Radio host Charlamagne Tha God and former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley mentioned the “Morning Joe” co-hosts’ controversial go to to the property of President-elect Donald Trump was nothing greater than a play for scores.
MSNBC co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, two of Trump’s fiercest critics within the media, revealed on Monday that they had a face-to-face assembly final week with the president-elect at Mar-a-Lago, saying it was an necessary alternative for many who disagree to talk with one another.Â
Haley spoke concerning the incident on an episode of her SiriusXM present, “Nikki Haley Reside,” that will probably be launched in full on Wednesday, November 27, at 8 a.m. ET.
“Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough tore me up after I mentioned something about voting for Donald Trump or what I agreed with him on, despite the fact that I criticized him after I thought he was mistaken. I praised him after I thought he was good. They tore me up,” Haley mentioned of the duo earlier than their abrupt about-face.
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Radio hosts Charlamagne Tha God and Nikki Haley focus on how the hosts of “Morning Joe” met with President-elect Donald Trump final week. (SiriusXM/Nikki Haley Reside)
“However the fact is, it is not that they out of the blue noticed the sunshine. It is that they noticed the scores,” Haley advised as Charlamagne chuckled and agreed. “I imply, let’s be clear. They noticed the scores tank and so they realized, ‘Oh, we higher get on with Donald Trump or else we’re not going to have a present.'”
“It is a scores and income sport,” Charlamagne mentioned. “What I do not perceive is, when you do not like one thing that someone’s saying, when you do not like one thing that someone’s doing, why not go speak to that individual about it and problem them proper then and there?”Â
He added that the Democrats, a few of whom have complained they want their very own liberal media, might begin altering their sport plan by merely showing on the platforms they criticize.
“That is why I believe the largest concern is, even now, after I see all of those liberals, they’re having these conversations about, ‘Oh, the left wants a Joe Rogan’ or ‘The left wants a conservative community like the fitting has.’ It is like, no, how about, develop some balls and go on these platforms? How about, go speak to Joe Rogan?” he mentioned.
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“Morning Joe” co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough enraged liberals on social media after assembly with President-elect Donald Trump. (Getty Photographs)
Charlamagne added additional that there’s one Democrat who seems to be forward of the curve on this tactic.
“Once you take a look at what Governor Newsom is doing proper now, I believe it is a sensible technique. Like, , he is not my favourite candidate, proper? Or anyone that I am trying to assist at this second. However I like his media technique,” Charlamagne mentioned, suggesting that by happening information retailers like Fox Information, Newsom is “assembly folks the place they’re. And I believe that is what lots of these politicians aren’t doing. At the very least the Democratic politicians, they don’t seem to be assembly folks the place they’re.”
The information concerning the Trump-Scarborough-Brzezinski assembly set off a firestorm on the left, with MSNBC staffers lashing out on the co-hosts.
“Cowardice,” one MSNBC worker reacted to Fox Information Digital. “Doing precisely what [anti-Trump historian] Tim Snyder warns on our air to not do: obey upfront. It’s disgusting however frankly unsurprising.”
The supply mentioned MSNBC’s rank and file at the moment are “largely disdainful” of the community’s morning stars, saying it “seems like they’re simply opportunistic.”
Trump, in the meantime, described the assembly as “extraordinarily cordial.”
“I acquired a name from Joe Scarborough requesting a gathering for him and Mika, and I agreed that it might be factor if such a gathering passed off,” Trump advised Fox Information Digital. “Many issues have been mentioned, and I very a lot appreciated the truth that they wished to have open communication … In some ways, it’s too dangerous that it wasn’t carried out way back.
“The assembly led to a really optimistic method, and we agreed to talk sooner or later,” he added.
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Fox Information’ David Rutz contributed to this report.
