'Oh my God': Morning Joe panel stunned by Tommy Tuberville's latest display of ignorance
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski were stunned by Sen. Tommy Tuberville's (R-AL) utter ignorance about an Alabama Supreme Court decision that could end IVF services.
The Alabama Republican was asked about the ruling Thursday at CPAC, and he was unable to comment on the most basic elements of the case, which he confused with a legislative bill that deals with abortion, and seemed to believe it would encourage the births of more children.
The "Morning Joe" hosts were gobsmacked by his incomprehension.
"Oh my God," Brzezinski said, pausing emphatically after each word.
"Wow, Joe -- 'we need more kids, need more kids, amen to that,'" said co-host Willie Geist, paraphrasing the senator. "IVF gives the gift and the miracle of children to people who otherwise couldn't have it. Obviously, no command of the issue. He was talking about a bill, he hasn't read the bill – there's no bill. This is a Supreme Court ruling in the state of Alabama. Totally twisted in knots there, as many Republicans have been just in the last two days on this issue."
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"In his state, by the way, it's not like [NBC reporter] Dasha [Burns], who did a great job, it wasn't like Dasha was asking him about what happened in the Idaho legislature or in the Nevada legislature or the Oregon Supreme Court," Scarborough said.
"The Supreme Court," Brzezinski added. "He clearly doesn't know what IVF is."
"You know, he had no idea," Scarborough said. "You know, it'd be like Forrest Gump if he got the ball and just ran in circles. He was just running in circles, he was getting dizzy. He was for it, he was for IVF, he was for it, but he needed to read the bill. It's not a bill, it's your state Supreme Court – your state Supreme Court, not a bill."
"This is just another great example, the Republicans' message, think about it," Scarborough added. "Donald Trump [on Thursday] bragged about terminating abortion, he bragged about terminating the right, a 50-year right, in front of a Christian group. At the same time, he is leaking to the New York Times – 'Oh, I'm for a 16-week ban.' At the same time! Then you have poor Tommy Tuberville, poor, poor Tommy running around in circles, going, 'I'm for the ruling that bans IVF, I'm for that ruling, yes, it's good. It's unfortunate, it's unfortunate that women and families can't use IVF, it is fortunate. I'm for it, I'm against it, I need to read the bill – oh, it's a court case? Nobody is talking about it.' It just happened. This is such a nightmare for Republicans politically, they know it."
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