, particularly in more rural areas where he is more popular.
&#8220;If you are not on Donald Trump’s bandwagon, if you’re not a member of the cult, then you just stay quiet,&#8221; she said — but pointed out just how difficult that could be when there was a caucus rather than a traditional primary. &#8220;Everybody sees which — which corner of the room you go to, uh, who you are joining.&#8221;
&#8220;Iowa is days away. New Hampshire is coming up. And Donald Trump, given this conversation, even, is the clear frontrunner,&#8221; Brzezinski prompted, turning the floor over to Matthews.
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&#8220;You know, I think President Biden gave a good speech on Friday. I think he began the conversation about the Constitution and democracy,&#8221; Matthews began. &#8220;But I think he has to turn the corner and go to the next step. The reason we love our democracy. The reason we all love it is, if we don’t like the government and they’re doing something, we can do something about it.&#8221;
Matthews went on to argue that the most important issue to vote for was civil rights, giving a rambling story about the city of Philadelphia to illustrate his point.
&#8220;You know, when I was growing up in Philadelphia, there were the black, a majority of black, majority now, they voted, they were highly registered voters. They were more registered than the white people. You know why? Because they had Frank Rizzo as mayor. You had a law and order guy, and they said, this is the only way we can defend ourselves. You had, you had black lives, this is an early case of that. You have to defend yourself. You have to vote to protect your rights in the Constitution.&#8221;
&#8220;The Bill of Rights was put there by Jefferson and Madison because people said the Constitution and democracy is not enough. We have to write in here our Bill of Rights,&#8221; Matthews continued, adding, &#8220;And I have to, and voters have to get out there and say, damn it, if I’m a young person, if I’m a black person, if I’m out in the streets and I don’t trust the cops, I got to vote that way. And if I am a woman, I want to protect myself in my own decisions. I’ve got to vote that way.&#8221;
He then argued that the 2024 election was likely to be a close one, saying that made it even more important for Democrats to get out and vote: &#8220;It’s going to be very close in places like Pennsylvania, and you’re gonna have rural people out there voting their craziness about the cult, so you better be there to match them and you got to be there. Vote against that. And I’m telling you, this is really important that you vote for your rights.&#8221;
&#8220;I know it is. And for women especially, we’ve already lost many rights,&#8221; Brzezinski said, referencing the overturning of the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade. &#8220;Fifty years of rights.&#8221;

Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate In Las Vegas Ahead Of Nevada Caucuses

Chris Matthews Calls Rural Americans ‘Cult’ Members Who Will ‘Vote Their Craziness’ If Democrats Don’t Stop Them

Chris Matthews Calls Rural Americans 'Cult' Members Who Will 'Vote Their Craziness' If Democrats Don't Stop Them

