Morning Joe mocks GOP 'clowns' for panicking over Chinese balloon
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ridiculed the Republican "jackasses" who posed with rifles pointed toward the sky in response to a Chinese spy balloon flying across the country.
President Joe Biden eventually ordered the balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina to prevent debris from posing a hazard to people on the ground, but that wasn't soon enough for many Republicans.
"We've talked about it being serious, but some of the statements from the Republicans, especially in the Senate, have just been asinine," said the "Morning Joe" host. "These jackasses going out, 'I have my shotgun. I'll shoot down the balloon.' Seriously, again, they just make clowns of themselves."
Scarborough singled out Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) for special scorn.
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"I said I wasn't going to mention names, but it seems to me if you are a ranking member of an extraordinarily important committee in the United States Senate, you shouldn't debase yourself over a balloon," Scarborough said. "Marco Rubio, of course, tweetingfrantically, and says that if we can't shoot down a balloon over Montana, then it's China testing us. They know we're not going to do jack if China takes over parts of Japan or India."
"A middle schooler should be embarrassed for tweeting such things, let alone one of the most powerful Republican senators in Washington, D.C.," he added. "Please, please give us your insights on the republican over-response to all of this."
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