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'Not sure what Kevin was getting at': MSNBC's Morning Joe hoots with laughter at hours-long McCarthy speech

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough hooted with laughter at portions of House minority leader Kevin McCarthy's lengthy speech against President Joe Biden and his agenda.

The California Republican spoke for more than eight and a half hours, delaying a House vote on a $1.85 trillion social policy and climate change bill, and the "Morning Joe" host laughed out loud at McCarthy's rambling comments about China, carrots and communism.

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'Sold his soul to a failed game show host': MSNBC's Morning Joe piles on Ted Cruz for hapless feud against Liz Cheney

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough took potshots at Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) for continuing his hapless feud with Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY).

Cruz accused the Wyoming Republican of acting more like a Democrat for criticizing Donald Trump, and Cheney questioned the Texas Republican's manhood for failing to defend his wife and father from the former president's insults, and "Morning Joe" watched with delight.

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Morning Joe: Republicans don’t deserve any power until they call out ‘fascist elements’ in the GOP

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough trashed House minority leader Kevin McCarthy's leadership and said Republicans didn't deserve to wield power until they could sideline the "fascists" in their caucus.

House Democrats will vote Wednesday to censure Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) and strip him of committee assignments for posting an anime-style video showing him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and attacking President Joe Biden, and the "Morning Joe" host said GOP must speak out against the party's "craziest" members.

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Trump impeachment attorney: 'We need to eradicate people like Steve Bannon' from politics

The lead counsel on the first House impeachment probe of Donald Trump said Steve Bannon other right-wing extremists must be banished back to the fringes of the Republican Party.

Dan Goldman appeared Tuesday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," where he announced his campaign for New York attorney general and defended the prosecution of Bannon for defying a congressional subpoena in the Jan. 6 investigation.

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'He's like a 5-year-old': Morning Joe and Mika mock Trump's petty feud with Mitch McConnell

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinksi mocked Donald Trump's ongoing feud with Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell.

The Kentucky Republican has been talking up the recently signed infrastructure bill in his home state, while Trump trashes him from the sidelines as a "old broken-down crow" for helping to pass President Joe Biden's legislative achievement, and the "Morning Joe" co-hosts ridiculed the twice-impeached one-term president as childish.

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'This kid is no hero': MSNBC's Morning Joe shreds conservatives for celebrating Kyle Rittenhouse

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough blasted his fellow conservatives for elevating Kenosha gunman Kyle Rittenhouse as a hero, despite him killing two people under questionable and possibly illegal circumstances.

Jury deliberations will begin Monday in the 18-year-old's murder trial, and the "Morning Joe" host declared Rittenhouse was no hero, regardless of whatever verdict that jurors might return.

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‘Full-on crackpot’ Mike Flynn keeps giving the world new reasons to think Trump is ‘stupid’: Morning Joe

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said former national security adviser Michael Flynn keeps providing new reasons to question Donald Trump's intelligence for hiring him to work in the White House.

The retired U.S. Army general-turned-QAnon conspiracist told a right-wing gathering the U.S. must establish "one religion under God," which the "Morning Joe" host ripped as unconstitutional, un-American and unhinged.

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'I wouldn't send that guy to 7/11 for a Slurpee': Morning Joe mocks Trump's 'ambassador envoy'

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough mocked former president Donald Trump for sending a bogus "ambassador envoy" to the Kosovo-Serbia border.

The twice-impeached one-term president issued a statement claiming Richard Grenell, his former ambassador to Germany, had acted in a diplomatic capacity this week to highlight an economic agreement his administration reached in 2020, and both the White House and the "Morning Joe" host ridiculed Trump for pretending to run a shadow presidency.

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Legal expert explains 'extremely problematic' rulings by Rittenhouse judge -- and reveals 'death knell' for the prosecution

A former prosecutor broke down some of the "extremely problematic" rulings by a Wisconsin judge that made convicting Kyle Rittenhouse difficult, and he also analyzed some key mistakes made by the prosecution.

Charles Coleman, a civil rights attorney and former Brooklyn prosecutor, told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that Kenosha County prosecutors faced an exceedingly difficult case, simply based on the facts from a chaotic crime scene, and from an apparently hostile trial judge, Bruce Schroeder.

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Trump kids in trouble? DC insider predicts a new ‘pressure point’ in Jan. 6 probe

MSNBC's Jonathan Lemire predicted that congressional investigators would crank up the pressure on Donald Trump by issuing subpoenas to his adult children.

The "Way Too Early" host and White House bureau chief for Politico appeared Tuesday on "Morning Joe," where he speculated on the next round of subpoenas after the House select committee moved closer into Trump's inner circle by demanding additional evidence related to the Jan. 6 insurrection.

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'New level of insanity': DC insider warns GOP 'thought police' targeting House members for abuse

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Axios co-founder Jim VandeHei agreed that Republican Party had reached a "new level of insanity" by threatening and intimidating lawmakers who had voted for the bipartisan infrastructure bill.

House minority leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) may strip committee assignments from 13 Republicans who voted for the legislation, but seems unlikely to do anything about Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) for directing threats to her colleagues' phone numbers in a tweet or Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) for fantasizing about killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in a tweeted video.

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'She's young enough for this to haunt her': Ex-federal prosecutor warns Kayleigh McEnany to comply with subpoena

Former U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance on Tuesday discussed the decision by the House Select Committee investigating Jan. 6 to issue an additional ten subpoenas, including aides who were closest to former President Donald Trump throughout the day.

Speaking on an MSNBC panel of experts, Vance warned that Kayleigh McEnany is so young that her decision about whether to cooperate or not will determine her future in politics.

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'Where is Merrick Garland?' WaPo reporter breaks down the latest developments in Jan. 6 probe

Panelists on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" discussed the latest developments in the House select committee's investigation of the Jan. 6 insurrection, and whether attorney general Merrick Garland would hold anyone accountable for resisting subpoenas.

The select committee issued another round of subpoenas Monday to Donald Trump's inner circle, and Washington Post reporter Robert Costa, co-author of the new book, "Peril," discussed the evidence he has uncovered of the former president's efforts to overturn his election loss.

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