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Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> unnerved Democrats and leftist commentators over the weekend with his remarks on immigration at a New Hampshire rally. 
During a speech in Durham, New Hampshire, on Saturday, Trump focused on illegal immigration as the border crisis under President Joe Biden worsens with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/migrant-encounters-at-border-last-month-mark-highest-october-on-record" target="_blank" rel="noopener">record numbers</a> of migrants unlawfully crossing into the U.S. 
“They let — I think the real number is 15, 16 million people into our country. When they do that, we got a lot of work to do. They’re poisoning the blood of our country,” Trump said at the rally, adding, “That’s what they’ve done. They poison mental institutions and prisons all over the world, not just in South America, not just to three or four countries that we think about, but all over the world. They’re coming into our country from Africa, from Asia, all over the world.”
Trump’s reference to “poisoning the blood” outraged many on the Left, who said that the phrase was reminiscent of language used by Adolf Hitler. Democrats and the Biden campaign took issue with the words, claiming Trump was “parroting Hitler” with the remark. Biden’s campaign then argued that Trump has a plan “to lock up millions of people into detention camps.” MSNBC host Joe Scarborough <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/lindsey-graham-trump-defense/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Trump was “literally channeling Hitler, talking about poisoning the blood of America.&#8221; Scarborough’s co-host, Mika Brzezinski, added, “Donald Trump, once again, used the language of 20th-century authoritarians.”
The Biden campaign issued a <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/17/biden-campaign-trump-parroted-hitler.html">statement</a> on Saturday, criticizing Trump for the comments he made during his rally, including remarks about having good relationships with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and quoting Russian President Vladimir Putin. 
“Donald Trump channeled his role models as he parroted Adolf Hitler, praised Kim Jong Un, and quoted Vladimir Putin while running for president on a promise to rule as a dictator and threaten American democracy. Trump is not shying away from his plan to lock up millions of people into detention camps and continues to lie about that time when Joe Biden obliterated him by over 7 million votes three years ago,” the Biden campaign said.
On Sunday, Kristen Welker, another MSNBC host, <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/sen-graham-could-care-less-when-trump-uses-poisoning-the-blood-remark-200448581544" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pressed</a> Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to address Trump’s language on immigration. 
“You endorsed former President Trump,” Welker said. “Are you comfortable with him using words like that?”
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“We’re talking about language. I could care less about what language people use as long as we get it right,” Graham responded. 
Brzezinski later responded to Graham’s remarks, saying, “The language that [Trump] uses turns out to be what he does.”
Trump’s GOP foe Chris Christie also chimed in on the controversy <a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/12/17/chris-christie-trump-comments-jake-tapper-sotu-vpx.cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on CNN.</a> 
“He’s disgusting, and what he’s doing is dog-whistle to Americans who feel absolutely under stress and strained from the economy and from the conflicts around the world, and he’s dog-whistling to blame it on people from areas that don’t look like us,” Christie said. “The other problem with this is the Republicans who are saying this is okay.”

Trump Enrages The Left With Immigration Comments, Team Biden Claims He Wants To ‘Lock Up Millions’

Trump Enrages The Left With Immigration Comments, Team Biden Claims He Wants To 'Lock Up Millions' 

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&#8220;Morning Joe&#8221; host Mika Brzezinski warned viewers on Wednesday that if Democrats were not successful in the upcoming 2024 election, the &#8220;mini-Trumps&#8221; would be sure to continue in the same vein as former President Donald Trump.
Brzezinski made the comments during a conversation with Molly Jong-Fast, during which they argued that Democrats needed to do a better job of attacking Trump — and warning that if they didn&#8217;t, Republicans would be able to control the narrative.
&#8220;There’s always the issue. ‘We don’t want to go negative. We don’t want to go ugly.’ When you’re running against Donald Trump, just go real,&#8221; Brzezinski said, as Mediaite reported, arguing that the smartest thing Democrats could do is just highlight the things that Trump himself has said and done.
&#8220;Just use what material Donald Trump has provided, put it in proper context, and give people information about what will be happening if he gets another term. I think that would be enough, and I think Democrats need to pound away at the dangers of Donald Trump, using Donald Trump’s own words against him, and actions,&#8221; she <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/tv/mika-brzezinski-sounds-alarm-on-the-spread-of-mini-trumps-like-tommy-tuberville-and-republicans-caught-in-a-cult/#:~:text=Just%20use%20what%20material%20Donald,words%20against%20him%2C%20and%20actions.">said</a>.
Jong-Fast agreed, saying that media had to be careful to cover everything — and then work to counter everything Trump said on social media as well.
&#8220;When mainstream media does not cover a subject, there becomes a vacuum. And Trump and his people get into social media and they spread stuff. And if there isn’t a fair amount of debunking, you will see these lies go again and again and again,&#8221; she claimed.
&#8220;And talk about spreading. You can also cover the mini-Trumps,&#8221; Brzezinski replied, suggesting that Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-NC) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) fell into that category.
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&#8220;They’re all mini-Trumps, all Republicans caught in a cult that honestly, Republicans that you know in your life, you can’t recognize these Republicans,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;This is all out there, and it’s accurate information that can be used against him that Trump has amassed over the course of 4 to 8 years, and he has given the Democrats on a silver platter. Take it and run with it!&#8221;

Mika Brzezinski Warns Democrats They Have To Stop Invasion Of ‘Mini-Trumps’

Mika Brzezinski Warns Democrats They Have To Stop Invasion Of 'Mini-Trumps'

Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie got into a heated spat with MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski over abortion — specifically late-term abortion — which led to the two scolding each other: &#8220;Don&#8217;t mess with me!&#8221;
Christie joined Thursday morning&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;Morning Joe,&#8221; where Brzezinski brought up the topic of abortion — as it had been discussed at the third Republican presidential primary debate the night before — and accused the former New Jersey governor of being &#8220;dishonest&#8221; about it.
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2024 GOP candidate Chris Christie and MSNBC’s <a href="https://twitter.com/morningmika?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@morningmika</a> get into an intense back-and-forth on abortion.
Christie: “Don’t mess with me on the law, Mika.”
Brzezinski: “Don’t mess with me on how women feel about using the ninth month argument on the issue of abortion.” <a href="https://t.co/VPWNtXEkBu">pic.twitter.com/VPWNtXEkBu</a>
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&#8220;Another issue that you talked about last night was abortion. You and I disagree on this issue,&#8221; Brzezinski began. &#8220;But the one thing you keep saying is, you keep talking about abortion in the ninth month, which is allowed in your state. And the last time I asked you to like bring me the case where a woman walked into a doctor’s office in the ninth month and said I’ve decided I don’t want to have a baby, please take this out. It doesn’t happen. Less than 1 percent of abortions are performed after 21 weeks.&#8221;
Brzezinski went on to claim that the majority of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/46-democrat-senators-voted-for-it-jen-psaki-faces-fact-check-tidal-wave-over-abortion-claim" target="_blank" rel="noopener">late-term abortions</a> happened due to medical emergencies, and Christie did not appear to disagree until she suggested that he had said something he hadn&#8217;t.
&#8220;I just think, of all the candidates, you’ve been the most honest about Trump and election integrity, but in this one respect I have to call you out because you’re not being honest on the issue. We can debate abortion, but there isn’t abortion in the ninth month,&#8221;
&#8220;Mika, you’re the one who’s not being honest. I did not say there was abortion in the ninth month. What I said was that the law in New Jersey and New York and Illinois and California permits it,&#8221; Christie replied. &#8220;And you can’t deny that that’s the truth because it is. And so – and so, look, you know, don’t call somebody a liar –&#8221;
&#8220;It doesn’t happen, Chris,&#8221; Brzezinski objected.
Christie continued to push back, saying that he had only made the point that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/big-abortion-won-ohio-voters-add-abortion-to-state-constitution" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the law permitted it</a> — which it did — and had not ever claimed that people were having abortions in the ninth month.
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&#8220;I’m not calling you a liar,&#8221; Brzezinski insisted. &#8220;I – it’s not honest.&#8221;
The conversation continued in that vein until Christie finally asked, &#8220;Does the law permit it in those states? Well, that’s all I said. So I don’t understand what your problem is with that. In the end, if that’s what the law permits, that’s what the people who passed those laws said is OK, is legally permissible. That’s the point I’m making.&#8221;
&#8220;Chris, you’re painting a picture about the issue of abortion that is not honest. And this is a health issue for women,&#8221; Brzezinski insisted. &#8220;And there are women who are in extreme situations who need healthcare, and they should get it. We can debate that &#8230; But there are not women in the state of New Jersey trouncing into doctor’s offices asking for abortions in the ninth month. It doesn’t happen.&#8221;
&#8220;And – and – and – and by the way, you know, you could continue to set up that straw man for yourself to knock it down because you’re mischaracterizing what I said. I am giving you the state of the law. And the state of the law in those states are that you could go into a doctor’s office and do it. And that’s all I said,&#8221; Christie said again.
Christie continued to point out the fact that he had only been describing the law as it was written – not necessarily how it was or was not being applied — and asked Brzezinski to explain what he had said that was dishonest.
&#8220;Don’t mess with me on the law, Mika, I know that,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;Yes, don’t mess with me on how women feel about using the ninth month argument on the issue of abortion,&#8221; Brzezinski said.

