Joe and Mika only care about themselves. They're mad at Trump because he hasn't delivered.

[yardwork]

Trump was supposed to bring tax breaks to rich people. Joe Scarborough is a right wing Republican. He and Mika want their tax breaks. They want the Wall and military contracts and all the other deals that would pump up Wall Street that Trump promised to his rich Republican voters.

The only reason they're attacking Trump now is because he's so inadequate, he can't even fulfill his campaign promises.

All the rich Republicans are trying to push Trump out now and replace him with Pence.

Don't be fooled. These people don't care about morals or kindness or human decency. They're in it for themselves.

[Squinch]

1. I think they also are chagrinned that they backed the wrong horse. They thought they'd

be the insider media for Trump(R)'s white house because they carried his water during the campaign. They found out that he's disloyal and they are embarrassed by the fact that Trump(R) is acting like Trump(R). And they are so stupid that it surprises them.

[yardwork]

3. The Republicans are going to dump Trump because he hasn't delivered.

They will install Pence as president. They will blame both Obama and Trump for all the problems facing the country, and Republican controlled Congress will enact draconian policies that give even more to the super rich who fund their reelection campaigns. These donations come in from all over the world thanks to the right wing Supreme Court's campaign funding decisions.

The fix is in.

About a month ago Joe Scarborough told his viewers that Trump is a Democrat. Watch for more of that.

[oberliner]

6. They backed the right horse

He has been great for their ratings.

[Tatiana]

35. Agreed. I think maybe Joe was even angling for an appointment.

Somehow they thought they were different from Christie or Giuliani or Gingrich or Palin or... yeah there's a long list of a$$kissers punked by Trump.

I actually don't think Mika bought any of what Trump had to offer, but was willing to sell herself (and her principles) for her romantic partner.

[LenaBaby61]

2. Agree yardwork ...

I'm NOT fooled by their little "act."

They were thick as thieves with tRumputin not long ago.

[yardwork]

4. They just want money. They don't care about anything else.

[JaneQPublic]

5. Except Mika said repeatedly she would be/has voted for Clinton. (Nt)

She had misgivings about Hillary but always said she backed her over Trump.

[oberliner]

7. Except she regularly had Trump on her show

And accused Hillary of trying to get her fired (among other things).

[JaneQPublic]

9. Yeah, news shows tend to have candidates on.

If you've been watching since the election, both Mika and Joe have been eviscerating Trump on a daily basis.

[oberliner]

10. Not by phone

In fact, news shows generally refuse to allow phone-only appearances by candidates.

Trump was somehow an exception to the "call-in" rule.

Edit to add: Of course they have been attacking him since the election. If Hillary had won, they would be attacking her. That's what drives the ratings.

[JaneQPublic]

12. Actually, Trump was calling into any number of live news shows. (nt)

[oberliner]

13. Yes, exactly

All the other stations made the same Trump exception. He was great for ratings on CNN, MSNBC, you name it. They are all responsible in enabling and normalizing his candidacy.

Morning Trump in particular, though, to the point that Trump thanked them for their support (embarrassingly).

Joe and Mika have also admitted to being years-long friends with Trump.

[JaneQPublic]

14. I agree that ALL TV news gave Trump far too much free air time.

Studies have shown it's true that, throughout the election, TV news programs devoted much more time to Trump, even disrupting their planned programming to accept his phone call and let him bloviate on air to his heart's content.

I didn't like Joe and Mika either before the election, particularly because Joe kept insisting that Trump really did have a chance of winning.

But repeatedly -- even on today's show -- they have acknowledged being friends with Trump for 12 years. But as someone who normally would change the channel to CNN to avoid J&M, I've actually been quite amazed in recent months how they've been spending almost every morning thoroughly raking Trump over the coals.

I just think if you're going to accuse them of such nefarious motives, you should at least present evidence beyond the same failings committed by nearly every TV news show through the election.

