Morning Joe & Mika blasted for fretting about 'lock him up' chant aimed at Trump:'Take your scolding

[Soph0571]

...and shove it'

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski were dismayed by the “lock him up” chants that greeted President Donald Trump at the World Series — and social media users didn’t want to hear it.

The “Morning Joe” co-hosts found the boos and chants “un-American” and even “fascist,” although they blamed the president for injecting that vitriol into the political atmosphere.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/msnbcs-morning-joe-and-mika-blasted-for-fretting-about-lock-him-up-chant-aimed-at-trump-take-your-scolding-and-shove-it/

Link to tweet

Joe and Mika, did you have the same outrage when Tea Partiers and future MAGATS said horrible things about President Obama and his family? Hung dolls of him in effigy? Did you defend Hillary Clinton like this? Trump deserves every boo, every chant EVER. How dare you?! #MorningJoe

Is this the bit where the MSM narrative tells the fans off for being uncivilised?But when @ a Trump rally the fan shouting lock her up is demonstrating passion... Heh. Trump has to get his base ginned up to start the chanting, last night was spontaneous...but fascist?!?!
Fuck right off...

[bdamomma]

1. boy,

these people in the media shut up and have very short memories. tRump locks up and breaks up families and locks them up, human trafficking, the ethic cleansing taking place in Syria on the Kurds, the list goes on and on. And there are so many things flying under the radar we don't know about taking place in the country.

All the more reason why he should be hearing lock him up, how many times did we hear lock her up.

[Scarsdale]

20. Hillary was doing her job.

tRump has no idea what the HELL he is doing, apart from showing up on TV daily, and shooting off his ugly mouth. So, I expect when the campaign starts, they will be giving tRump lots of free publicity like last time? Do they miss going to Mar-A-Fatso? Republicans are too dumb to see the truth and stick with any failure that occupies the WH with an (R) after their name.

[Hortensis]

37. +1000. We KNOW Trump is a serious criminal. ONE standard

for all. I've always believed in that, it's not new for him. He should be in prison.

That has nothing to do with the truly appalling, blood-chilling behavior of the inflamed Trump and Sanders partisans who wanted to imprison their leaders' opponent.

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. Bravo Rachael!!

[Coventina]

6. It was a Rachael Maddow fan, not her. n/t

[SCVDem]

31. Because it should be Rachel.

I do get educated every night!

[trueblue2007]

48. Joe and Whatshername are stupid. @JoeNBC @realDonaldTrump deserves the #LockHimUp chant.

@JoeNBC @realDonaldTrump deserves the #LockHimUp chant. He is a criminal. Shut up J & M, or "WE" will yell it about you !!!
Trump deserves the "French Revolution Treatment" !!!!

[Ferrets are Cool]

58. Thanks for the correction

[pecosbob]

3. Joe can go

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

35. Joe is a POS... he should be locked up too!! How does he get a show on MSNBC?!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[brooklynite]

46. Because people watch...

...including people here. How else would they know to complain?

[PCIntern]

4. Yeah...once a Rethug always a Rethug and

His enabler who is as vacuous as he is

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

36. Exactly!! Joe needs to go!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[PCIntern]

44. Wtf are you talking about

This is about Scarborough. Not Biden.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

49. LOL, not THAT Joe... Joe Asshat Scarborough... Biden can stay.

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[PCIntern]

56. LOL. Nt

[ecstatic]

5. As long as they continue to play trump's hate rallies,

whatever we the people do and say in response is fair game.

[UTUSN]

7. They would be aghast at my spurning a handshake from a MAGA-hatted thank-you-for-yr-service!1

[Sucha NastyWoman]

9. Good for you

Who needs their shallow minded thanks

[pangaia]

15. Bravo..

And you know what is sad.. "thank you for your service" has been so abused and used as a mindless, meaningless, insincere phrase, I wouldn't even say it to you. That's a real shame, isn't it......

[UTUSN]

33. Well, it started during Shrub's Iraq Attack as a ploy

to cover for their Chickenhawk supporters, as they implemented the all-volunteer military, since the Draft had sunk Vietnam. A pretense of "respect."

[ProudMNDemocrat]

32. Here is my response to a Republican/ Trumper I wish not to shake hands with.....

"Forgive me for not shaking your hand. I do not want to give you something you will not be able to eradicate. THAT would be the TRUTH."

Works every time.

[UTUSN]

41. Excellent! It prolly flies right over their head!1

[MagickMuffin]

8. I don't think Joe knows the meaning of fascist

Fascism definition, a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry.

[Hotler]

43. Don't forget the religious nut job part of fascism.

Dominion theology (aka Dominionism) is a group of Christian political ideologies that seek to institute a nation governed by Christians based on their understandings of biblical law.

Pence, Pompeo, Barr, rick Perry just to name a few. That old saying, "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in flag and carrying a cross."

Former secretary of state Madeleine Albright wrote a book last year about fascism, Fascism; A Warning

Stay vigilant my friends.

[Midnight Writer]

51. Yes, the word "fascist" was an odd choice of words to describe this incident.

[Duppers]

10. Support Rachel by clicking on her tweet

(If you have a tweeter acct) and liking her tweet and re-tweeting it. Show her we agree. She's getting herself on the hot seat at msnbc lately & good for her!!

[AncientGeezer]

53. It's not Rachel.

[Farmer-Rick]

11. The booing is a danger signal for the RepubliCON party

They are going to lose not only the presidency but the Senate and of course the House.

They are failing big time.

[Fritz Walter]

12. This makes me feel slightly better...

...about my decision to cut cable four years ago. Sure, I miss watching Rachel and Lawrence some days. But never could stomach Morning Joke.

Thanks to all fellow DUers who post clips from MSNBC and other cable-news sources here.

