'Every Republican should be scared out of wits': Morning Joe warns move will haunt GOP

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough provided a history lesson to show why Republicans ought to be "scared out of their wits" by Jimmy Kimmel's suspension.

The late-night host was placed on indefinite hiatus after ABC and its parent company Disney caved to pressure from Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr, who threatened broadcast licenses of stations that aired his show — claiming comments about Charlie Kirk had been too offensive.

Scarborough warned the move could set a dangerous precedent.

"Everybody thinks that when theyget elected, it's the lastelection, that they're going tobe in power forever," Scarborough said. "I've saidthis before, I'll say it again. I remember 2004, George W. Bushwins and Karl Rove talks about a permanent Republicanmajority. Democrats weretalking about fearing apermanent Republican majority.Two years later, Nancy Pelosi,speaker of the House. Two yearslater, Barack Obama's elected."

The right-wing Tea Party rose up in response to Obama's election, but he was re-elected two years after Republican gains in the 2010 midterms, and Scarborough pointed back to the 1964 electoral thrashing for Republican Barry Goldwater followed by the rise of Ronald Reagan and the birth of the modern conservative movement.

"There's always this back andforth, there's always this ebband flow, and by always, I meanalways," Scarborough said "So when you see oneparty doing what theTrump administration is doing,every single Republican should be scared out of theirwits because they know they'renot going to be in powerforever.

"What happens if someleft-wing FCC chairperson comesin? Yeah,they'll meltdown. Some FCC chairpersoncomes in, what happens then?Stop setting precedents thatare going to be used against you in the future."

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