On Tuesday’s Morning Joe, MS NOW’s Joe Scarborough slipped into full sermon mode—lecturing viewers on Christianity whereas accusing Donald Trump of committing “unforgivable” blasphemy over a social media publish that includes a picture apparently portraying him as Jesus.
It is greater than a little bit bizarre to see the leftists who sound like ACLU followers who need to separate the church and state get so enthusiastic about blasphemy, once they do not actually thoughts God being mocked by leftist standup comedians from Invoice Maher on down.
However they need to play up how offensive this was to Christians. Scarborough laid it on thick:
SCARBOROUGH: Jesus says all the pieces is forgivable besides blasphemy, blasphemy towards the Holy Spirit, actually blasphemy towards Jesus. So it seems at the least for a handful of public Christians who’ve spent the previous decade extra concerned with gaining his assist than truly following the Bible, it was even an excessive amount of for them yesterday.
Scarborough doubled down, portraying himself as a type of on-air catechist.
“As all the time, we provide steering to those that declare to be good Christians, however don’t speak like they perceive something about Christianity,” he stated. “Simply get a Bible, get a red-letter version, learn the crimson letters. It would all come very clear to you. It’s not that onerous.”
That condescension was matched by selective gatekeeping. Scarborough repeatedly mocked Vice President J.D. Vance as a “newly, newly transformed Catholic,” which is a little bit unusual, contemplating Vance was obtained into the church in 2019. That is longer in the past than the Cheneys and Kinzingers changing to the MS NOW aspect of the aisle.
By that logic, it’s cheap to ask whether or not—and in that case, when—Scarborough left the Southern Baptist church. He typically describes himself as having been “raised” in it—previous tense—whereas positioning himself as a theological authority on air.
Co-host Willie Geist piled on, asserting that Trump’s publish was “simply the definition of blasphemy,” whereas suggesting Trump “doesn’t perceive faith” and posted it out of ignorance.
The phase’s most muddled second got here from Mika Brzezinski. Though she started by figuring out herself as a Catholic, she then shifted to talking “as a girl,” claiming Trump’s clarification—that the picture depicted him as a health care provider—was “gaslighting,” citing “the price of well being care, the autumn of Roe, and the listing goes on.”
Mika’s framing veered into incoherence. The very Catholic educating Scarborough was ostensibly defending consists of agency opposition to abortion—making Brzezinski’s invocation of Roe a clumsy match for the argument she was trying to advance.
Ultimately, it was basic MS NOW: assured moralizing, shaky on the faith.
This is the transcript.
MS NOW
Morning Joe
4/14/26
6:03 am EDTJOE SCARBOROUGH: Perhaps he thought, oh, this is able to be a humorous publish to place up, not understanding that Jesus says all the pieces is forgivable besides blasphemy, blasphemy towards the Holy Spirit, actually blasphemy towards Jesus.
So it seems at the least for a handful of public Christians who’ve spent the previous decade extra concerned with gaining his assist than truly following the Bible, it was even an excessive amount of for them yesterday.
WILLIE GEIST: And never an remoted incident. In fact, this comes within the context of his assault on Pope Leo, his ongoing assaults on Pope Leo.
The following day, he posts himself as Christ. Actually, simply the definition of blasphemy proper there in a single publish, the image saying, I truly am Jesus. I truly and the healer.
And as you say, he does not know that. He does not perceive faith, he does not perceive religion, so perhaps he truly did not know that, he thought it was humorous or one thing. And so he posted it, and he noticed the backlash, and it is a very, very uncommon event the place maybe he understood that perhaps he screwed up, pulled it down.
However then the reason exhibits such contempt for his supporters and the individuals who consider in him that he would say, oh no, I believed I used to be a health care provider, let’s transfer alongside. No, you did not. We all know precisely what was happening there.
SCARBOROUGH: He did not perceive the diploma of blasphemy that was, and that even for a few of his most loyal, devoted, blinded Christian conservatives, that went too far.
I’ve received to inform you, Catholics have been having fairly a bitter chuckle, although, Mika, over a man who determined to turn into a Catholic final week, or a little bit sooner than that. After which stated, I’ll do two issues. I’ll write a e book about being a Catholic, and I’ll assault the Pope.
And I’ll lecture the Pope about how he ought to do his job on the Vatican. This, after all, is J.D. Vance, who decides he is lecturing the Pontiff on what he ought to and shouldn’t do. And performing as if he is shocked and shocked and deeply saddened that the Pope truly talks about issues that pertain to the gospel of Jesus Christ. Blessed are the peacemakers.
I’ve simply received to say to J.D. Vance, newly, newly transformed Catholic, for those who do not like what the Pope’s saying, do not take it up with the Pope. Take it up with Jesus Christ as a result of these are the phrases.
Mika, I would like you to listen to, once more, this man who got here to the Catholic religion late, determined to put in writing a e book concerning the Catholic religion after which determined to assault the Pope, telling him how he ought to do his job.
Properly, I need to play a clip of him yesterday. It was, it was pleasant.
JD VANCE: I feel that in some instances, it could be finest for the Vatican to stay to issues of morality, to stay to issues of, you recognize, what is going on on within the Catholic Church, and let the President of the US persist with dictating American public coverage. However once they’re in battle, they’re in battle. I do not fear about it an excessive amount of, Bret. I feel it is a pure factor. I am certain it’s going to occur sooner or later, and it isn’t that massive of a deal that it occurred previously.
SCARBOROUGH: Issues of morality. That is precisely what he is speaking about, buddy. Come on, pal. He is speaking about issues of morality. Pope after Pope after Pope has been crucial of warfare. He is been crucial when individuals have been oppressed, like individuals have been oppressed in the US due to mass deportation insurance policies.
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And Mika, as all the time, we provide steering to those that declare to be good Christians, however do not speak like they perceive something about Christianity. Simply get a Bible, get a crimson letter version, learn the crimson letters. It would all come very clear to you. It isn’t that onerous.
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: I feel, as a Catholic, one is likely to be insulted by the picture of Trump as Jesus, as blasphemous and simply horrifying.
However then his clarification that he was truly a health care provider, simply as a girl, one may discover that to be as gaslighting because it will get, given the price of well being care, the autumn of Roe, and the listing goes on.
