‘Bullsh*t Excuses!’ Joe Scarborough Slams Republicans for Failing to ‘Act’ on Shootings

Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough unloaded on congressional Republicans, arguing their failure to “act” after repeated shootings meant that they were “far too comfortable” with laws that allow “crackpots” to buy guns.

The remarks came after a mass shooter killed two children and injured 17 people during a school’s morning Mass at a Minneapolis Catholic church on Wednesday.

After rolling back a clip of one child relaying how they practice active shooter drills in school but not in church, Scarborough, a former Republican congressman, raged that the situation was not normal.

“This is normal? No, there’s nothing normal about this,” the host began. “And it’s not a great mystery. It’s just not a great mystery. I mean, we have laws that are on the books that continue to allow crackpots to go into gun stores, get high-powered rifles and go and shoot up schools, go shoot up churches, go shoot up country music concerts.”

He continued, rounding on the GOP: “And it seems to me Washington is far too comfortable doing that, letting that happen and all these bullsh*t excuses and all the bullsh*t calls for this, that or the other.”

Jabbing at the expression commonly heard after such tragedies, he added: “The kids were hoping and praying. So hope, pray and act. But Republicans won’t do that third part in Congress. They just won’t do the third part in Congress.”

As co-host Mika Brzezinski attempted to introduce guests, Scarborough cut in again: “It keeps happening. It keeps happening. I mean how many mass shootings do we have? It keeps happening where crackpots get a hold of a gun and they have more power in their hand, like in Uvalde, than police officers do outside.”

“Is that really what they want?” he asked of Republican lawmakers.

“This is an American problem,” Brzezinski added.

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