‘Morning Joe’ co-host Joe Scarborough is leaving the Republican Party
Joe Scarborough, the conservative co-host of MSNBC’s political commentary show Morning Joe, is leaving the Republican Party.
The full announcement will come during Tuesday night’s airing of the “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” A two-minute clip of the segment was teased on the program’s Twitter account earlier Tuesday.
“I am a Republican, but I’m not going to be a Republican anymore,” Scarborough says to loud applause in the clip. “I’ve got to become an independent.”
Scarborough and his co-host, Mika Brzezinski, came under fire from President Trump and his administration in recent months for their sharp criticism of his leadership skills and conduct in the White House. The two once considered Trump a close friend but distanced themselves from the president since he took office in January.
[‘Flat-out gross and disgusting’: Cable TV erupts at Trump’s Mika Brzezinski tweets]
The tension escalated in the last several weeks when Brzezinski called into question Trump’s mental competency in a segment on their show. The president responded in a series of harsh tweets, calling the co-hosts “Psycho Joe” and “low-I. Q. Crazy Mika.” Trump also claimed that Brzezinski “was bleeding badly from a facelift” when her saw her and Scarborough during a brief visit to Mar-a-Lago last year.
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Joe Scarborough, the conservative co-host of MSNBC’s political commentary show Morning Joe, is leaving the Republican Party.
The full announcement will come during Tuesday night’s airing of the “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” A two-minute clip of the segment was teased on the program’s Twitter account earlier Tuesday.
“I am a Republican, but I’m not going to be a Republican anymore,” Scarborough says to loud applause in the clip. “I’ve got to become an independent.”
Scarborough and his co-host, Mika Brzezinski, came under fire from President Trump and his administration in recent months for their sharp criticism of his leadership skills and conduct in the White House. The two once considered Trump a close friend but distanced themselves from the president since he took office in January.
[‘Flat-out gross and disgusting’: Cable TV erupts at Trump’s Mika Brzezinski tweets]
The tension escalated in the last several weeks when Brzezinski called into question Trump’s mental competency in a segment on their show. The president responded in a series of harsh tweets, calling the co-hosts “Psycho Joe” and “low-I. Q. Crazy Mika.” Trump also claimed that Brzezinski “was bleeding badly from a facelift” when her saw her and Scarborough during a brief visit to Mar-a-Lago last year.
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