'Can't be that ignorant': MSNBC's Morning Joe panel piles on billionaire Trump apologist

Pershing Square Capital Management CEO Bill Ackman was roasted on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Friday for running interference for Donald Trump during an appearance on CNBC's "Squawkbox" earlier in the week.

A discussion with CNBC host Andrew Ross Sorkin on Donald Trump's standing with Wall Street executives quickly turned to the controversial Ackman who has become notorious for his extended diatribes on social media aimed at his critics who have called out his attempts to rationalize Trump's actions.

During his recent appearance on CNBC, the billionaire investor dismissed Trump's reported admiration for Adolf Hitler while also blaming Russia's invasion of neighboring Georgia during President George W. Bush's administration on President Joe Biden.

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Addressing Ackman saying he didn't believe Gen. John Kelly's accusations leveled at Trump, MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski exclaimed, "I just want to understand how he, as successful as he is and intelligent seemingly as he is, could say that Donald Trump didn't say those things, and if he did, he didn't mean them, that Trump apologist route," before later adding, "How dare he?"

With co-host Joe Scarborough accusing Ackman of knowingly "spreading disinformation," Ross Sorkin admitted, "What, to me, is so concerning about this –– and I've said this to Bill before –– is that he has made his name as an activist investor trying to get at truth. He is often calling out CEOs for lying, that is part of his business. He has gone after companies for lying to the public; that is part and parcel of his franchise."

"So here we are with somebody in the context of former president Trump who lies with such regularity and it's not clear to me that any of these investors would be hiring –– would you go hire a CEO who lies?" he asked.

"You know the answer to that, nobody would hire this guy, "Scarborough interrupted. "Bill Ackman wouldn't hire this guy, you know that."

Ross Sorkin offered, "What I think is happening is I think someone like Bill Ackman on issues like Israel and other things believes, genuinely believes, that Vice President Harris is not as competent. I think this is the argument –– I'm not saying that's the case –– I'm saying they believe this."

"They don't believe that. They just cannot believe that, they can't be that ignorant," Scarborough shot back.

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