“It’s time that fascism is called fascism and Americans know exactly what they’re voting for,” said the “Morning Joe” cohost. “You know, I’ve heard people poo-poo this and go, ‘Oh, people on the far left.’ No. I’m a conservative, I’m on the right. There’s a difference between conservatism, radicalism and fascism. This is fascism.” Scarborough … Read more
Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) suggested President Joe Biden is being underestimated, but said it still alarms her that so many poll respondents are willing to say “out loud” that they would vote for Donald Trump. On “Morning Joe” Monday, the MSNBC political analyst weighed in on a new NBC News poll that showed the … Read more
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough slammed House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) “preposterous” comments against gun reform following a mass shooting in Maine that left 18 people dead. On Wednesday, the same day Johnson was elected speaker, a gunman opened fire with an assault-style rifle at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston. In an interview on … Read more
MSNBC’s Willie Geist on Thursday dismissed the idea that moderate Republicans didn’t have enough time to vet election-denying Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) ahead of voting for him to become the new House speaker. The idea that Johnson’s election moved too quickly to examine his record “doesn’t pass the laugh test,” said the “Morning Joe” co-anchor. … Read more
The co-hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Thursday offered a damning analysis of the second Trumpless Republican 2024 primary debate. Mika Brzezinki called it “a mess.” Joe Scarborough said he’d received messages and calls from Republicans — including one leader, who he didn’t name — who all said the same thing: “What a mess. What … Read more
Rudy Giuliani has gone from “America’s Mayor” to “America’s Deadbeat,” according to “Morning Joe” hosts Willie Geist and Joe Scarborough. The MSNBC personalities coined the moniker Friday as they recapped the latest in the former Donald Trump attorney’s fall from grace. “I don’t know if he faces prison, if he faces bankruptcy, if he faces … Read more
MSNBC’s Jonathan Lemire was recapping Boebert and a date’s ejection from a “Beetlejuice” performance in Denver recently for vaping, talking, taking pictures and other distracting behavior. Lemire noted that surveillance video disproved the far-right lawmaker’s initial denial and also exposed the couple “explicitly groping each other.” “When you said ‘explicitly groping each other,’ what does … Read more
Hillary Clinton agrees that concerns about President Joe Biden’s age are valid — to a point. The former U.S. secretary of state expounded on the matter on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Thursday after co-host Mika Brzezinski mentioned Mitt Romney’s recent criticism of the 80-year-old president and pointed to a Washington Post op-ed urging him to … Read more
Donald Trump is gambling that he can keep bashing Fox News, and he could lose the 2024 election for it, “Morning Joe” pundits said Monday. (Watch the video below.) Host Joe Scarborough set the table by noting Trump’s criticisms of the network he once adored in Sunday rants on Truth Social. Fuming over a Wall … Read more
Jamie Lee Curtis is reflecting on being “incredibly lucky” to have overcome her struggle with substance abuse over two decades ago. “I was an opiate addict, and I liked a good opiate buzz,” the “Everything Everywhere All At Once” star told Joe Scarborough on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” in an appearance that aired Friday but was … Read more