‘That’s Just a Lie!’ Joe Scarborough Hits Back at Fox News Accusing Him of Partisan Trump Coverage

With a raised voice and the passion of someone defending his country, Joe Scarborough went OFF on conservative media critics who blame Morning Joe’s regular criticism of former President Donald Trump.

The MSNBC morning show has long been sounding the alarm about the fascist and authoritarian rhetoric, which now seem remarkably prophetic given Trump’s threats of retribution to his political enemies. Oh, and there’s also Trump’s recent speeches that feature language straight out of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf.

After George Conway warned that Trump is a narcissistic psychopath, Mara Gay asked, “What is that appeal? How do we how do we combat that? I mean, this is a war of ideas, and we should start acting like it.”

Scarborough delighted in the handoff from Gay, adding, “The way Trump thrives, and I know we all know this, is by him saying outrageous things and people pulling their hair out and being shocked and stunned and deeply saddened that the proper response is hearing it and saying, ‘How do we stop that? How do we defeat that? How do we shove the words of Hitler back into his throat, shove it down his throat, and make him pay politically for this every day for the rest of his life?'”

Mika Brzezinski noted what was being said: “Among the Republican presidential candidates, Republican leaders in Congress and on networks like Fox News and Newsmax” have said about their Trump coverage, paraphrasing them as “Oh, it’s so partisan what they’re saying is so Partisan.” ”
No, no, this is American. We’re we’re all trying to talk about the same facts.”

(Some may see this as a straw man argument, but clips of Morning Joe warning about Trump are so frequently played on Fox News opinion programs that their agents should negotiate a better deal. Or maybe it’s a barter arrangement for Fox News clips on MSNBC? I digress…)

“If you watch this show, and I’ve noticed this several times, and I haven’t said anything, but if you look at that screen, I can identify one, two, three people who, before Donald Trump, probably never voted for a Democratic presidential candidate,” Scarborough said, clearly referencing former Bush speechwriter David Frum and Conway who were on camera.

“I don’t want to speak for you all, but certainly voted for more Republicans than Democrats, so this is not about Republican versus Democrat,” he said. “This is not about liberal versus conservative. This is about people who love democracy versus people who, I guess, just don’t give a damn. But this is about American democracy.”

“So this lie that on other networks that this is partisan, and this is left-wing and versus right-wing, this is progressivism. That’s just a lie!” Scarborough added. “This is a fight. This is a fight in the next 11 months, regardless of your views on certain issues or your political stands on certain issues; this is a fight for the heart and soul of American democracy and not where American democracy goes over the next four years. But whether American democracy survives.

“And I do wonder if everybody in the Biden White House and every Democrat on Capitol Hill understands this. This is about the very survival of American democracy,” he concluded.

Watch above via MSNBC.

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