‘He’s Obviously Unhinged’: MSNBC’s Scarborough Swipes at CNN’s Chris Cuomo
As part of their new wide-ranging interview with Vanity Fair, Morning Joe cohosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough were asked about the pseudo-feud with CNN’s Chris Cuomo. In the past, the New Day anchor has, from time to time, taken to social media to slam his MSNBC morning rival.
Emily Jane Fox of Vanity Fair asked the Morning Joe duo:
Some of your competitors have come out and criticized you guys in a much less veiled way. Chris Cuomo tweeted that you were a campaign spokesman. Let’s just clear this up: How often are you talking to Donald Trump?
Fox’s question stems from a Tweet a few weeks ago where Cuomo alleged that Scarborough and Brzezinski, “have always been boosters,” of the President-elect.
They have always been boosters. Things turned south when trump froze them out but coverage always stilted. They are transition spokesmen now https://t.co/gkW16uMPJ3
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) November 29, 2016
“Joe was trump’s booster!” Cuomo wrote back in June, furthering that Scarborough “is a pol not a journo after all.” The long-standing controversy circles on allegations that the Morning Joe cohosts have had a “cozy” relationship with the real estate mogul turned GOP nominee turned President-elect. Cuomo went as far as to once accuse Scarborough of “Hypocrisy at highest level.”
Scarborough did not mince words while answering the question in his Vanity Fair interview, which was released Thursday evening:
First of all, you have to take whatever Chris Cuomo says or retweets with a grain of salt because he also retweeted something saying that Morning Joe was a racist show. Unfortunately, he’s obviously unhinged by something. We’ve never said anything bad about him, never said anything negative about the show, never said anything negative about the show. But he apparently is becoming unhinged for some reason.
The Tweet in question that Scarborough is citing was from the Twitter account @bugg_ray a few weeks back, which Cuomo promptly retweeted:
I have found so much peace at @CNN @newday! @chriscuomo calls it as he sees it with no fears! @Morning_Joe Racist Propaganda TV! https://t.co/GmW4lNjqXW
— Top Bugg (@bugg_ray) November 29, 2016
Scarborough and Brzezinski clarified that they “probably talk to [Trump] once a week or so,” identifying that they’re seen him twice since the election. Of course, Cuomo is hardly the only big name at CNN to have an ongoing tiff with Morning Joe.
