MSNBC’s Morning Joe workers panicked after Donald Trump nominated Kash Patel to go the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Patel, a lawyer who held a number of positions in Trump’s first administration, sparked a flurry of criticism as a consequence of his advocacy of conspiracy theories and calls for for retaliation in opposition to Trump’s rivals in a second time period.
The present performed a particular video a number of occasions with Joe Scarborough issuing dire warnings that Patel could be dangerous for Trump and his candidacy would undergo the identical destiny as Matt Gaetz, who retracted his nomination as a consequence of alleged sexual misconduct.
Scarborough, the anchor of Morning Joe, demanded to play an outdated video of Patel not less than 3 times, wherein Patel spoke about focusing on conspirators within the media in addition to within the administration. “Yes, we’ll come after the individuals within the media who lied about American residents, who helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections,” Trump loyalists asserted within the 2023 interview with Steve Bannon.
“We’re going to return after you. Whether it’s criminally or civilly, we’ll determine that out. But yeah, we’re placing you all on discover,” he added.
Co-host Mika Brzezinski tried to welcome a visitor for a response after the video was first proven on Morning Joe, however Scarborough minimize her off.
“Hold on a second. Could you play that once more? Can we do a CC to Republican Senators?” he stated. “Hey, Mitch McConnell and Chuck Grassley. Let’s see… Mike Rounds is a good patriot, deeply disturbed by this. He stated just about simply that. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, who definitely stood as much as the atrocious collection of Matt Gaetz [as attorney general]. We need to play this one once more.”
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Scarborough calls Patel decide ‘could be dangerous for everybody’
According to Scarborough, Trump and everybody else would undergo if Patel had been to steer the FBI. “This isn’t solely dangerous for the women and men who run the FBI. This isn’t solely dangerous for the rule of legislation. This isn’t solely dangerous for the First Amendment. This isn’t solely dangerous for the United States of America. This is dangerous for Donald Trump. This is dangerous for the Trump administration.”
“This isn’t going to work out. Therefore, I imagine that the best consequence for everybody is that Kash Patel—and the dialogue surrounding him—ends equally to how Matt Gaetz’s nomination ended as a result of this is not going to be good for anybody,” Scarborough acknowledged.
Claiming that this isn’t “going to finish properly”, he stated that he believes the best state of affairs for everybody is that Patel’s nomination ends identical to Gaetz’s.