MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough flipped out during a “Morning Joe” segment on Tuesday over former president Donald Trump’s plans for the media if he takes back the White House in November.
Earlier this year, Trump called the establishment media criminals, which in turn caused many of those over at MSNBC to worry they would face arrest for lying to the American public.
“You’re actually going to support a guy that has promised you he’s going to be a dictator on day one?” Scarborough asked his viewers.
“Do they not see that this guy is promising, he’s promising to be an authoritarian?”
“He’s talking about, you know, getting elected again after 2024, and I just—we know who Trump is.”
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Many people belong in prison and they know it… pic.twitter.com/LOvJLUYu0K
— Kevin Rosenbaum (@KBRose67) May 21, 2024
Projecting at its finest
— Capt Grove (@CptnSafemoon) May 21, 2024
Scarborough continued:
“This isn’t about Trump. This is about those people who are deciding, instead of choosing democracy American democracy, they’re going to choose Donald Trump.”
Scarborough was forced to retract a social media post in March that criticized Trump’s “bloodbath” comment following a correction from X founder Elon Musk.
Trump’s potential return to power has gotten many media talking heads tossing around grave accusations and dystopian predictions.
Last year, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow voiced fears of Trump being elected again in 2024, claiming he would put the news station on trial and “execute us.”
Trump “wants to put MSNBC on trial for treason so that he can execute us,” Maddow said on “The View.”
Maddow responded to co-host Sara Haines, saying that Trump “wants to cancel the news, so they’re done.”
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Look the panic from Rachel Maddow warns of TOTALITARIAN FUTURE if Trump wins in 2024 🥶
— 1776 (@TheWakeninq) October 19, 2023
Ah ah ah "HE WANTS TO PUT MSNBC ON TRIAL FOR TREASON!" pic.twitter.com/lTSxQ6Pn4F
Trump also vowed to investigate Comcast, the parent company of NBC News and MSNBC, for their Country Threatening Treason.”
In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote:
“They are almost all dishonest and corrupt, but Comcast, with its one-side and vicious coverage by NBC News, and in particular MSNBC, often and correctly referred to as MSDNC (Democrat National Committee!), should be investigated for its ‘Country Threatening Treason.'”
“I say up front, openly, and proudly that when I WIN the presidency of the United States, they and others of the LameStream Media will be thoroughly scrutinized for their knowingly dishonest and corrupt coverage of people, things, and events,” he said.
“Why should NBC, or any other of the corrupt & dishonest media companies, be entitled to use the very valuable Airwaves of the USA, FREE?”
Trump concluded:
“They are a true threat to Democracy and are, in fact, THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!”
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