‘Morning Joe’ hosts have meltdown after guest says Trump ‘co-opted America’s heartbeat’ with Jan. 6 pardons
MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough had a meltdown Tuesday after their guest, Donny Deutsch, claimed President Trump “co-opted America’s heartbeat” by pardoning Jan. 6 offenders.
Much to the ire of Democrats, hours after taking office on Monday, Trump tackled an item at the top of his to-do list and pardoned approximately 1,500 Capitol rioters and commuted 14 prison sentences.
“Way Too Early” host Ali Vitali noted Trump was able to exonerate Jan. 6 rioters with “the stroke of a pen,” before huffing that everyone in “Washington and beyond” would have to accept that “this is how it is now.”
As Scarborough jumped in to note that the election was close, by “1.5 percent,” and the Republican majority in both congressional houses is small, Deutsch interjected.
“I just want to add one thing to that, we can say that to ourselves but he [Trump] has co-opted America’s heartbeat,” Deutsch said.
Brzezinski tried to interject, telling Deutsch, “If America’s heartbeat is to have hostage families standing behind him, that marketing visual is quite something.”