“The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart mocked “Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski for his or her hypocrisy in speeding to satisfy with President-elect Donald Trump — after the pair parroted Democrats who referred to as him a hazard to democracy.
Stewart performed a clip of the MSNBC hosts explaining their choice to journey to Mar-a-Lago throughout his opening monologue on Monday evening.
“For those asking why we would go speak to the president-elect during such fraught times, especially between us, I guess I would ask back – why wouldn’t we?” Brzezinski stated.
Stewart quipped: “Because you said he was Hitler.”
The comic additionally slammed congressional Democrats who’ve cozied as much as Trump since he defeated Vice President Kamala Harris on Nov. 5.
“I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Republicans are playing chess, and the Democrats are in the nurse’s office because they glued their balls to their thighs,” Stewart railed.
Scarborough and Brzezinski had been seemingly oblivious to the backlash they’ve acquired from Democrats throughout their present on Tuesday.
“Yesterday I saw for the first time what a massive disconnect there was between social media and the real world because we were flooded with phone calls from people all day, literally around the world, all very positive, very supportive,” Scarborough stated.
“But once in a while I would get a text or call from someone going, ‘Oh, man, I hope you’re doing okay,’” he continued.
He famous a name he received from frequent MSNBC visitor Eddie Glaude.
“I’d go: ‘Are you on Twitter?’ And he goes, ‘I am.’ I’d go ‘Well I’m not so we’ve had a good day. Mika had a wonderful event and it’s fantastic.’ All of us will do the best we can do and we’re all working towards a better America.”
The married Trump critics have taken warmth since revealing their sit-down with Trump – the primary time they’d met with him in seven years, in keeping with Brzezinski.
They’d trashed Trump on their present within the lead-up to Election Day. Brzezinski referred to as him a “hateful, racist, bigoted, tired, aging…branding-obsessed narcissist.”
In September, Scarborough stated “it’s not a reach” to check Trump to Hitler.
However on Friday, the co-hosts met with Trump at his Florida property, the place Scarborough stated they “talked about a lot of issues, including abortion, mass deportation, threats of political retribution against political opponents and media outlets.”
“Oh, I bet you really laid down the gauntlet, Joe,” Stewart mocked. “I bet you walked in there and just let him have it, didn’t you, Joey?”
Stewart then carried out “a one-act play called Joe and Mika go to Mar-a-Lago.”
“‘Mr. President, your rhetoric is outrageous,’” Scarborough stated, imitating the MSNBC hosts. “‘I cannot in good conscience – oh, are those macarons?”
He tore into Democratic representatives who tried to place a constructive spin on the election outcomes as a substitute of acknowledging the defeat, calling it a “s— show.”
“We’ve learned nothing!” he shouted.
Stewart laid into feedback from Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington celebrating the variety amongst newly-elected Home Dems, together with the primary trans member and the youngest member elected to the Home from New Jersey.
“Wait ’til you hear that this record-breaking young phenom from New Jersey is 38 years old! 38 years old!” Stewart stated. “How far are we going with this? Oh, in Illinois, we elected a ginger!”
