Joe Scarborough Rages at Fox News Over Trump Trial Coverage: ‘They Are Obsessed with Trashing America!’

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough targeted Fox News and Donald Trump supporters in a lengthy rant on Tuesday in which he claimed Fox is “obsessed with trashing America” and Trump voters want a “dictatorship.”

During a discussion on Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan on Morning Joe, Scarborough accused the former president of “running down” and trashing the United States. He then honed in on supporters of Trump.

“Where are you from? Because you may claim to be from where I’m from, but you were not raised by the same teachers I was raised by and you don’t read… I’m getting tired of saying this to people who claim to be patriotic but hate America, because they’re always running America down,” Scarborough said. They’re always trashing America. They’re always saying America is horrible, its democracy doesn’t work, we need a dictatorship if Donald Trump doesn’t win.”

The Morning Joe co-host then laid into Fox News, claiming the network did not dedicate enough coverage to the first day of Trump’s trial.

The former president is facing more than 30 counts stemming from a hush money payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to cover up an alleged affair. Trump has denied all wrongdoing and described the trial as a witch hunt.

“I’ll just say it, on Fox News, they didn’t want to show Donald Trump in trial, so they got three protests and said, protests shut down America, basically. This weekend, there were like four migrants and a hound dog on top of a hill in New Mexico. They had their four migrants and a hound dog cam on for hours,” Scarborough said.

He went on to mock Fox by grabbing a microphone and impersonating a Fox reporter at the border confused by the lack of migrants.

Fox News covered Trump’s trial, but also reported on pro-Palestinian protests in the United States about the Israel-Hamas war as well as from the southern border. Funds for Israel and the southern border continue to be tied up in congressional stalemates. Pro-Palestinian activists have also upped calls recently for a ceasefire following the death of a seven aid workers in Gaza from an Israeli strike.

Southern border crossings hit a record high at the the end of 2023, and President Joe Biden continues to push for the passage of bipartisan legislation he says would allow him to shut the border down.

Scarborough claimed on Tuesday that the focus on the border and these protests is part of an effort to make America look bad while Trump is on trial.

“They give their viewers anything to try to make America look bad,” Scarborough said. “They are obsessed on trashing America when America is stronger, more powerful than ever before. Its economy is stronger and more powerful than ever before.”

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