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MSNBC staffers outraged to learn that “Morning Joe” co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough met with President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago over the weekend He expressed his displeasure.
One anonymous employee said: fox news digitalcharacterized the meeting as “despicable” and “disgusting, but frankly not surprising.” It was said that this was done contrary to the government's prior advice to “obey the following.”
Brzezinski, 57, opened Monday's show with a startling revelation: “Five years of political warfare have deeply divided Washington and this country.”
“Joe and I recognize that it's time to do something different, and that starts with not just talking about Donald Trump, but talking to him,” she added, during a private meeting. , Trump is “bubbly and jovial” and “interested in finding common ground with Democrats.”
The same employee said the news led MSNBC staffers to “hugely despise” the left-wing network's hosts, and after spending two years demonizing President Trump as the second coming, the MSNBC staffer's relationship with President Trump came after He told the station that he criticized his decision to arrange the meeting as “opportunistic.” of Adolf Hitler.
MSNBC contributor Jennifer Rubin called the meeting “disgusting” on BlueSky, a social media platform home to disaffected liberals who say they want to move away from Elon Musk's X.
“Normalizing Trump is a bad idea,” Katie Huang, host of the network's “Katie Fan Show,” wrote of X, referring obliquely to the host's visit. period. “
The employee echoed her sentiments, telling the magazine: “Katie Phan is right. Katie Phan is right.” It's normalization (and it's access power)…journalists don't need access to their subjects to hold them accountable. I can't believe any of it. The obvious answer is believed: they are opportunists. ”
The Comcast-owned cable news channel reportedly experienced a steep 54% drop in ratings immediately after the election as viewers tired of the network's biased coverage.
The co-hosts, who married in 2018, quickly drew criticism from outside the network, with some accusing them of grabbing ratings with a sudden flip after more than two years of stoking fear about President Trump day in and day out. there was. Basics.
“Bow the knee to the King to save your career,” one person wrote to X.
“I got boned by Joe and Mika this morning. After years of taunting me about my lack of fitness, I completely surrendered. This is an interview to show their 'journalistic integrity.' There is no such thing. It's a pure Kiss the Ring session. Disappointed, they and the show are over,” a viewer tweeted.
“This is why people don't trust the mainstream media anymore. Joe and Micah, who constantly attack 'fascist' Trump on their show, went to Mar-a-Lago over the weekend to talk to Trump.” another official said.
Scarborough, 61, sought to defend what many called gross hypocrisy, saying, “Don't get me wrong, we're not here to defend or normalize Donald Trump.” said.
Brzezinski said the summit was the first meeting with a president-elect in seven years.
President Trump later told Fox News Digital that his meeting with Lefty's morning show co-hosts was “very friendly” and “lamented that it wasn't done a long time ago.” he said.
