MSNBC “Morning Joe” big Joe Scarborough dragged Democrats for being “afraid” to “offend immoderate mini subset of their base” by speaking retired astir forbidden migration and transgender issues — 2 captious concerns for voters who helped elite Donald Trump.
The erstwhile GOP congressman-turned-liberal cablegram news anchor offered up his scathing post-mortem connected why Vice President Kamala Harris and nan Democrats mislaid nan White House, arsenic good arsenic nan Senate, during Thursday’s show.
“They’re acrophobic to offend. Always acrophobic to offend,” Scarborough said. “Always acrophobic to offend connected separator security. Always acrophobic to offend connected truthful galore different issues and they person mislaid moving people America.”
“The mobility is, really agelong until they understand that this isn’t conscionable astir taxation cuts, this isn’t conscionable astir economics, this is astir taste markers that matter greatly successful these people’s lives?”
He slammed Democrats for not pushing backmost connected pro-Trump ads that said Harris would support taxpayer-funded transgender surgeries.
Other ads claimed Harris would let biologic males to compete successful women’s sports.
“They didn’t respond to it because they were acrophobic to respond to it, because it mightiness offend immoderate mini subset of their base,” Scarborough said.
From Oct. 7 to Oct. 20, nan Trump run and pro-Trump groups spent $95 cardinal connected ads — 41% of which focused connected transgender issues, according to PBS.
One peculiarly effective TV adhd that aired successful plaything states said, “Kamala is for they/them. Trump is for you.”
“I mean, you don’t person to beryllium a Republican, though I was a Republican — you don’t person to beryllium a conservative, though I was a conservative, to understand that seeing advertisement aft advertisement successful NFL shot games, saying that taxpayers were going to beryllium backing transgender surgeries for inmates, it’s not thing that is going to play good successful Wisconsin, successful Michigan, successful Pennsylvania, among men,” Scarborough said.
Scarborough besides criticized Democratic statement leaders for not pressing for a revamped separator information measure aft an first measure was changeable down by nan Republican-controlled Senate.
“There was immoderate reluctance to spell there, to talk astir nan things that were concerning Americans, that really mattered this year. Illegal immigration, nan wide separator crossings,” Scarborough said.
“That was thing that concerned Hispanic voters. It’s thing that concerned achromatic voters. That is thing that concerned each voters.”