#JoeScarborough has had enough of the criticism. That was clear on Thursday morning, as the
#MorningJoe co-host was hot under the collar while going off on critics who skewered him and his wife, co-host
#MikaBrzezinski, for recently meeting with president-elect
#DonaldTrump.
“You can do two things at the same time: You can say he had fascist rhetoric and still go in and talk to him,” Scarborough said.
“Yea,” Brzezinski chimed in.
“You know why I do that? To get the read of the man,” Scarborough said.
Scarborough’s passionate comments come after the pair have been criticized in recent weeks for meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago last month. A healthy chunk of “Morning Joe” viewers revolted immediately after hearing about the meeting, and the show’s ratings have taken a noticeable hit post-meeting. Scarborough and Brzezinski meeting with Trump was an abrupt 180 degree turn for the pair, at least in the eyes of many viewers, after they’d called him a “fascist” several times in recent ye...