On Wednesday’s Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough sought to present himself as the kindly, non-partisan political consultant, saying he had warned Republicans not to overreach after their 2024 victories, or imagine they’d occupy the White House forever.
How phony. That was just cover for his gloating proclamation that Republicans didn’t listen to him:
“And if you go too fast, voters will knock you on your ass immediately. And that’s what happened yesterday.”
Democrat ex-senator Claire McCaskill didn’t even bother trying to disguise her glee, saying of President Trump: “Yeah, I’d say he’s on his ass.”
Morning Joe proceeded to give the shortest, most misleading, of shrifts to the victory of Democrat Jay Jones in the Virginia attorney general race.
The show devoted all of seven seconds to it. Here’s the totality of what the show, via Mika Brzezinski, had to say:
“Democrat Jay Jones won the race for Virginia Attorney General, overcoming a text message scandal that threatened his chances.”
An unsuspecting viewer might have imagined that Jones had sent some racy texts. The reality, of course, is that he sent texts saying a Republican lawmaker deserved “two bullets to the head,” followed by a wish that the Republican lawmaker’s children “die in their mother’s arms.”