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Joe Scarborough Nails 'Lying' Republicans On Trump/Biden Comparisons

Joe Scarborough Nails 'Lying' Republicans On Trump/Biden Comparisons

Although many Republicans are afraid to say anything that is even remotely critical of former President Donald Trump, a few have tried to disparage President Joe Biden by making Trump/Biden comparisons. And Never Trump conservative Joe Scarborough, on the Monday, January 31 broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” slammed such comparisons as a “dangerous false equivalency.”

Scarborough told a panel that included historian Jon Meacham, the Rev. Al Sharpton, MSNBC’s Jonathan Lemire and fellow “Morning Joe” host Mika Brzezinski, “(Sen.) Mitt Romney and (Sen.) Ben Sasse, who are supposed to be the reasonable, rational people — just last week, they engaged in this false equivalency, this dangerous false equivalency, that suggested that Joe Biden was no better than Donald Trump. Now, they know that when they say that, they’re being liars…. They know they’re lying.”

The former GOP congressman went on to say, “They play for their base, and they know they’re lying…. They can’t act like these are normal times. They cannot lie and say that Joe Biden, for all of his flaws and failings, is just like Donald Trump in not respecting fair and free elections. They know it is a false equivalency. They know it’s a lie.”

Meacham agreed with Scarborough, interjecting, “It’s a flaw in the conversation for all kinds of reasons. It’s just not commensurate…. The idea that somehow or another, this is secretly 1986, and it’s Bob Dole versus George Mitchell on ‘The Capitol Gang’ — this is not that.”

Reprinted with permission from Alternet


Goldman Sachs Issues Dire Warning After Manchin Kills Build Back Better

Goldman Sachs Issues Dire Warning After Manchin Kills Build Back Better

During a Sunday appearance on Fox News, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia declared that he is still a “no” vote on the Build Back Better Act of 2021 — a declaration that has infuriated many of the centrist senator’s fellow Democrats. But progressive Democrats like Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington State aren’t the only ones who are disappointed; Goldman Sachs, CNN reports, isn’t happy either.

In a research report released on December 19, Goldman Sachs’ Jan Hatzius warned, “A failure to pass BBB has negative growth implications.” Hatzius told clients that because of the “apparent demise” of the Build Back Better Act, the Wall Street outfit now expects GDP (gross domestic product) to grow at 2% rather than 3% during 2022’s first quarter.CNN’s Matt Egan reports, “The bank also trimmed its GDP forecasts for the second quarter to 3% from 3.5% previously and the third quarter to 2.75% compared with 3% previously. It specifically pointed to the expiration of the child tax credit and the lack of the other new spending that had been anticipated.”

During his Fox News appearance, Manchin cited concerns about “inflation” as one of the main reasons why he won’t vote for the Build Back Better Act in its present form.

On Monday, December 20 broadcast of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, conservative host Joe Scarborough (a former GOP congressman) speculated that in 2022, perhaps some version of the Build Back Better Act will be on the table if Democrats in Congress agree to more compromises. But Goldman Sachs expressed doubts that Build Back Better is going to pass at all.

Goldman Sachs economists, in their December 19 report, explained, “The inflation concerns that Sen. Manchin and others have already expressed are likely to persist, making passage more difficult. The Omicron variant is also likely to shift political attention back to virus-related issues and away from long-term reforms.”

Following his Fox News interview, Manchin released a statement saying, “I have always said, 'If I can't go back home and explain it, I can't vote for it.' Despite my best efforts, I cannot explain the sweeping Build Back Better Act in West Virginia, and I cannot vote to move forward on this mammoth piece of legislation.”

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#EndorseThis: Scarborough Drops F-Bomb, Demands Arrest Of Trump, Junior, And Rudy

Joe Scarborough, the host of the MSNBC news show Morning Joe, delivered a powerful denunciation of MAGA rioters, Capitol police, and Trump and his closest allies, going as far as using the F-bomb on his morning cable program. Scarborough's outburst was strong, moving, and perfectly summed up the anger that we are all feeling after the hideous events that took place yesterday.

"You opened the doors for them and let them breach the people's house," roared Scarborough in his fiery rebuke. Watch the passionate speech by the host, here:


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Right-Wing Paper Slams Trump For Pushing ‘Vile’ Conspiracy Theory

Reprinted with permission from Alternet

President Donald Trump has never been shy about promoting absurd far-right conspiracy theories, including birtherism (the racist claim that President Barack Obama wasn't really born in the United States). And recently, Trump has been floating the conspiracy theory that Never Trump conservative Joe Scarborough — who hosts Morning Joe on MSNBC with liberal Mika Brzezinski, his wife — murdered a former employee. And the editorial board of the right-wing Washington Examiner slams Trump for it in a scathing editorial published on May 27.

The former employee that conspiracy theorists have accused of killing was Lori Klausutis, who suffered from a heart condition and was only 28 when, on July 19, 2001, she fell and fatally hit her head. At the time, Scarborough was a Florida Republican serving in the U.S. House of Representatives. Scarborough, who is now one of Trump's most vehement critics on the right, has since left the GOP because of his disdain for Trumpism.

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