WEBVTT - Morning Joe Is Exactly What's Wrong With Our Media

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<v Speaker 1>This is the warning before we watch this interview of

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<v Speaker 1>two maga members of Congress on morning. Joe, let's set

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<v Speaker 1>the stage. I'll interrupt throughout the interview to make a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of points. But I want to be crystal clear

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<v Speaker 1>about what it is that you are seeing and why

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<v Speaker 1>it is so appalling. There are many people who appear

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<v Speaker 1>on television who talk about political issues who are fools.

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<v Speaker 1>Scott Jennings is an example of a dishonest fool. Scott

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't know a lot about a lot of things. Scott

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't have a deep conversation about the history of the country,

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<v Speaker 1>about the Constitution, about the twentieth century. He's a cable

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<v Speaker 1>news blatherer who is like Mikey from the serial Commercials.

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<v Speaker 1>He's there to say anything. There are people like Stephen A.

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<v Speaker 1>Smith who now routinely invey about politics, which of course

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<v Speaker 1>is right as an American citizen. But he too is

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<v Speaker 1>a fool who knows nothing about anything but can't stop talking.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not Joe Scarborough's problem. He's as deeply read and

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<v Speaker 1>knowledgeable about American history as I am, which means when

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<v Speaker 1>he hears what these members of Congress are saying, he

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<v Speaker 1>appreciates exactly what it is that I'm hearing, And what

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<v Speaker 1>I'm hearing is members of Congress saying, we have reached

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<v Speaker 1>an hour of crisis that is so great that we

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<v Speaker 1>have to get rid of the Constitution of the United

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<v Speaker 1>States so we can let Elon Musk and his nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>year old lieutenant named big Balls takeover spending and who

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<v Speaker 1>gets paid from the United States Congress because the Congress

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<v Speaker 1>has wrung up thirty six million dollars in debt.

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<v Speaker 2>As an Article one champion. I'm concerned by what I'm

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<v Speaker 2>seeing with the Elon Musk going around and and and

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<v Speaker 2>and going from bureaucracy to bureaucracy, and he's seeming to

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<v Speaker 2>do like sort of a line item vetos saying well,

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<v Speaker 2>we don't want this.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't want that.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm wondering, are you all concerned at all about this

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<v Speaker 2>infringing upon your Article one powers because you all, as

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you authorize it, uh and and and then

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<v Speaker 2>you appropriate it and then it moves forward for the

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<v Speaker 2>President and the executive branch to spend it. Are you

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<v Speaker 2>concerned now or is there a moment is there a

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<v Speaker 2>red line Elon Musk could cross that would cause you

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<v Speaker 2>real constitutional concerns.

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<v Speaker 3>Listen. I think what President Trump is doing by appointing

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<v Speaker 3>Elon Musk is absolutely brilliant.

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Scarborough appreciates that Article one of the Constitution is

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<v Speaker 1>not transferable, it is not fungible, and it is not debatable.

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<v Speaker 1>Every single member of Congress has already taken a position

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<v Speaker 1>on the debate when they swore an oath of allegiance

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<v Speaker 1>to preserve the Constitution of the United States of America

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<v Speaker 1>against all enemies, foreign and domestic. This is not a

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<v Speaker 1>debate about provisions in the Law of the Sea Treaty.

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<v Speaker 1>This is not a technical disagreement about a provision in

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<v Speaker 1>the Farm Bill. This is not a fiscal disagreement about

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<v Speaker 1>tax policy where one side says the top rate ought

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<v Speaker 1>to be thirty nine percent, in the other thirty five percent.

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<v Speaker 1>This what is being said is a radical repudiation of

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<v Speaker 1>the most elemental idea in American history history. And so

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<v Speaker 1>what Joe Scarborough knows is that Elon Musk, he does

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<v Speaker 1>not have the right to spend the people's money. He

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<v Speaker 1>is operating outside the constitution, outside the law. He has

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<v Speaker 1>not been commissioned, he has not been confirmed, he has

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<v Speaker 1>not been appointed and he has not been elected, and

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<v Speaker 1>yet what we see from Scarborough is a lack of

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<v Speaker 1>energy and passion. Joe Scarborough could have instigated a debate,

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<v Speaker 1>could have said, what are you talking about?

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<v Speaker 3>President Trump is doing an amazing job by actually telling us, Hey,

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<v Speaker 3>we have a problem and look look at what we're uncovering.

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<v Speaker 3>So I'm happy we're having the discussion.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, and I'm happy we're having a discussion too, about waste,

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<v Speaker 2>fraud and abuse, about using best practices.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's the deal. Article one is Article one for a reason.

