MSNBC's Joe Scarborough slammed his liberal colleagues at Legacy Media for continuing anger over his and co-host Mika Brzezinski's meeting with President-elect Donald Trump last month. .
Scarborough, a regular guest on “Morning Joe,” suggested at the beginning of Thursday's “Morning Joe” that the MSNBC duo is living in “fear” with President Trump's return to the White House, per The Atlantic. It started with a 20-minute response to an article by David Frum in the paper. .
“Let me tell you one thing: tell anyone who's worked in the front office at NBC and MSNBC for the last 22 years that I'm not afraid. Anyone who's worked with me in Congress, tell them that I'm not afraid.” But talk, they will tell you ” – Aren't you afraid of leadership? ” Mr. Scarborough said.
“We went to talk to the president-elect and people wrote just false articles. But you know what we did? We as a company The company said, “Don't say anything. Keep your head down.'' '…We did, we enjoyed Thanksgiving. Any warning is fine. But the main complaint is that during the campaign we called Donald Trump's rhetoric “fascist” and then made off-the-record comments to the Washington Times. post. “
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MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough reject frequent Morning Joe guest David Frum's claim that he is “afraid” of President-elect Donald Trump. He responded for 20 minutes. (Screenshot/MSNBC)
“You know what? I even wonder if the people at The Atlantic are doing that,” Brzezinski interjected.
“If I have an opportunity to talk about background with the president-elect or the president-elect, I will do that,” Scarborough continued. “In fact, as someone wrote in this ridiculously stupid and immature series of articles that lied about us over and over and over again, reporters would say, “If there's someone who is the next president of the United States, If I had a chance to go in and talk, I'd be fired.' ''The United States and I didn't do that. If you ask journalists at the New York Times or the New York Post, this is crazy. The people at the Washington Post in particular are reporting, “Okay, okay, okay.” The Washington Post is doing the same thing, and at the same time, it's a reporter's job to try to give context to the president and to give context to the people around him! ”
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“The only difference between what we did on that trip and what the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and everyone else was doing was that we were transparent. We actually told you,'' Scarborough said later. “So if you feel like you're watching this show day in and day out without knowing how the media works, I can understand that you'd be like, 'Wow, I get it.' , hey, it's all of a sudden.'' But media reporters lie, pretend this is a shock, and try to find out the truth. [clicks]Washington Post reporters and columnists say, “They say he's a fascist, and then they go and see him.'' And that's exactly what the Washington Post is doing. That's exactly what the Wall Street Journal is doing. That's exactly what the New York Times is doing. Yes, do you know what to call it? You call it their job. ”
“Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are living in “fear” of President-elect Donald Trump's return to power, Atlantic staff writer David Frum writes. He suggested that (Philip Farawan/Getty Images, Politicon)
“You can do two things at the same time,” Scarborough continued, insisting that he could call Trump a “fascist” and still go talk to him to get “a man's opinion.” Come back here and talk and tell us what the hell is going on! ”
“You know, are all the people on this show reporters? That's what they do every day. They give background,” Scarborough reiterated. He later said, “I'm tired of all the bullshit and I think we should all just get to work and do what we have to do. That's our job and we're going to decide where we're going.'' Talk to the people who are going to do this for the next four years. ”
Mr. Brzezinski denied that his and Mr. Scarborough's private meeting with Mr. Trump involved “kissing the ring” or “bending the knee,” insisting it was a “serious meeting.”
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“To the people you're talking about here, who are still pushing this story, who are saying, 'Oh my God, fear has taken over,' this article is so sad. Good, good.” Brzezinski told critics. “Because you're so trapped in hate. You're so trapped in hate mode that you're doing exactly what the negative forces at play here want. We don't know. That's what causes us conflict. To do our job, we're fighting for what The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic are doing right now, and if they meet with the next president If you're not talking, they will. But we know they're not doing their job. teeth. “
“CNN is doing that. Are we going to criticize CNN for doing that? No, you know why? That's their job! Grow up! That's their job. The only thing that caused this Twitter storm is that we told you. Well, if you will, we'll tell you everything we're doing. I think it's better not to have it, and that's fine, but I just found that in this case, transparency is best,” Scarborough added before continuing.
“Morning Joe” co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough infuriated liberals on social media after revealing their meeting with President-elect Donald Trump. (Getty Images)
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The dispute between Mr. Frum and the “Morning Joe” stars continued Wednesday, when Mr. Frum joked on his show about Fox News and President Trump's Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth, a former “Fox & Friends Weekend” co-host. It started with flying . Brzezinski later told viewers that Frum's comments were “a little too flippant in this moment.”
In response, Frum wrote an article titled “Sounds of Fear on the Broadcast,” a gentle rebuke of Brzezinski's cynicism as the country faces a second term in office for Trump. He said it was an “ominous sign”.
“It would be very ominous if our nation's main forum for discussing public affairs was already feeling the chill of intimidation and was responding with an effort to appease,” Frum said. told the reader. “I write these words with the full awareness that I will probably be saying goodbye forever to a television platform that I enjoy and have benefited from both as a viewer and as a guest. I'm not writing to scold anyone. I'm writing because fear is contagious. It will spread and paralyze us all.”
Mr. Scarborough told viewers that Mr. Frum was still invited to appear on “Morning Joe,” and said that Mr. Frum would appear on Friday's show.
