MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said Donald Trump is lucky he's not sitting in jail with his insurrectionist supporters instead of stewing over his removal from the Colorado presidential ballot.
The Colorado Supreme Court disqualified the former president from holding political office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment due to his actions leading up to the Jan. 6 insurrection, and the "Morning Joe" host said Trump deserved to be imprisoned along with those who followed his lead and stormed the U.S. Capitol to overturn his election loss.
"We all saw it with our own eyes," Scarborough said. "This is one of those moments – what are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes? Americans saw this with their eyes. They understand that Donald Trump did, in fact, take part, lead, encourage an insurrection to take place. They know that he told people they needed to storm the Capitol, they needed to stop the count. He got extraordinarily angry with the Secret Service when they stopped him from going up there because he wanted to march on the floor. He wanted to be in the center of the insurrection. You know, it's so maddening when Donald Trump talks about the, quote, 'hostages' and how grotesque to say that with what's going on in Israel. But Donald Trump talks about the hostages being held, about the people who beat the hell out of cops."
"Donald Trump has still escaped justice," Scarborough continued. "Donald Trump is not in jail for committing insurrection, which we all know he did. Americans know he did. He's out of jail because he is rich and powerful. Those people being in jail, those working Americans that followed his instructions and told the judges they were just following his insurrection instructions, they're in jail because they're not rich and powerful like Donald Trump."
"So, yeah, yeah, he committed insurrection," Scarborough added. "Yes, if there were justice already, he'd be a lot more concerned about things than just not being on the Colorado Republican ballot. He'd be concerned because he should be in jail."
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