Donald Trump's excited explanation about why he deserves extra seats in the House to justify the controversial gerrymandering attempt in Texas was laughed off on MSNBC on Wednesday morning.
On "Morning Joe," the hosts played a clip of Trump from a call-in to CNBC on Tuesday, where the president asserted, "California is gerrymandered. We should have many more seats in Congress. In California, it’s all gerrymandered. And we have an opportunity in Texas to pick up five seats. We have a really good governor, and we have good people in Texas. And I won Texas. I got the highest vote in the history of Texas, as you probably know, and we are entitled to five more seats."
That was followed by a clip of Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) appearing with Fox News personality Sean Hannity saying of Democrats, "They've lost the minds of their voters who are moving towards the Republican party all over the country. We're a red state, we deserve more representation."
That led Joe Scarborough to burst out laughing, as co-host Mika Brzezinski looked skeptical and Willie Geist smirked.
"Wait, wait!" the laughing Scarborough exclaimed as Brzezinski added, "Okay...?"
"'The problem is that they've lost the vote," he continued. "No, no, you're the one who's rigging the maps because you know you're going to get crushed next year! That's what you're scared of."
"You're scared Democrats are going to crush Republicans," he continued while still laughing. "Who's lost the voters here? Because that is hilarious. Not only is it hilarious, it's so shortsighted because California and other states are just going to come back and do the same thing. So, again, I'm not exactly sure what they're trying to prove, but they're not going to prove it. "
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