Joe Scarborough Torches ‘Stupid,’ Anti-Science Trump Supporters: ‘You’re Going Out of Your Way to Kill People’
Joe Scarborough went on an all-out tear against supporters of former President Donald Trump who’ve flouted science, embraced conspiracy theories, and are now refusing to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Scarborough ignited on Tuesday as Morning Joe spoke about whether America might’ve gotten back to normal by now were it not for anti-maskers.
“The selfishness is incredible. The stupidity is incredible,” Scarborough kicked off. “These idiots are now saying, ‘I have the right to be stupid as hell. I have the right to believe stupid as hell people on Facebook. I have the right to believe in conspiracy theories and make you and your family and everyone around you in danger, put you in danger.'”
Scarborough pivoted to Trump after that, who attacked his former coronavirus task force officials for opening up and sharing negative insights about his pandemic leadership. The eponymous Morning Joe host countered that by paraphrasing Dr. Deborah Birx and saying “We would have saved so many lives” were it not for Trump.
“But no! You had to be stupid. You had to believe the stupid guy. I can’t help you, nobody can help you, right? If you still believe in God, maybe get on your knees and ask why it is that your thought system, your belief system has been so corrupted that you follow QAnon?” Scarborough said. “When did the truth stop mattering to you so much that you are willing to put other people’s lives at risk?… You’re going out of your way to kill people.”
Mika Brzezinski got in midway to contrast Trump’s leadership with the impact of President Joe Biden’s adherence to pandemic science. Scarborough was hardly done ripping the intelligence of Trump’s supporters though, telling them to “stay away from household appliances” before moving on to how many Trump supporters say they won’t get vaccinated.
While Scarborough acknowledged that Trump has recommended that people get vaccinated, he hammered the former president for “not showing any leadership” on the matter. He also ripped the “anti-science people” railing against systems to keep track of who has been vaccinated in America so far.
You know what? You missed the stop. The train left the station. Your idiocy that you and the last president together helped kill hundreds of thousands of Americans, that stop was left on January the 20th. And you’re just standing there, by yourself. And look around at the idiots who are around you who were saying ‘no social distancing,’ who were saying ‘no masking,’ who were attacking the vaccine. You guys want to stand there on that platform and get sick and kill each other, that’s up to you. But we’ve moved on. Stay out of leaders’ way who want to make sure that we can once again go back to our life.
Watch above, via MSNBC.