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‘Don’t Mess With Me’: Chris Christie And Mika Brzezinski Get Into Heated Spat On Abortion

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MSNBC host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-scarborough-floats-questionable-theory-on-why-people-like-ron-desantis-better-than-kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Scarborough</a> led a &#8220;Morning Joe&#8221; panel discussion on Tuesday during which he and several others attempted to spin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-mere-traffic-ticket-trump-slams-doj-for-hunter-biden-plea-deal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden&#8217;s indictment</a> as &#8220;good news&#8221; for his father, President Joe Biden.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-scarborough-reads-biden-admin-the-riot-act-over-classified-docs-fumble-amateur-hour" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scarborough</a> set the scene, saying that the Hunter Biden indictment was just the last entry in a long laundry list of &#8220;conspiracy theories&#8221; that had been stirred up by Republicans — specifically &#8220;Trump Republicans,&#8221; who he said wanted to damage the president by connecting him to anything that stuck to his son.
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Hunter Biden gets indicted, MSNBC attacks Republicans Joe Scarborough says &quot;Republicans have been trying to stir up conspiracy theories&quot; Jonathan Lemire says that for Joe Biden, this &quot;is good news&quot; but the GOP &quot;will continue hammering away no matter what the facts actually hold&quot; <a href="https://t.co/uyvv4WYbh7">pic.twitter.com/uyvv4WYbh7</a>
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&#8220;Obviously Republicans, Trump Republicans have been trying to stir up conspiracy theories left and right, one after another have been disproven, one after another we found out – The Wall Street Journal editorial page themselves said, &#8216;No fire here, smoke all over the place, no fire,'&#8221; Scarborough began.
&#8220;Not only have they proven nothing, they have senior members of the Senate saying we don&#8217;t care whether he&#8217;s guilty or not, we don&#8217;t care whether he did this stuff or not, it&#8217;s all been a show,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Well, that show has just been exposed by Trump&#8217;s own — by Trump&#8217;s own prosecutor, a Trump-appointed prosecutor in Delaware.&#8221;
Scarborough referenced the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-reaches-plea-deal-over-tax-crimes-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deal reportedly struck</a> by the president&#8217;s embattled son – a deal in which Hunter Biden will plead guilty to misdemeanor tax crimes and avoid jail time — and turned the question over to Jonathan Lemire.
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&#8220;Yes, Hunter Biden, pleading guilty,&#8221; Lemire repeated, going on to suggest that Republicans had simply been throwing accusations at the younger Biden in the hopes that something would eventually stick. &#8220;Certainly Republicans have, for literally years now, accused Hunter Biden of basically everything under the sun, including that he&#8217;s the mastermind behind the Biden crime family and corruption and all that, charges which we don&#8217;t need to get into now because they were never brought.&#8221;
Lemire concluded that was &#8220;good news&#8221; — the fact that he had not been charged with anything that could be directly tied to his father — but Lemire agreed that the investigations into Hunter Biden on other matters were still likely to continue: Republicans, he said, &#8220;will continue hammering away no matter what the facts actually hold.&#8221;

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‘Morning Joe’ Panel Spins Hunter Indictment As ‘Good News’ For Joe Biden

