MS NOW’s Morning Joe has a new promotional advertisement out with less than a month to go until the midterm elections. The interview seemed proud of the liberal morning show’s interviews with some candidates, like Michigan’s Democratic nominee for Senate, Abdul El-Sayed, and the Florida Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon, a member of the DSA.
The short ad began with clips of co-host Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski reading the names of four selected candidates.
Scarborough began, “Abdul El-Sayed.” Brzezinski added, “Cait Conley,” the Democrat House candidate facing current GOP Representative Mike Lawler in New York.
In the El-Sayed interview featured in the ad, Scarborough said criticism of El-Sayed’s relationship with Hasan Piker was “bullshit,” as he also asked El-Sayed, “Do you fish?”
A new ‘Morning Joe’ promo on MS NOW seems to be proud of the liberal morning show’s softball interviews with Democratic midterm candidates, with the line “The Midterms Start on Morning Joe.”
The ad also features far-left candidates Abdul El-Sayed and Angie Nixon. pic.twitter.com/Umc1jbH4HY— Nick (@nspin310) October 12, 2026
The next two candidates introduced were the main Democrat nominees in Texas, as Brzesinki introduced “James Talarcio,” and Scarborough did the same for “Gina Hinojosa.”
Laughably, the promo on screen read “The Questions That Matter,” before a clip of Scarborough played when he asked El-Sayed, “What is it that’s hurting people in Michigan the most?”
The network ad then declared, “The Midterms Start on Morning Joe,” as co-host Willie Geist, employed by both MS NOW and NBC, threw a softball to the Florida DSA-affiliated candidate for Senate: “What is, do you think, the power of your message?
The placement of the DSA candidate in the promo was notable, especially after, back in June, Morning Joe downplayed the DSA after the victory of far-left candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier in a New York Democratic House primary.
Just a few days later in June, the morning program spent nearly 20 minutes on the rise of the DSA and its controversies.
In August, the MS NOW program, acting as if it were an arm of the Democratic National Committee, then shifted to urge Democrats to unite and support the far-left, as co-host Jonathan Lemire used the phrase, “Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.”
Notably, the advertisement omitted the many softballs with former Maine Democratic nominee for Senate, Graham Platner, that occurred before he had to drop out over mounting controversies and allegations.
In May, a Platner interview largely ignored the then-candidate's controversies, like his Nazi tattoo, in what could be described as a love-fest. Scarborough then even related himself to Platner, and said, “It's what happened to me. I actually, I had party leaders working against me around the clock. Said I was too radical to get elected.”
After the allegations began to sink Platner’s campaign, Brzezinski grilled a Politico reporter who helped break the opening allegations. Scarborough and Brzezinski then warned Democrats about the candidate switcheroo and continued to defend Platner until his name got out of the news cycle.
Morning Joe is definitely the place to go for Democrats if they want a complete softball interview before the midterm elections.
The transcript for the promo is below. Click "expand":
MS NOW Morning Joe Promo
October 12, 2026
1:59:56 PM Eastern
(15 seconds)
[Music Playing]
JOE SCARBOROUGH: Abdul El-Sayed
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Cait Conley.
James Talarico.
SCARBOROUGH: Gina Hinojosa.
[On Screen: The Questions That Matter]
What is it that’s hurting people in Michigan the most?
[On Screen: The Midterms Start on Morning Joe]
WILLIE GIEST: What is, do you think, the power of your message?
Morning Joe Proud of Midterm Candidate Softballs in New Show Promo
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