Shameless MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski blasted for hypocrisy over Trump visit: Bending the knee
Lefty MSNBC “Morning Joe” hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski were ripped for their flip-flopping hypocrisy Monday when they revealed they met privately with President-elect Donald Trump after years of viciously criticizing him.The defeated MSNBC anchors — who have slammed Trump in the past as a “fascist” and compared him to Adolf Hitler — had a face-to-face with the winning Republican at his Mar-a-Lago estate Friday to “restart communications” after conceding that Americans had overwhelmingly made their choice by re-electing him.The ensuing backlash against the pair was swift from all sides, with many blasting Scarborough and Brzezinski for their “shamelessness” — as others raged they were “bending the knee” and “kissing the ring” by arranging their first sit-down with him in seven years.
“Hitler getting a lot more meeting requests than I would’ve thought,” Republican strategist Scott Jennings wrote on X, referring to the co-hosts’ past attacks on Trump.Washington Examiner Chief Political Correspondent Byron York tweeted, “Annals of shamelessness: They call Trump a fascist, and much, much more, and then, just 22 days after his ‘Nazi-like’ rally, they fly to Florida for an audience.”Eli Lake, a Free Press columnist, wrote, “Why would Trump bother talking to these people other than to urge them to seek mental health counseling?” Critics came out in droves to accuse the lefty anchors of hypocrisy after years of repeatedly bashing the Republican on-air.“Once again… Democrats never actually thought Trump was Hitler or a fascist dictator.If you were propagandized, it’s ok.
You got played,” someone tweeted.Another X user chimed in, “Imagine being a liberal and listening to Morning Joe and Mika tell you for years that Trump is a threat to democracy… Then one morning you wake up and hear Comrade Mika admit that they bent the knee to Trump.”Others accused the talking heads of just trying to salvage rat...