[Celerity]

13. video of the rotters... Joe: 'Lock him up' chants are un-American

https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/joe-lock-him-up-chants-are-un-american-72161349993

[pangaia]

14. For all my DU friends here who first hated joe and mika, joe and mika, joe and mika.. (LOL)

(jeeze, what a name for a comedy show...)

---when they were being assholes before 2016. then more recently praised them to the high heavens for 'FINALLY' criticizing trump and repubs.......


LOLOL


Now you all know who these two shits really are... paid rich shit for actors--



eh, I get to play Brahms 2 tonight.. YAY !!!

[NRaleighLiberal]

16. I an so totally not surprised. They are entertainers. It's about eyeballs

and ad money.

It's why we cut the cable 10 yrs ago

[Gothmog]

17. For this thread

Link to tweet

[MyOwnPeace]

19. SO many variations of that pic............

and they are ALWAYS good!

[StarryNite]

24. That picture is so versatile!

One of the greatest meme pics of all time!

[blue-wave]

18. "Fuck right off... "

Spot on!!

The MSM, the hoi oligoi, sit in their ivory and/or glass towers and pontificate to us....the hoi polloi. Uncivilized my ass! What is uncivilized is what was done to the Clinton's or the attempt to destroy Joe Biden and his family. And certainly too many others I'm forgetting at the moment. Golly gee, maybe we should start discussing the reason we need impeachment proceedings? It's those "reasons" that are “un-American”, “fascist” and yes, certainly uncivilized. Just when I start thinking I might find a sliver of likeability in Mika and Joe, they crush that possibility at first chance.

[usaf-vet]

21. Joe is starting to work his way back to his conservative home. Mika is a follower.

I would take that to mean he is convinced Trump is done! I wonder what his RW buddies are telling him.

[padah513]

38. I believe you're right

You can see him making that turn-around almost daily, though he never was that far away from it. What I wonder is would he still be anti-Trump if Trump hadn't dissed him in the beginning, or would he be like Lindsey Graham the Trump-apologist.

[usaf-vet]

42. I think you could be right about that.

[Lunch Lady]

22. I gave up on Morning Joe year's ago

total waste of time

[tosh]

25. I did too.

That is NOT how I like to start my day!

[StarryNite]

23. The good old double standard is alive and well.

Lock that orange effer up! I'm sick of him and his cult followers and what they are turning our country into.

[marieo1]

26. Typical Fox response

Typical Fox response!!!!!!!!!! The Republicans have done terrible things to the Democrats over the years and no one ever calls them out for it. DJT and the Reps got just exactly what they deserve and have earned. They have done it to themselves. Fox news people have always been idiots.

[DallasNE]

27. I Have To Confess

I dearly loved hearing the crowd reaction to Trump, including the chant.

Intellectually I know better than the "lock him up" chant. Just because the uncivil Trump does that does not mean it is proper to stoop down to his level. Keep up the booing and the impeach Trump banner, however.

[lunatica]

54. In his case though there is ample reason to lock him up.

Just saying...

[riversedge]

28. 'Sorrry Joe' is trending..For almost 2 years, Joe and Mika helped NORMALIZE the creep who regularly

BrooklynDad_Defiant Savage!
@mmpadellan
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For almost 2 years, Joe and Mika helped NORMALIZE the creep who regularly hurls insults at them, and who leads "Lock Her Up" chants at his hate rallies.

Now they don't think he deserves the SAME treatment.

Sorry Joe and Mika: that's bullshit. We want the entire WORLD to hear.

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[spanone]

45. I wonder where the baseball fans got the idea to chant such a thing?

[Paladin]

29. The Scarborough's reveal their true colors.

If you're watching them, stop. The livelier stuff they spew turns up here at DU, anyway.....

[turbinetree]

30. Dismayed.............................for the last three years what have the both of you and others

on your news platform been showing when this asshole and others go to "rallies" and your MSNBC show's..........................here lets remind everyone.....................

And then you have a tizzy fit when people that dislike a traitor and booed and yelled what the majority think of this and other assholes.............................and are expressing there FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT.......................

[PatSeg]

34. You know

In a sense, I really don't like the chant either, but it was inevitable. What goes around, comes around, and Trump is getting exactly what he deserves. Democrats tend to be more polite and reasonable as a rule, but eventually they can be pushed too far. Trump brought all this upon himself.

As for Mika and Joe, I remember 2016 too well and they catered to Trump many mornings, letting him phone the show and ramble on. Free political advertising. Where was their outrage about his divisive rhetoric and the violent behavior of his supporters? If they can't apologize for their part in this nightmare, they should just shut up.

[crickets]

47. +1

[CTyankee]

50. They answered this criticism by saying they repeatedly asked the Clinton campaign for her

to call in but never got a response. Someone should ask her former campaign officials if that was true. I'd like to know the answer...

[PatSeg]

57. Yes, I would as well

The media's disdain for Clinton was so obvious throughout the campaign, but they went out of their way to televise Trump's every move or word, primarily because they thought it was good for ratings.

[CTyankee]

59. and don't think the rest of the press aren't reminding Joe and Mika of enabling Trump by always

taking his calls...

[Xipe Totec]

39. The crowd is simply throwing Trump's own words back in his face. nt

[Jarqui]

40. When Trump & Flynn did this to Hillary, were they upset then?

I do not recall a big outrage and even if what they accused Hillary of was true, which they were unable to establish whatsoever after all their bluster, it was a tenth as bad as what Trump appears likely to have done.

Some false equivalences or hypocrisy going on here.

[Iliyah]

52. I don't remember them being outraged.

[lpbk2713]

55. Trump doesn't deserve civility or polite treatment.

Nor does anyone in his entourage.