'Morning Joe' Panel Spins Hunter Indictment As 'Good News' For Joe Biden

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MSNBC host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-scarborough-reads-biden-admin-the-riot-act-over-classified-docs-fumble-amateur-hour" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Scarborough</a> said that Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gov-abbott-deploys-special-national-guard-force-to-southern-border-ahead-of-expected-illegal-immigrant-surge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Greg Abbott&#8217;s</a> negligence (R-TX) was to blame for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-need-everybody-hero-cop-called-for-backup-before-taking-on-texas-mall-shooter-alone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shooting</a> that took place on Saturday at an outlet mall in his state — and another deadly incident involving a man who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/police-identify-suspect-accused-of-mowing-over-18-people-near-border-has-extensive-criminal-record" target="_blank" rel="noopener">drove a vehicle</a> into a crowd of migrants — arguing that Abbott was &#8220;refusing&#8221; to protect Texans.
Scarborough and his cohost Mika Brzezinski addressed the weekend&#8217;s violence on Monday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;Morning Joe,&#8221; beginning with an editorial sent to the governor by The Dallas Morning News editorial board.
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&quot;There is a sickness in the state of Texas and that sickness starts at the very top with Greg Abbott, who refuses to protect little children&#8230;whether it&#39;s at school or church or shopping malls or even inside their own homes.&quot; &#8212;<a href="https://twitter.com/JoeNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@joenbc</a> <a href="https://t.co/LC5Z6yAprT">pic.twitter.com/LC5Z6yAprT</a>
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The letter <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2023/05/07/gov-abbott-you-must-act-on-gun-violence/">called</a> on Abbott to take action on gun violence, claiming it was not &#8220;conservative&#8221; to not act when there was a problem, saying, &#8220;You must speak to the terrible imbalance that you and Republican leaders have created between the individual liberty of nearly unrestricted ownership of the most powerful rifles and guns versus the increasing decline in society’s ability to function without constant fear of violent death.&#8221;
Scarborough immediately launched his attack on Abbott as well, saying, &#8220;You have a group of migrants being run down and killed here. The U.S. has by far the highest child and teen firearm mortality rate among poor countries. Our little children are being slaughtered. And Greg Abbott has nothing to say about it. He just wants to change the subject.&#8221;
Scarborough went on to claim that Abbott, after such acts of violence, was more interested in the alleged perpetrator&#8217;s immigration status than he was in how the individual was able to get his hands on a firearm.
&#8220;So is it any surprise that we have migrants being run over with this sort of lack of leadership, the sort of cynicism, this sort of hatred in Texas? Is it any surprise that we have migrants, on Sunday morning, some of them probably going to church, getting run over while they’re waiting for a bus, or that we have a neo-Nazi sympathizers, possible white supremacists going to malls to gun down other people?&#8221; he continued.
Scarborough finished with a direct accusation, saying, &#8220;There is a sickness in the state of Texas, and that sickness starts at the very top with Greg Abbott, who refuses to protect little children in the state of Texas, whether it’s at school or whether it’s his church or whether it’s at shopping malls or even inside their own homes.&#8221;

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Joe Scarborough Blames Greg Abbott For Mall Shooting And More

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MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski offered a rare bit of praise on Tuesday to Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, saying that she could find nothing to criticize about his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-rebuffs-russian-reporter-asking-about-ukraine-aid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent interaction</a> with a Russian journalist.
Brzezinski opened a segment during Tuesday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-scarborough-uses-holocaust-remembrance-day-to-say-2022-midterms-are-about-republicans-turning-to-neo-fascism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Morning Joe</a>&#8221; with comments about McCarthy&#8217;s trip to Israel, paying particular attention to his testy exchange with a Russian reporter during a press conference.
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A rare bit of praise for <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerMcCarthy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpeakerMcCarthy</a> from <a href="https://twitter.com/morningmika?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@morningmika</a>. <a href="https://t.co/sfD6UrUdp2">pic.twitter.com/sfD6UrUdp2</a>
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&#8220;I just want to jump ahead to our B block for a second — did you see Kevin McCarthy on Ukraine?&#8221; Brzezinski asked.
&#8220;Yes, very strong, a Russian reporter sort of challenged him on the American support for Ukraine,&#8221; co-host Willie Geist agreed. &#8220;And Speaker McCarthy went back hard at this Russian reporter.&#8221;
&#8220;Slow clap,&#8221; Brzezinski continued, adding, &#8220;It was really actually his best moment as speaker of the House. Nothing bad to say about that, It was a really — we&#8217;ll get to it, have a bigger conversation about the state of the war in Ukraine. But the speaker of the House really planting a flag on what needed to be said on that side.&#8221;
During the exchange Brzezinski highlighted, a Russian reporter challenged McCarthy to address the amount of aid the United States has provided to Ukraine.
&#8220;We know that you don’t support the current unlimited and uncontrolled supplies of weaponry and aid to Ukraine. So can you comment? Is it possible, if in the near future the U.S. policy regarding sending weaponry to Ukraine will change?&#8221; the reporter asked.
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Prior to the 2022 midterm elections, McCarthy warned that he was not in favor of sending a &#8220;blank check&#8221; to Ukraine, but he has voted several times in favor of specific aid packages.

