Nikki Haley, former GOP presidential hopeful, sharply criticized MSNBC’s Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski after they revealed they’d met with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago property.
The pair, who had spent years publicly denouncing Trump, acknowledged they determined to satisfy with him to “restart communications” after a prolonged interval of criticizing him. “Joe and I noticed it’s time to do one thing completely different, and that begins with not solely speaking about Donald Trump but additionally speaking with him,” Brzezinski defined.
Not satisfied Haley responded on X (previously Twitter), “Let’s be clear, Joe and Mika didn’t abruptly see the sunshine, they noticed their rankings. They realized they wanted Trump for his or her survival.” Trump’s election win had drastically affected MSNBC’s rankings, which reportedly dropped by 53 per cent in prime time following his victory.
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Brzezinski slams Haley’s suggestion that Biden’s age might result in…
Up to now, Morning Joe had usually celebrated Haley, significantly throughout her presidential marketing campaign, however she was additionally ceaselessly criticized by the hosts. Brzezinski had beforehand scolded Haley for not talking out extra forcefully in opposition to Trump in the course of the marketing campaign. “That claims so much, Nikki,” Brzezinski mentioned, referencing Haley’s refusal to touch upon a defamation and sexual assault case involving Trump.
Brzezinski additionally criticized Haley for suggesting that President Joe Biden’s age might lead to his loss of life throughout a second time period, calling it “actually untoward.”
Following this, many left-leaning commentators accused Scarborough and Brzezinski of “bending the knee” to Trump, with some even suggesting they have been “kissing the ring.” Scarborough, defending the assembly, defined that he felt it was his obligation to have interaction with Trump to “present you insights and higher equip all of us to know these deeply unsettling instances.”
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“Don’t be mistaken: We’re not right here to defend or normalize Donald Trump,” he added.
Sunny Hostin, cohost of The View, additionally remarked, “I don’t suppose you should sit down for ninety minutes at Mar-a-Lago and kiss his ring to have the ability to converse reality and be capable to cowl a narrative.”
