Former MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann has blasted Morning Joe co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski for assembly with president-elect Donald Trump at his Palm Seashore residence, Mar-a-Lago.
The Morning Joe duo, who’ve been sturdy critics of Trump’s over the previous seven years, revealed the information on Monday morning’s (November 18) version of their MSNBC program, explaining how they reached out to Trump’s workforce for an interview.
“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 mentioned, per The Hollywood Reporter. “For these asking why we might go converse to the president-elect throughout such fraught instances, particularly between us, I assume I might ask again, why wouldn’t we? 5 years of political warfare has deeply divided Washington and the nation.”
“We talked about lots of points, together with abortion, mass deportation, threats of political retribution towards political opponents and media shops,” Scarborough added. “We talked about {that a} good bit. It’s going to come as no shock to anyone who watches this present, has watched it over the previous 12 months or over the previous decade, that we didn’t see eye-to-eye on lots of points, and we advised him so.”
Joe and Mika went to Mar a Lago to speak with Trump over the weekend. First face-to-face assembly in seven years. “We didn’t see eye-to-eye on lots of points and we advised him so,” @JoeNBC says. “What we did agree on – was to restart communications,” @morningmika says. pic.twitter.com/lyWZWK4CwX
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 18, 2024
“What we did agree on was to restart communications,” Brzezinski continued.
Scarborough, who additionally posed for a selfie with a thumbs up beside Trump, added, “I’ll inform you lots of Democratic leaders we’ve got talked to this previous week for the reason that election have advised Mika and me, it’s time for a brand new strategy.”
BREAKING NEWS: I TOLD YOU SO @joenbc and @morningmika – Trump collaborators
Not a phrase Mr. and Mrs. Vichy Quisling say can ever be trusted once more – not that these phrases ever ought to have been trusted. They’re confidence tricksters – and grifters https://t.co/3WQqpaEDMX pic.twitter.com/ofDTmlmpPA
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) November 18, 2024
Olbermann, who hosted Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC from 2003 to 2011, took to X to blast the Morning Joe co-hosts.
“BREAKING NEWS: I TOLD YOU SO,” Olbermann wrote. “@joenbc and @morningmika – Trump collaborators. Not a phrase Mr. and Mrs. Vichy Quisling say can ever be trusted once more – not that these phrases ever ought to have been trusted. They’re confidence tricksters – and grifters.”
To political reporters, commentators, liberals, moderates: After this fawning, humiliating, network-destroying give up, should you go on @Morning_Joe you have got endorsed and purchased into #VichyMSNBC pic.twitter.com/gyfoFInYcR
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) November 18, 2024
He adopted up in a separate X submit, writing, “To political reporters, commentators, liberals, moderates: After this fawning, humiliating, network-destroying give up, should you go on @Morning_Joe you have got endorsed and purchased into #VichyMSNBC.”
Look, this isn’t advanced. Joe Scarborough has at all times been a political whore.
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) November 18, 2024
“Look, this isn’t advanced. Joe Scarborough has at all times been a political whore,” the ex-CNN sports activities correspondent added. “Btw simply wait till [Rachel] Maddow says nothing about this tonight.”
Btw simply wait till Maddow says nothing about this tonight pic.twitter.com/qImauQT0lW
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) November 18, 2024
You possibly can try extra response to the Morning Joe Trump assembly under.
Annals of shamelessness: They name Trump a fascist, and far, way more, after which, simply 22 days after his ‘Nazi-like’ rally, they fly to Florida for an viewers. Afterward, they are saying, ‘We didn’t see eye-to-eye on lots of points,’ however they wish to ‘restart communications.’ What? https://t.co/TUhJM9ofSD
— Byron York (@ByronYork) November 18, 2024
Joe and Mika went to Mar a Lago to speak with Trump over the weekend. First face-to-face assembly in seven years. “We didn’t see eye-to-eye on lots of points and we advised him so,” @JoeNBC says. “What we did agree on – was to restart communications,” @morningmika says. pic.twitter.com/lyWZWK4CwX
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 18, 2024
Fuck Joe & Mika.
Fuck Morning Joe.
And fuck MSNBC in the event that they preserve them on the fucking air.— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) November 18, 2024
For this reason individuals don’t belief the mainstream media anymore. Joe and Mika who always assault “fascist” Trump on their present, went to Mar a Lago to speak with Trump over the weekend.
“We didn’t see eye-to-eye on lots of points and we advised him so…What we did agree on – was to… pic.twitter.com/qi2kDn5Wt5
— Republicans towards Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) November 18, 2024
For this reason individuals don’t belief the mainstream media anymore. Joe and Mika who always assault “fascist” Trump on their present, went to Mar a Lago to speak with Trump over the weekend.
“We didn’t see eye-to-eye on lots of points and we advised him so…What we did agree on – was to… pic.twitter.com/qi2kDn5Wt5
— Republicans towards Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) November 18, 2024
Given Morning Joe and Mika are actually sucking as much as Trump I wished to re-share my clip from MSNBC on Friday once I made it clear WE will NEVER give up to Trump. We’ll take the combat to him. We is not going to meet him midway on his fascism. We all know who he’s and extra importantly we… https://t.co/SFiI1q5qax
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) November 18, 2024
To these of you waking up at this hour and pondering of watching the rerun of the primary hour of @Morning_Joe, that is what you’re in for: @JoeNBC‘s and @morningmika‘s betrayal of their colleagues, democracy, and us all. It’s a disgusting present of obeisance prematurely. https://t.co/chF0NWp45e
— Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) November 18, 2024
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