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'There's a cold ripple of fear running down the spine of Republicans on Capitol Hill this morning': MSNBC's Claire McCaskill

MSNBC's Claire McCaskill thinks Republicans would be wise to abandon Donald Trump before he brings down the entire party.

The Trump-endorsed Susan Wright lost her Texas congressional special election to fellow Republican Jake Ellzey, and "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough said that telling defeat comes against the backdrop of the first Jan. 6 select committee hearing that GOP lawmakers have sought to undermine.

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'Not good Americans': MSNBC's Morning Joe condemns Fox News broadcasters mocking Capitol cops

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough questioned the patriotism of conservative commentators who are openly mocking the police officers who protected the U.S. Capitol and the elected officials inside.

Four police officers testified Tuesday before the House select committee on the Jan. 6 insurrection, and the "Morning Joe" host condemned broadcasters on conservative networks who mocked their trauma and insulted their service.

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'Stomach-churning behavior': MSNBC's Heilemann demolishes 'morally depraved' conservatives 'openly mocking' Capitol cops

MSNBC's John Heilemann called out conservative media outlets shielding their viewers from the horrors of the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Four police officers testified Tuesday in the first House select committee hearing on the U.S. Capitol riot where they battled Donald Trump supporters attempting to violently overturn the election results, but the "Morning Joe" contributor said their emotionally devastating accounts won't break through to a significant portion of the electorate.

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'Just insane': How did 'raging lunatic' Mike Flynn 'thrive' in the military for decades?

A former White House staffer blasted retired U.S. Army general Michael Flynn as a "raging lunatic" for joking about assassinating government officials.

Flynn was given an AR-15 rifle during a church event and drew laughs by suggesting he would "find somebody in Washington, D.C." to try out the weapon, and MSNBC contributor Elise Jordan lambasted Donald Trump's conspiracy-mongering national security adviser.

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'It's what stupid people do': MSNBC's Morning Joe burns Kevin McCarthy for 'childish' games

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ripped House minority leader Kevin McCarthy for making up "stupid" nicknames for a pair of Republicans who refuse to go along with Donald Trump's election lies.

Reps. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) were among 10 GOP lawmakers who voted to impeach Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection, and they will sit on the House panel investigating that assault on democracy -- and McCarthy mocked them as "Pelosi Republicans."

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MSNBC’s Morning Joe busts anti-vaxxers for making ‘smart people dumb and dumb people insane’

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough blasted anti-vaxxers for distorting the debate over life-saving shots with lies and misinformation.

Vaccination rates show a clear partisan divide, and now the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus has exploded in states won by Donald Trump -- and the "Morning Joe" host ripped the bad actors who prolonged the pandemic and placed younger children and others at risk from the deadly disease.

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'You're all responsible!' MSNBC's Mika busts Fox News and Facebook for 'right-wing garbage' prolonging the pandemic

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski took aim at right-wing broadcasters and social media companies spreading disinformation about the coronavirus pandemic and vaccines as the highly contagious delta variant seeds new outbreaks around the country.

The U.S. is averaging more than 34,000 new cases a day, a 55-percent increase over last week, and the worst outbreaks are in states with the lowest vaccination rates -- which the "Morning Joe" host attributed to "right-wing garbage" spewed on Fox News and Facebook.

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Trump pal Tom Barrack faces intense pressure to flip on others in spy scheme: Former prosecutor

A former federal prosecutor threw cold water on denials by Donald Trump's friend Thomas Barrack after his arrest for spying for the United Arab Emirates.

The chairman of Trump's inaugural committee was charged in a seven-count indictment with acting as an agent of the UAE between April 2016 and April 2018, and former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that he used his position to influence American foreign policy on behalf of his clients.

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'It's a sickness': WaPo reporters reveal what drives Trump's 'addiction' to media attention

Donald Trump continues sitting for interviews with the authors of tell-all books about his presidency for one simple reason, according to a pair of journalists who just published one of those.

Washington Post reporters Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker published "I Alone Can Fix It," which debuted Tuesday, and they told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" about the bizarre experience they encountered while interviewing the twice-impeached one-term president at his private Mar-A-Lago resort.

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Republicans stooping to 'disturbing' depths to turn Jan. 6 probe into a 'sideshow': MSNBC panelists

MSNBC's "Morning Joe" panelists bashed the five Republican picks to take part in the House investigation of the Jan. 6 insurrection.

House minority leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) chose five GOP lawmakers -- Reps. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Jim Banks (R-IN), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Troy Nehls (R-TX) -- to serve on the investigative committee, and panelist listed a host of reasons they were unqualified to serve.

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'This cult continues to kill': MSNBC's Mika blasts Trump and his 'evil allies' on Fox News

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski blasted Donald Trump and his "evil allies" who are casting doubts on the coronavirus vaccine as the highly contagious delta variant rages through conservative-leaning areas.

The twice-impeached one-term president issued a statement blaming vaccine mistrust on President Joe Biden, but new infections among the unvaccinated are breaking out in areas that voted Trump.

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'This is how cult leaders act': MSNBC's Mika shocked by Trump's newly revealed actions on Jan. 6

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski reacted in shock at new revelations about Donald Trump's reaction to the coup attempt carried out in his name.

The forthcoming book, "I Alone Can Fix It," by Washington Post journalists Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, reveals that Trump thought the mob of his supporters storming the U.S. Capitol was "cool" until the insurrection turned violent, but he still did nothing to call off the rioters -- who told the police they battled that they only took orders from the former president.

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'What is wrong with them?' MSNBC's Mika hammers Republicans for undermining vaccines as COVID-19 surges

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski was horrified by Tennessee's decision to halt all vaccine outreach to adolescents as a coronavirus variant gains ground in less protected portions of the country.

The state's Republican-led legislature forced out the health department's vaccine coordinator over coronavirus immunizations in children, and officials then paused reminders, surveys and other outreach to adolescents for all vaccines -- and the "Morning Joe" co-host expressed her disgust.

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