'At his very weakest': Morning Joe rips GOP 'quislings' as they stand by Trump

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ripped Ron DeSantis for defending Donald Trump against a looming indictment in the Jan. 6 investigation.

The former president revealed he is a target in that probe, and his leading Republican rival offered only a mild criticism for Trump's actions on that day and accused the Department of Justice of criminalizing legitimate political actions.

The "Morning Joe" host wasn't impressed his response.

"A guy who loves to play it tough, Ron DeSantis, a supposed tough guy who picks on, you know, picks on corporations that actually talk about diversity and picks on others, yesterday he was almost apologetic to call out Donald Trump for sitting in his office and doing nothing while Donald Trump's mob tried to commit insurrection against the United States government," Scarborough said.

"He looked so weak up there, he looked so afraid of Donald Trump. He kind of wiped his nose and face, he was nervous after saying, of course, not a crime, not a crime to commit sedition against the United States of America basically is what he was saying, but still he just sat back and did nothing."

"They are all such quislings, they are all so weak," Scarborough added. "How in the world do they expect to beat Donald Trump? I want to play you this for our audience just tuning in on the West Coast, they can see Ron DeSantis at his very weakest." Scarborough then showed video of DeSantis's reaction.

Watch the video at this link.

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