SEE IT: Liberal ‘Morning Joe’ Host Praises Republican House Speaker

SEE IT: Liberal 'Morning Joe' Host Praises Republican House Speaker

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cnn">CNN</a> is in secret talks to poach the husband and wife “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/morning-joe">Morning Joe</a>” team from rival liberal news network <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/msnbc">MSNBC</a>, according to a report.
CNN’s already <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-ratings-collapse-fox-news-dominates-again">dismal ratings</a> have continued their freefall under new boss Chris Licht, who took over in February for scandalized Jeff Zucker. Licht, who is a former executive producer at MSNBC and also a former CBS News veteran, is reportedly aiming to shore up the morning roster with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-scarborough">Joe Scarborough</a> and Mika Brzezinski, according to <a href="https://radaronline.com/p/cnn-joe-scarborough-mika-brzezinski-poaching-msnbc/">RadarOnline</a>.
“When CBS hired Chris, he wanted to hire Joe and Mika to head up his morning show instead of Gayle King,” a source told the outlet. “Joe and Mika were into it, but they couldn’t get out of their deal with NBC. Now Chris is pulling the same trick again as he starts his new job at CNN hoping this time, he will be able to pull it off.”
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CNN&#39;s new boss Chris Licht is wooing Morning Joe stars Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski to join the ailing network as he prepares to wield ax to &#39;fix morning and primetime programing&#39; <a href="https://t.co/sL1GjL5Exn">https://t.co/sL1GjL5Exn</a>
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Scarborough, a former Republican congressman from Florida who has become increasingly liberal, and Brzezinski, the daughter of President Carter’s national security adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, have teamed up for their show since 2007. Although both were married to other people when the show began, they later left their spouses and were married in 2018.
Although its ratings are dwarfed by “Fox &amp; Friends,” “Morning Joe,” which airs from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. ET, is considered influential among Beltway liberals.
It is not known how much NBC pays the couple, but <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2013/10/11/joe-scarborough-divorce-settlement-salary-morning-joe-msnbc/">Scarborough reportedly earned $5 million per year</a> from the show nearly a decade ago, according to records from his divorce.
Peeling the duo away from MSNBC won’t be easy, a source told RadarOnline.
&#8220;It is unlikely MSNBC will let them out of their contract, but Chris is a patient man,” the source said.
Licht was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-cnn-boss-doesnt-want-staffers-saying-the-big-lie-report">appointed president</a> of CNN in February, after longtime chief Jeff Zucker was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-blasted-after-zucker-resigns-over-relationship-with-colleague-industry-insiders-suggest-more-to-story">ousted for hiding an affair</a> he had with a woman he hired and repeatedly promoted. Zucker and his paramour were also <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/02/the-zucker-cuomo-saga-just-got-even-messier">accused of scheming</a> with then-Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) to burnish his image as a leader during the COVID pandemic. But their efforts backfired spectacularly when Cuomo’s brother and CNN anchor Chris Cuomo became entangled in his brother’s sexual harassment scandal. The network <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-cuomo-was-fired-after-cnn-learned-of-alleged-sex-assault-during-lunch-in-his-office-report">fired him</a>, and he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-cuomo-demands-125-million-from-cnn-cuomos-journalistic-integrity-unjustifiably-smeared">sued for $125 million</a>.
Licht has signaled he wants to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-might-dump-overtly-partisan-talent-report">revamp the network and get rid</a> of its most hyper-partisan, liberal talent. Pressure to get back to CNN’s roots as a bastion of straight news is believed to be coming from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-would-like-to-see-cnn-evolve-back-to-doing-news-actually-have-journalists-incoming-top-shareholder">John Malone</a>, a key shareholder in CNN’s parent company.
“We will reimagine our morning show leveraging our correspondents and unmatched resources in the U.S. and around the world to provide news that viewers need to know as they start their day,” Licht said.

