Nobody should trust Joe Scarborough when it comes to measuring someone's ideology. He called Liz Cheney a "real conservative" when she endorsed Kamala for President.
Actual Trump supporters he called "MAGA freaks," and he even claimed: "These people are, if I can quote Aristotle, here, crazy as a sh--house rat."
This same Scarborough announced on today's Morning Joe that far-left Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez represents "meritocracy," and yes, she's "more progressive," but she's fabulous:
- "One of the most articulate, exciting people in the Democratic field."
- "Democrats don't need people past retirement age being their voice. They need somebody young like AOC."
- "She can carry the message forward for a Democratic Party that really needs to reach out to younger Americans . . . What a great message to have."
- "Democrats need her more than she needs the Democrats."
Just record a campaign advertisement and be done with it!
Scarborough claimed socialist firebrand AOC "can carry the message forward for a Democratic party . . . What a great message to have."
And just what is Ocasio-Cortez's message? Turning to the Issues page on her campaign website, we find that AOC, among other radical positions, wants to:
- Abolish ICE.
- Consider illegal immigrants "full members" of the US, entitled to all major welfare benefits.
- End cash bail.
- Ban law enforcement's use of tear gas and rubber bullets.
Interestingly, Mika Brzezinski was considerably less keen on Ocasio-Cortez. While acknowledging that AOC is very talented, Mika said that there's room to look at "a lot of other people," and that young people, AOC's base, are not the most dependable voters. When Scarborough continued to express his AOC excitement, Mika's facial expressions made her doubts about AOC unmistakably clear. See the last part of the video clip.
Many observers feel that the Trump campaign's ad exposing Kamala Harris support for taxpayer-funded sex change operations for inmates, including illegal immigrants, was devastating to her campaign. AOC gave an impassioned speech on the House floor proclaiming that "trans girls are girls." And she criticized the Biden administration for suggesting that there could be any limitations on the right of biological males to participate in women's sports.
That Scarborough apparently thinks those are winning messages for the Democrats reveals just how much he has transitioned from his days as a conservative Republican congressman from the Florida Panhandle.
PS: Self-described simple country lawyer Scarborough once again exposed what Freud—whose birthday is today—might have diagnosed as Ivy-envy, repeatedly railing against the "Ivy League boys" in the Trump administration.
Here's the transcript.
MSNBC
Morning Joe
5/6/25
6:12 am EDTMIKA BRZEZINSKI: Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is passing on the chance to seek the top Democratic position on the Oversight Committee. The New York Democrat ran for the job last year but lost to Congressman Gerry Connolly, who's now stepping back from the role for health reasons.
She cited her party's preference to select more senior Members of Congress for leadership roles as an obstacle to a potential run.
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JOE SCARBOROUGH: Rev, nobody ever said that Congress was a meritocracy. I understand that AOC may be more progressive than a lot of people. I also understand that she's one of the most articulate, exciting people in the Democratic field.
I just, uh, listen: Democrats—and we're going to talk to Dave Weigel about this in a second—their approval rating is just absolutely disastrous. They don't need to keep getting people in, like, retirement. You know, past retirement age, being their voice. They need somebody young like AOC.
And again, it's not about ideology. You know, she can carry the message forward for a Democratic Party that really needs to reach out to younger Americans . . . What a great message to have.
You've got all these Ivy League boys, you know, that are in the Trump administration, that went all the -- no offense to Ivy League boys here or anywhere. But all these guys, billionaire Ivy Leaguers, right, attacking her, going, oh, she's an elitist. And it's like, she was a bartender, or a barista. Whatever she was. She's like: what are you talking about?
. . .
Democrats need her more than she needs the Democrats.
JONATHAN LEMIRE: Yes.
SCARBOROUGH: It's that simple.
MIKA: I think she's incredibly talented, but there's a lot of room to look at a lot of people over the coming months. And you know, yes, of course, it's always good to appeal to young people, but they are not the most dependable voters.
You need someone who appeals to all people, including Republicans.SCARBOROUGH: Well, I mean, and she and Bernie do. We talked about the fact that you have none other than Steve Bannon, who talks about AOC all the time and says, yeah, she's right on a lot of populist issues.