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<v Speaker 1>The people the foundation of government of the people, by

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<v Speaker 1>the people, for the people choose the elected representatives who

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<v Speaker 1>spend the people's money. Elon Musk and a nineteen year

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<v Speaker 1>old named big Balls, and until yesterday their colleague, a

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<v Speaker 1>young Nazi whose social media feed is filled with praise

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<v Speaker 1>of eugenics and hatred towards Indian engineers. These are the

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<v Speaker 1>people for whom we are ready to suspend the American Constitution.

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<v Speaker 1>And Joe Scarborough's approach is like, hey, let's hear him out,

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<v Speaker 1>as opposed to confronting the fascists who are on the screen.

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<v Speaker 1>Two months after he called Trump hitler and then went

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<v Speaker 1>to the Bergoff got on his knees, capitulated, and set

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<v Speaker 1>off an avalanche of media capitulation, each company racing the

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<v Speaker 1>next to be the first to get in line to

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<v Speaker 1>be fair, which means being nice, nice to try accommodating

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<v Speaker 1>to all of the craziest on American ideas. What's next,

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<v Speaker 1>troops in the street. Already there are news accounts of

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<v Speaker 1>ice agents boarding school buses, seizing little children, and of

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<v Speaker 1>course American citizens with brown skin speaking Spanish from let's say,

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<v Speaker 1>Puerto Rico being seized by their government and incarcerated for

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<v Speaker 1>no cause whatsoever. These are American citizens who do not

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<v Speaker 1>have to show their papers on the streets of America. Yet,

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<v Speaker 1>over and over and over again, America's media, in the

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<v Speaker 1>form of powerful corporate companies, many owned by billionaires, have

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<v Speaker 1>capitulated out of fear that the next merger will be denied,

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<v Speaker 1>out of fear that the twenty five million dollar salary

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<v Speaker 1>might go away, out of fear that I might be

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<v Speaker 1>frivolously sued, And so the coward rules. And when a

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<v Speaker 1>radical Republican member of Congress comes on to television and says,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a good thing that Elon Musk and a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of children have seized control of America's US Treasury Department

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<v Speaker 1>payment system without oversight, without accountability, because we're in a crisis,

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<v Speaker 1>and he hears them out. He was on his show

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<v Speaker 1>that he marked out a fence line to the Washington

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<v Speaker 1>elite about what you could say and what you could

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<v Speaker 1>not say, what was fair to say and unfair to say,

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<v Speaker 1>knowing that you would have Joe Scarborough to deal with

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<v Speaker 1>if you got out of line about Joe Biden. He

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<v Speaker 1>made it perfectly clear. Came the first television host to

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<v Speaker 1>say you to his audience live on air.

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<v Speaker 4>Start your tape right now, because I'm about to tell

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<v Speaker 4>you the truth and FU if you can't handle the truth.

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<v Speaker 4>This version of Biden, intellectually, analytically is the best Biden ever,

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<v Speaker 4>not a close second. And I've known him for years.

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<v Speaker 4>The Brazinskis have known him for fifty years. If it

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<v Speaker 4>weren't the truth, I wouldn't say it.

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<v Speaker 1>And now he does it with a little less bomb best,

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<v Speaker 1>but make no mistake, it's still a fuck you because

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<v Speaker 1>he should have some bomb beast when it comes to

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<v Speaker 1>defense of the Constitution. Unlike most television hosts, he swore

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<v Speaker 1>an oath to defend, and his swearing of that oath

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't end with the end of his tenure. Once you

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<v Speaker 1>take that oath, it endures for the rest of your life,

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Scarborough. And so when a member of Congress from

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<v Speaker 1>the institution you served that you have walk in privileges

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<v Speaker 1>to sit on the floor, to go on the floor

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<v Speaker 1>sends two members to go on your show and say, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll let elon decide. You ought to do a lot

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<v Speaker 1>better than making the point. Hey, I'm an article one guy.

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<v Speaker 1>You made that point, but we don't know where you

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<v Speaker 1>stand because you're not standing. You're laying down. In an

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<v Speaker 1>hour when it is time to stand up. Too many

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<v Speaker 1>people are laying down. Too many fools are leading the charge,

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<v Speaker 1>like this one from New York.

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<v Speaker 2>We will win.

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<v Speaker 4>We will win. We will win.

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<v Speaker 1>We will win.

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<v Speaker 4>We won We won't rest, we won't rest. We won't rest,

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<v Speaker 4>we won't rest.

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<v Speaker 1>We will win. This is the warning. I'm Steve Schmidt.

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