Joe Scarborough went on one in every of his patented rants on Monday’s Morning Joe. All that was lacking have been just a few selection obscenities—an more and more frequent a part of Joe’s shtick.
The thing of Scarborough’s ire was video of an ICE motion he described as going down in Minneapolis [actually in St. Peter, about 70 miles to the south—close enough for liberal-media work]. An ICE automobile is proven driving in entrance of one other automobile, forcing it to cease. Brokers soar out, weapons drawn.
Predictably, Scarborough slammed the brokers as “thugs” and “idiots.” He demanded that any agent drawing his weapon when getting out of a automobile be tried “for assault.” Not taking pictures his weapon—merely drawing it’s a crime in Joe’s guide. Scarborough’s Guidelines of Engagement: suspects are entitled to get the drop on legislation enforcement.
However what was manifestly lacking from Scarborough’s diatribe was any point out—not even the slightest trace—of what had preceded the cease. For all Joe would have you ever imagine, ICE had randomly chosen to have interaction with a motorist who had been minding her personal enterprise, puttering alongside on the velocity restrict, coming to a full cease in any respect pink lights.
Not a phrase of DHS’s assertion on the cease [emphasis added]:
“As @dhsgov legislation enforcement performed a focused operation to arrest a serial felony unlawful alien whose rap sheet contains a number of arrests for assault, home violence, and driving below the affect, an agitator started stalking and obstructing legislation enforcement.
“Regulation enforcement officers tried to drag her over utilizing their emergency lights to problem her a warning. Ignoring legislation enforcement instructions, the agitator refused to drag over and commenced driving recklessly together with operating cease indicators, practically colliding with a number of autos, and driving straight at legislation enforcement in an try and ram their automobile. Her actions endangered legislation enforcement officers, the general public, and allowed this violent felony to stay at massive.”
“Our officers arrested the agitator. Obstructing legislation enforcement is a felony and a federal crime.”
There ought to be extra dashcam video accessible, whether or not from the girl’s automobile or ICE’s, that can make clear the state of affairs.
Scarborough’s failure to even allude to the DHS tackle the incident constituted flagrant journalistic malpractice, and as soon as once more uncovered his bias. He may solely rant away that it is “what appears like a paramilitary authorized pressure let unfastened on the streets of America to shoot People. To terrorize People on the streets of America.”
Be aware: Scarborough’s screeching was so excessive that even Mika admitted that he had been “loud.” But she rode to his protection, claiming all these decibels have been “price each phrase.” We might say Joe averaged a couple of 7 on the 1-10 scale, however maybe in an homage to the late Rob Reiner, producer and star of Spinal Faucet, sometimes turned it as much as 11.
This is the transcript.
MS NOW
Morning Joe
2/2/26
6:05 am ETJOE SCARBOROUGH: We proceed to nonetheless see movies popping out of Minneapolis. We proceed to nonetheless see, I feel probably the most compelling movies and probably the most scary movies, but in addition probably the most clarifying movies yesterday that I noticed got here, I imagine it was from this weekend, however I will get a affirmation on it, the place a lady is driving down the Minneapolis avenue, and vehicles are swerving wildly to chop her off.
And he or she, what does she do? She’s so lawless. Oh my God, [begins to scream] she’s so lawless! How may she hate the legislation a lot that she begins calling the police? Take into consideration this.
In America, in America.
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Have a look at this.
SCARBOROUGH: Have a look at these thugs! Look, look, look, and he comes out with a gun, and he will get in entrance of the automobile. They’re pointing the gun. They’re telling her to come back out. They’re yelling at her. So what does she do? She’s desperately calling the police, desperately asking individuals to name 911. Get that, Republicans? She’s not calling the Nationwide Hippie Community. She’s not calling — [Screams] Have a look at this man in entrance of the automobile.
MIKA: The gun.
SCARBOROUGH: [Screams] Get skilled! Get skilled earlier than you draw your gun, you fool.
However what’s she doing? Is she calling Antifa, Fox Information? N-o-o-o, she’s not calling Antifa. She’s calling the police, begging the police to come back save her from what appears like a paramilitary authorized pressure let unfastened on the streets of America to shoot People. To terrorize People on the streets of America. And the police officer comes, Mika, and he drives her residence. He comes and he breaks up the paramilitary thugs, and it’s the police officer, not Antifa —
MIKA: The chief of police.
SCARBOROUGH: — not the Nationwide Hippie Community, not leftists. A police officer comes and takes her residence/
Have a look at this. When these thugs come out of their automobile, standing in entrance of a automobile, drawing a gun, take a look at them! In America, that is occurring. That is nonetheless occurring in [screams] your nation. That is an undisciplined paramilitary pressure that doesn’t reply to anybody, clearly, as a result of they’re nonetheless doing this.And he or she calls 911. She calls the police. She’s not asking to defund the police. She’s asking to be saved from these thugs by the police.
MIKA: They do not know what they’re doing.
SCARBOROUGH: By the police. You do not know what they’re doing. However what they do know is that they are prepared to attract. I will inform you what. Anyone accountable for this pressure that claims, if you happen to get out of a automobile, so assist me God, and also you draw your weapons, you draw your weapons, you understand what? We’ll strive you. We’ll strive you for assault.
That is so uncontrolled, and it appears like a paramilitary pressure from the Third World.
MIKA: Yeah. Joe, it is early, it is loud, and but that was price each phrase, each phrase you simply mentioned. As a result of that is the place we’re, and it’s traumatizing a nation.
