On the first "Morning Joe" episode the day after Christmas, the pared-down MSNBC panel immediately pounced on Donald Trump for his ugly tirade on Truth Social where his Christmas message included wishing people would "rot in hell."
Fill-in in host Jonathan Lemire kicked off the discussion by reading from the former president's post where Trump wrote, "Merry Christmas to all, including Crooked Joe Biden’s ONLY HOPE, Deranged Jack Smith, the out of control Lunatic who just hired outside attorneys, fresh from the SWAMP (unprecedented!), to help him with his poorly executed WITCH HUNT against 'TRUMP' and 'MAGA' Included also are World Leaders, both good and bad, but none of which are as evil and 'sick' as the THUGS we have inside our Country who, with their Open Borders, INFLATION, Afghanistan Surrender, Green New Scam, High Taxes, No Energy Independence, Woke Military, Russia/Ukraine, Israel/Iran, All Electric Car Lunacy, and so much more, are looking to destroy our once great USA. MAY THEY ROT IN HELL. AGAIN, MERRY CHRISTMAS!"
Lemire then turned to Rev. Al Sharpton and asked, "The anger from Donald Trump, the bad faith attacks about his political opponents, what does that say to you just about where he is right now mentally and emotionally as this year draws to a close and we barrel into an election year?"
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"It's two things," Sharpton began. "I think it shows that these indictments and the civil case, despite his pretense otherwise, has gotten to him, because he's reacting and responding in a way of no one projecting self-confidence or like this is nothing."
"I also think it shows an inner kind of anger and displacement that he has, because who spends the holiday with this kind of venom, particularly when he is a guy that claims to be this self-confident, self-made guy with this kind of darkness, unless you are just that kind of dark person," he added.
"We've certainly gotten used to Trump's unorthodox holiday messages, 'the haters,' but this one hit a new low, even for him," Lemire chipped in.
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