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MSNBC&#8217;s Joe Scarborough said Monday that Catholics should &#8220;thank God&#8221; that pro-abortion House Speaker Nancy Pelosi remained Catholic through the church&#8217;s &#8220;torrent of the most grotesque sins imaginable.&#8221;
Scarborough weighed in on Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nancy-pelosi-banned-from-receiving-communion-over-her-abortion-stances">ban on Pelosi receiving communion</a> due to her outspoken pro-abortion advocacy. Cordileone informed Pelosi that she was no longer to receive communion on Friday.
Co-host Mika Brzezinski described Pelosi as a &#8220;staunch Catholic,&#8221; saying, that &#8220;because of her stance on abortion, they&#8217;ve banned her,&#8221; with a laugh.
&#8220;The priests in the Catholic Church really do have a lot of room to stand on their high horse and be self-righteous towards parishioners who have been faithful parishioners for decades,&#8221; Scarborough said, &#8220;who actually stayed through a crisis where priests abused thousands and thousands of children and passed children around from one church to another church from one diocese to another diocese, it went all the way up to the top, and they are being self-righteous and telling Nancy Pelosi that she can&#8217;t take communion?&#8221;
&#8220;They should thank God that Nancy Pelosi has remained a Catholic through their torrent of the most grotesque sins imaginable,&#8221; Scarborough added.
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“In light of my responsibility as the Archbishop of San Francisco … I am hereby notifying you that you are not to present yourself for Holy Communion and, should you do so, you are not to be admitted to Holy Communion, until such time as you publicly repudiate your advocacy for the legitimacy of abortion and confess and receive absolution of this grave sin in the sacrament of Penance,” Cordileone said in a Friday letter to Pelosi.
“This fundamental moral truth has consequences for Catholics in how they live their lives, especially those entrusted with promoting and protecting the public good of society,” the archbishop said. “Pope St. John Paul II was also quite consistent in upholding this constant teaching of the Church, and frequently reminded us that ‘those who are directly involved in lawmaking bodies have a ‘grave and clear obligation to oppose’ any law that attacks human life.”
Pelosi has been repeatedly criticized in the past for touting her Catholicism in connection to her pro-abortion stances, though Catholic doctrine <a href="http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s2c2a5.htm">teaches</a> that abortion is “a crime against human life.”
Discussing whether Catholic priests have ever given her any “difficulties” in receiving communion, Pelosi described herself in 2018 as a “regular communicant.”
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MSNBC Host: Catholics Should ‘Thank God’ Pelosi Stayed With The Church Through ‘Torrent Of The Most Grotesque Sins’

MSNBC Host: Catholics Should 'Thank God' Pelosi Stayed With The Church Through 'Torrent Of The Most Grotesque Sins'

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MSNBC host Joe Scarborough ripped into Congressional Democrats for pushing ahead with the largely-symbolic vote to &#8220;codify&#8221; the provisions of the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade, arguing that they should be focused on getting things done rather than &#8220;virtue-signaling.&#8221;
Scarborough said that a majority of Americans supported at least some access to abortion — but that the Democrats had pushed ahead with the Women&#8217;s Health Protection Act that would expand access and guarantee a woman&#8217;s right to abortion through all nine months of pregnancy and for virtually any reason.
Broadening the bill to expand abortion access, Scarborough argued, was what had guaranteed its defeat — and he wondered why Democrats wouldn&#8217;t have adopted a more moderate stance in order to broaden its appeal. He argued that might have kept Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) — <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/democrat-joe-manchin-to-oppose-partys-abortion-bill/">the lone Democrat &#8220;no&#8221; vote</a> on the WHPA — on board as well as attracting some Republicans like Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK).
&#8220;I guarantee you, you put together everything that’s in this bill, it ain’t 70%. It’s not supported by 70%. You know, but again, Roe, we know it has that 70% support. Why not have a bipartisan bill? Why not have a bill that 70% of Americans support?&#8221;
John Heileman asked whether it might have been a strategic move, noting that the Senate could push a more moderate bill with bipartisan support closer to the midterm elections in November.
&#8220;The story of this Democratic Congress, thus far, is wildly overshooting the mark. And getting nothing from it,&#8221; Scarborough complained.
&#8220;Well, they want to know where people stand,&#8221; co-host Mika Brzezinski replied, pointing out Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer&#8217;s reasoning for <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/schumer-senate-democrats-will-force-a-vote-on-abortion-law-next-week/">forcing the vote</a>.
&#8220;You know, the time for virtue-signaling is over. They don’t have many legislative days left,&#8221; Scarborough pushed back, arguing that a vote <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/manchin-destroys-senate-abortion-bill-make-no-mistake-it-is-not-roe-v-wade-codification/">they knew was doomed</a> from the start was a waste of valuable time.
&#8220;They could go to Joe Manchin and say, we need a $1.75 trillion bill. Joe Manchin said, &#8216;I’ll give you a $1.75 trillion bill.&#8217; I want to — and nobody ever says this because they always like sticking horns on Joe Manchin who, by the way, Democrats should all, like, send him, like, I don’t know — a box of chocolate, perhaps, for standing in the way of a $6 trillion bill, flooding this inflation, like, torn economy with a $6 trillion or $3 trillion,&#8221; Scarborough continued.
&#8220;It is never enough,&#8221; Scarborough continued. &#8220;When the Republicans are saying, yeah, we’ll sign on to this. Good is never good enough. Again, Democrats are left with nothing, and they’re running out of time.&#8221;