[yardwork]

23. Their nefarious behavior during the campaign speaks for itself.

They repeatedly normalized Trump and his behavior, while continually making more of Hillary's issues than was warranted by the facts.

Mika repeatedly made a false equivalency between the two candidates' weaknesses.

Now all of a sudden Mika has noticed that Trump's behavior is outrageous? She never noticed before? Please.

[Squinch]

11. Except Joe was so allied with the Trump(R) campaign that he was considered for VP at one point.

[JaneQPublic]

16. It was a response to a hypothetical question posed by Hugh Hewitt

[SoCalMusicLover]

27. What Is This New Thing Called Video?

Why is it that people can go back to old video and call me on my Shit years later?

[JaneQPublic]

30. Ha! Those newfangled contraptions! (nt)

[yardwork]

20. The impact of Mika's "reporting" was to elect Trump.

[nikibatts]

8. They are upset because he made them look like fools. They are embarrassed they sucked up to a pig.

[Adrahil]

15. I don;t really disagree, but...

AS with George Will and Bill Krystal, I think the enemy of my enemy is my friend at the moment.

[yardwork]

19. Their end game is to install Pence and sweep everything under the rug.

Their goal is the tax breaks and dismantling the government. Trump is failing to deliver. They'll dump him and bring in Pence.

[Adrahil]

25. WE're a bit doomed no matter what...

But I want Trump utterly disgraced. Hopefully we can make enough inroads in 2018 to blunt what remains of a Pence Presidency.

[Bradical79]

17. I don't care

Doesn't make Trump's actions any less abhorrent, and I'm not interested in distracting from that with atacks on their character. It's counterproductive.

[yardwork]

18. We should all care because Pence will be worse.

Watch what they all do, not what they say. This is theatre.

[MiddleClass]

24. Domestic policy is Mike pence

Remember the deal that was offered. Kasich.

You could handle domestic and foreign policies. If you become my vice president.

What will you be doing Mister Trump.

Well I'll be making America great again!

My bet would be Mike Pence got the same offer

[jberryhill]

31. Pence is going to launch nukes in a fit of pique?

Donald Trump is an existential danger to humanity.

[yardwork]

34. I believe that Pence is as well. Our only hope is regaining Congress.

[smirkymonkey]

21. Thank YOU!

God, I am so sick of this shit!

[yardwork]

33. What shit are you sick of? People criticizing Republicans.

Joe Scarborough is not my pal. Is he yours?

[smirkymonkey]

36. No, he is not my pal. But I think we have better targets to go after than

people who are making Trump look bad in the media, regardless of their affiliation or former ties w/ Trump. Going after Joe and Mika is pointless. It does us no good and gives ammunition to those who wish to make Trumps sick tweets and misogyny seem like a mere trifle.

[yardwork]

39. Lol. Posting on a message board isn't "going after" anybody.

Mika and Joe did their part to normalize Trump's atrocious behavior. I'm not going to fawn on them now that it's no longer expedient for them to ignore it.

[Kaleva]

22. The Repub infighting is great for us.

Let them tear each other up.

[Sanity Claws]

26. So?

Why should I care whether this or that is their motive? The point is that we have a President who is into blackmailing the media in order to stop negative coverage of him.

We all should be concerned about this, regardless of how it came to our attention.

[yardwork]

32. Did this only recently come to your attention? Really?

[Sanity Claws]

37. ?

I am totally puzzled by what you wrote. Who said anything about recent discovery? How did you ever come up with this?

[yardwork]

38. In your post

"... regardless of how it came to our attention."

[NCTraveler]

28. I'm glad they are mad at Trump. They are supporting the narrative that we have been building. nt.

[BeyondGeography]

29. They're ambitious middle-of-the-roaders

Nothing more or less. Occasionally useful and infuriating. Mostly harmless TV people but today they're actually helping.

[Hamlette]

40. Bullshit

not all "rich" people are assholes.