Joe Scarborough: People Shocked By WHCD Speech Didn’t Call Me When Trump Said I Was a Murderer
Morning Joe tackled comedian Michelle Wolf’s routine at the White House Correspondents Dinner — which included what many considered personal attacks on Sarah Huckabee Sanders — by pointing out that supporters of President Donald Trump don’t have much credence to criticize the comedian.
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough noted a number of Trump’s personal attacks on women, including his creepy remarks about Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and bitter attacks on Mika Brzezinski.
He then played a montage of Trump attacking various women, including his remarks that Rosie O’Donnell is “fat”, “chubby”, “ugly” and a “slob”.
“You could go down the entire list,” Scarborough remarked, “I mean it goes on forever.”
“The criticism of Trump supporters is rich,” he continued. “There were quite a few people that I’ve known and I’ve considered friends for some time that saying they were shocked and stunned and deeply saddened. And they were so shocked by the personal insults that they left early. And then they went to afterparties and had a great time there.”
He continued:
But these friends of mine for 20 years certainly didn’t call me up and say, ‘Hey Joe, we’re thinking about you. So sorry he attacked your fiancé’s appearance. Hey Joe, we’re sorry that Donald Trump said you were a murderer and you had to explain to your 9-year-old boy. I understand it. I’m a big boy. I didn’t bitch about it at the time. But these people who were so shocked and stunned and deeply saddened that a comedian did what comedians do and yet they just apologized for Donald Trump over and over again and kept their mouths shut. What a joke.
“That is rich,” Brzezinski said, though she argued Wolf was the wrong pick for the evening. “I don’t think the media right now should be stooping to the same level.”
Watch above, via MSNBC.
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