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Joe Scarborough Slams Democrat Congress For Taking Doomed ‘Symbolic’ Abortion Vote Instead Of Getting Things Done

Joe Scarborough Slams Democrat Congress For Taking Doomed 'Symbolic' Vote On Roe

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MSNBC host Joe Scarborough claimed on Wednesday that the upcoming midterm elections were not going to be a referendum on President Joe Biden, the Democrats in control of Congress, or the continuing rise of inflation.
Rather, Scarborough argued — against the backdrop of Holocaust Remembrance Day — that the real <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/democrats-heading-for-2022-wipeout-attempt-to-make-trump-villain-again/">referendum</a> was going to be what played out in the Republican primaries as voters determined whether they wanted to move in a &#8220;more neofascist direction.&#8221;
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&#8220;Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. And it seems to me, for most of our lives, most of our adult lives, whenever there was Holocaust Remembrance Day, we were looking at black and white photos, trying to figure out how madness spread across Germany and the rest of the continent the way it did that would lead to such grave tragedies,&#8221; Scarborough began. &#8220;How one man would be responsible for each evil and influence so many others. These pictures are actually historic reminders and unfortunately bring warning still to us today.&#8221;
Scarborough then drew a direct comparison to what was <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/so-much-for-that-de-nazification-campaign-nbc-reporter-reacts-after-russia-bombs-holocaust-memorial/">happening in Ukraine</a> as Russian occupation forces, directed by dictator Vladimir Putin, continued to wage war against the neighboring nation.
&#8220;One man’s evil. Just one man, one man’s evil designs on others bringing unspeakable horrors to an entire nation of Ukraine,&#8221; he said, before pivoting to draw a comparison that was much closer to home.
&#8220;Domestically, you see the fire hose of falsehoods that the Russians use, the big lie that Hitler used to get to power. You see so many things being employed. You see neo-fascists, viewpoints being deployed by a segment of a political party in America,&#8221; he continued.
Scarborough went on to say that he couldn&#8217;t yet tell whether the the problem was growing or shrinking — although he did suggest it was limited to Republicans — but he argued that the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/new-polls-signal-major-problems-for-democrats-ahead-of-2022-midterm-elections/">2022 midterms</a> were likely to provide some answers.
&#8220;We will see how things go in 2022. Because these 2022 elections, they’re not a referendum on Joe Biden. They’re not a referendum on Nancy Pelosi. They’re not a referendum on Chuck Schumer. They’re really a referendum on the Republican Party,&#8221; Scarborough claimed.
&#8220;And we’re going to see a lot primaries over the next several months that are going to be a referendum of the Republican Party. Where Republican voters have to decide where they want to go. Do they want to move back towards the views of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher? Or do they want to move in a more neofascist direction, a direction they were going that of course culminated on January 6.&#8221;

Joe Scarborough Uses Holocaust Remembrance Day To Say 2022 Midterms Are About Republicans Turning To Neo-Fascism

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