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'He's a one-term loser': Morning Joe urges conservatives to 'close the book' on impeached Trump

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ripped Senate Republicans for giving cover to "one-term loser" Donald Trump despite his putting their lives and political fortunes in danger by inciting an insurrection.

Few Republicans, if any, are expected to vote to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial in a year, and the "Morning Joe" host criticized their moral reasoning and their political instincts.

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MSNBC's Morning Joe surprises himself with spontaneous rant against Trump's evangelical hypocrites

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough rained hell on conservative Christians who "bent the knee" to former president Donald Trump despite his obvious moral shortcomings.

The "Morning Joe" host reacted to a supercut video comparing President Joe Biden's reverent remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast with Trump's self-aggrandizing and spiteful speeches at past faith events.

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'Donald Trump's ghost' is leading Republicans down dark path: MSNBC's Heilemann

MSNBC's John Heilemann said fear of Donald Trump was leading the Republican Party down a dark and self-destructive path.

The turmoil inside the GOP caucus -- embodied by the failed vote to remove Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) from leadership and the scramble to protect Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) -- can all be traced back to the party's continued fear of the former president, who has been exiled from social media back to his Mar-A-Lago resort.

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Republicans revealed themselves as the 'lynching caucus' last night: MSNBC's Morning Joe

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough condemned the Republican "lynching caucus" that backed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) while moving to punish Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY).

The newly elected Georgia Republican got a standing ovation Wednesday evening from some colleagues during a closed-door House GOP conference meeting, while 61 Republicans voted to strip Cheney of her conference chair.

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MSNBC’s Morning Joe brutally mocks GOP’s Tommy Tuberville for claiming ignorance of ‘Qanon lady’

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ridiculed newly elected Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) for offering a laughable excuse for his ignorance of fellow freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).

The Alabama Republican claimed that bad weather had prevented him from reading the news, where he might have learned that Greene was under fire from Democrats and some Republicans for her support for bizarre conspiracy theories and violence against her political opponents.

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MSNBC's Morning Joe and Mika still not used to a White House not staffed by white nationalists

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski took a moment to appreciate the return of normalcy and credibility to the White House.

Brzezinski opened a segment on negotiations on the coronavirus relief package by citing sources in the White House and Capitol Hill, and her "Morning Joe" co-host asked her to pause for a moment to enjoy the relative calm in Washington, D.C.

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GOP leaders were afraid to challenge Qanon congresswoman before she was even elected -- here's why

MSNBC's Kasie Hunt explained why Republicans never pushed back against conspiracy-mongering Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) before she was elected.

The Georgia Republican has been a magnet for controversy since her election, but her support for the right-wing Qanon conspiracy theory and outspoken bigotry were widely known since she ran unopposed in her congressional race -- but Hunt said GOP leadership was afraid to challenge Greene during her campaign.

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MSNBC's John Heilemann explains exactly why the GOP is embracing 'monster' Marjorie Taylor Greene

The newly elected Qanon congresswoman isn't an aberration, according to MSNBC's John Heilemann -- she represents the direction the Republican Party is headed after Donald Trump.

"Morning Joe" spent Friday morning on what the party will do with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), whose past statements and social media posts show belief in bizarre conspiracy theories, violent threats against elected Democrats and stalking a teenage survivor of the Parkland school massacre.

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'The party is on fire': Post-Trump Republicans must 'act crazy, tolerate crazy — or get crushed’

Republican gerrymandering has created red-district seats so safe that "crackpots and goofballs" are getting elected to Congress, according to an MSNBC guest, and now "the party is on fire."

Axios co-founder Jim VandeHei told "Morning Joe" that "crazy" Republicans like newly elected Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) appeal to a growing chunk of the conservative base, and that forces more GOP leadership to tolerate them -- or else.

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'Nobody else is to blame': MSNBC's Morning Joe busts GOP excuses for 'Trump cop killers'

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough unloaded on former president Donald Trump for provoking a violent mob to overthrow democracy -- and bashed Republicans for flocking back to his defense after the Capitol insurrection.

Top GOP lawmakers initially blamed Trump for the Jan. 6 riot aimed at upending the congressional certification of President Joe Biden's win, but they're now trying to shift the blame to "everybody" as the former president faces a Senate impeachment trial -- and the "Morning Joe" host said he shouldn't be let off the hook so easily.

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MSNBC's Morning Joe rips into GOP's Marjorie Taylor Greene over bloodthirsty Facebook posts

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough unloaded on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) for endorsing violence against the lawmakers she's been elected to serve alongside.

The newly elected Georgia Republican has already endorsed the QAnon conspiracy theory, and past Facebook posts have surfaced showing that she supported the execution of former president Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as recently as 2019 -- and the "Morning Joe" host said it's always been clear she poses a threat to her colleagues.

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'Republicans are eating their own': Morning Joe says GOP legitimizing conspiracies by purging non-believers

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough bashed state Republican Parties by legitimizing "bizarre" conspiracy theories by purging officials who don't go along with them.

The "Morning Joe" host started the segment by marveling that many GOP voters apparently believed their political opponents were "cannibals and pedophiles," but then noted, somewhat ironically, that Republicans were "eating their own" in a purge of non-believers.

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MSNBC’s Morning Joe busts Fox News for still pushing election fraud lies

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough burned down Fox News for continuing to push Donald Trump's lies about his election loss that led to a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

The "Morning Joe" host called out the competition for letting hosts and guests continue pushing false claims that President Joe Biden illegitimately won the election, and said they were risking more violent actions against the new administration.

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