‘Morning Joe’ Hosts Have Tense Exchange Over Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons
MSNBC’s Morning Joe spent a fair amount of time on Tuesday’s show discussing Donald Trump’s day-one actions, including his pardoning of the Jan. 6 rioters.
And the exchange, between married co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough and guest Donny Deutsch, grew tense.
Way Too Early host Ali Vitali said of the president’s pardoning of the more than 1,500 people charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, “The fact that that can just be done with the stroke of a pen, I think that it all served to underscore for Republicans on the hill, for Democrats on the hill, for everyone in Washington and beyond, support him or not, but this is how it is now.”
Scarborough responded that Democrats were “quietly reminding themselves” that Trump only beat Vice President Kamala Harris by 1.5 percent in the popular vote in the 2024 election and that “Republicans have a...
And the exchange, between married co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough and guest Donny Deutsch, grew tense.
Way Too Early host Ali Vitali said of the president’s pardoning of the more than 1,500 people charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, “The fact that that can just be done with the stroke of a pen, I think that it all served to underscore for Republicans on the hill, for Democrats on the hill, for everyone in Washington and beyond, support him or not, but this is how it is now.”
Scarborough responded that Democrats were “quietly reminding themselves” that Trump only beat Vice President Kamala Harris by 1.5 percent in the popular vote in the 2024 election and that “Republicans have a...
- 1/21/2025
- by Harrison Chon-Walker
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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