See How ‘Morning Joe’ Reacted to Trump Election Win (VIDEO)
The panel of Morning Joe took to the airwaves on Wednesday morning (November 6) to digest the news of Donald Trump winning a second presidential term in the 2024 election.
Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Willie Geist, and Jonathan Lemire all appeared alarmed by the results, with Scarborough calling it “the biggest red wave I’ve seen since Ronald Reagan’s 49-state victory in 1984.”
The long-time news anchor added that he found the result “stunning,” noting that Trump won “in dominating fashion” and that the Democratic party has been “wiped out.”
“America, first of all, is far more to the Right than any time in our lifetimes,” Scarborough said. “Even going back to the Reagan years. And Donald Trump won in dominating fashion. But he did that along with other Republican candidates in the Senate races and the House races. They’re likely to dominate all branches of government for the next several years.”
A shocked Lemire tried to put the historic victory into context, saying, “[Trump] was impeached twice. He botched the handling of the pandemic. He faced four criminal cases. He inspired January 6th. And he won anyway. And now he will return to office with few guardrails internally, encouragement from Moscow and other foreign adversaries, and a Supreme Court that has said that his power is largely unchecked.”
Panelist Claire McCaskill, the former Democratic senator from Missouri, gave the most damning indictment, admitting, “I think we have to acknowledge that Donald Trump knows our country better than we do.”
“I think he figured out that anger — and frankly, fear — were way more powerful than appealing to people’s better angels,” she continued. “That anger and fear were going to work in this election. Whether you’re afraid of immigrants or afraid of people who are trans, he figured that out. And I think we all thought everyone’s better angels would prevail. Turns out, the better angels went on vacation when Donald Trump came down the escalator. And they haven’t returned.”
Fellow co-host Geist noted how Trump’s voters disregarded many of the objections against him and his policies because they “believe that he is a victim.”
“And they believe that he carries their grievance with him and now back to the White House,” he added. “Whether it’s generals coming out calling him a fascist, whether it’s a long line of elites, celebrities coming out for Kamala Harris, a largely adversarial news media against Donald Trump—he withstood it all. And they didn’t like that. They didn’t like that it was him against the world.”
You can watch the full Morning Joe segment in the video above.
Morning Joe, Weekdays, 6a/5c, MSNBC
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Good triumphs over evil.
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America has flipped back to God and country, I couldn't be more grateful.
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YOUR god!!!!!! He’s not religious!!!! Omg I just can’t with this trash. Trump is right. Abolish the department of education. Look what this country has become.
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He could care less about God and our country!!!
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America has flipped off God. Selling Bibles, this ungodly person suggesting he is "chosen," simulating a sex act, disrespecting every kind of person. You wouldn't leave him alone with anyone you cared about! Well, you'll get what you deserve.
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I wonder if KH will even make a statement.
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A word salad statement?
Now she can be unburdened by what has been.
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only after she's recovered from her hangover.
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Of course, she did. Because that was and has always been the right thing to do. Trump's probably the only one to have not done so! No surprise there!!!
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Couldn't be happier
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Great outcome!
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Trump Derangement Syndrome is a real disease, and MSNBC and its ilk are the super-spreaders.
As usual, the hosts and commentators on Morning Joe completely miss the point. They have been so consumed (for so long) by the idea that Trump is some kind of evil overlord that they can only react to the election results through that lens.
A “shocked” Lemire tries to put things “into context” by mentioning the criminal cases, impeachments, January 6th, and on and on. But these were their own inventions – ones liberals desperately cling to. The American people, by and large, realize that all these accusations (and countless more) are baloney. What’s more, Americans have watched these same liberal pundits actively and zealously participate in the spreading of those exaggerations and lies. You can’t be a half-crazed cheerleader for corrupt officials who weaponized the law against political opponents for all these years and then somehow develop a measured, impartial view of the results.
As a general rule, Americans are pretty smart. The hosts and commentators at MSNBC, CNN, PBS and the rest of the “liberal” media would do well to recognize that everyday Americans, by and large, are much better judges of these things than they are. They should trust Americans to do the right thing, and go back to reporting the news in an honest, rational, and balanced manner.
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Was Mika sedated? She was very subdued and quiet for the most part...
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Mika and Joe think anger and fear of immigrants fueled the electorate, yet they peddled the Trump is Hitler and a threat to democracy line to try and instill anger and fear in the voting public. These two clowns don't get that the public voted in their best interest. They are tired of being fed lies, like Biden is competent and Kamala is also competent despite talking in circles. The Democrats have been in power 12 of the last 16 yrs so the country is holding their policies responsible. People struggle with prices of housing and food and the borders are wide open. End of story.... if Mike and Joe are to survive they need to move to the middle and stop political manipulation...like Chris Cuomo.
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Well, at least he can't claim to win more states than Ronald Reagan...
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