MSNBC staffers slam Morning Joe co-hosts after Mar-a-Lago summit with Trump: Cowardice
More like Morning Oh-hell-no.MSNBC staffers were furious to learn that “Morning Joe” co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough met with President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago over the weekend, and didn’t hold back in voicing their displeasure.One unnamed employee vented to Fox News Digital, characterizing the meeting as “cowardice” and “disgusting but frankly unsurprising” — and saying the sit-down flew in the face of anti-Trump author and historian Tim Snyder’s on-air admonishment to the network to never “obey in advance.”“Five years of political warfare has deeply divided Washington and the country,” said Brzezinski, 57, as she opened Monday’s show with the stunning revelation.“Joe and I realize it’s time to do something different, and that starts with not only talking about Donald Trump, but also talking with him,” she added, noting that Trump was “cheerful and upbeat” during the private meeting, and seemed “interested in finding common ground” with Democrats.The same employee told the outlet that MSNBC staff members had become “largely disdainful” of the left-wing network hosts in light of the news, calling them “opportunistic” for arranging to meet with Trump after spending two years demonizing him as the second coming of Adolf Hitler.MSNBC contributor Jennifer Rubin called the meeting “disgusting” on Bluesky, the social media platform attracting disaffected liberals who claim to be leaving Elon Musk-owned X.Katie Phang, host of the network’s “The Katie Phang Show,” made an oblique reference on X to the hosts’ visit, writing, “Normalizing Trump is a bad idea.
Period.”The employee echoed her sentiment, telling the outlet, “Katie Phang is right.It’s normalization (and it’s access bulls–t) … Journalists don’t need access to their subjects to hold them to account.
None of it is believable.The obvious answer is believable: They are opportunists.”The Comcast-owned cable news cha...