It was a not-so-merry message.
Former Republican Congressman David Jolly ripped Democrats on MSNBC Friday — particularly the community’s “Morning Joe” hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski — for giving President-elect Donald Trump “parity to conventional American values.”
Jolly took problem with Scarborough and Brezinski, who got here underneath fireplace after assembly with Trump, 78, at his palatial Mar-a-Lago property in Florida two weeks in the past.
“Don’t simply say we’re going to offer fairness to Donald Trump, which some persons are doing within the Democratic Occasion, in media, among the many voters,” Jolly pontificated on “Deadline: White Home,” based on a clip shared by Mediaite.
“They’re saying, ‘I simply hand over. We’re going to offer him fairness. We’re going to offer him parity to conventional American values,’” Jolly continued.
“No, that’s completely improper. You may’t do this. Forgive me for saying this. You may’t go to Mar-a-Lago. You may’t do it,” Jolly mentioned in an overt repudiation of the “Morning Joe” hosts’ try to fix fences after being harsh critics of the twice-elected Trump.
“That’s going to get me in hassle,” he added.
Jolly went on to say that resistance politics had been the one manner ahead for Democrats who “know” they’re “proper” however merely misplaced the presidential election.
“The one reply is to double down in holding Donald Trump and his allies accountable and double down on making an attempt to current a democracy that represents all folks, even in a shedding setting,” he insisted.
The married Scarborough and Brzezinski had a private sit-down with The Don at Mar-a-Lago earlier this month after years of never-ending and oftentimes deranged criticisms of the as soon as and future president.
The pair had been roundly criticized — together with by Donald Trump Jr. — for showing to “kiss the ring,” and their rankings fell even deeper into the tank after phrase reached MSNBC viewers.
Nonetheless, the “Morning Joe” hosts stood agency and offered their actions as a obligatory step ahead for the sake of public discourse.
“5 years of political warfare has deeply divided Washington and the nation. Now we have been as clear as we now how in expressing our deep issues about President Trump’s actions and phrases within the coarsening of public debate,” Brzezinski mentioned after their go to.
“However for almost 80 million People, election denialism, public trials, Jan. 6 weren’t as vital as the problems that moved them to ship Donald Trump again to the White Home with their vote,” she continued.
“Joe and I notice it’s time to do one thing totally different and that begins with not solely speaking about Donald Trump, but additionally speaking with him.”
Viewership has dropped off a cliff for not solely “Morning Joe” however all of left-leaning MSNBC since Trump’s historic win — with even the community’s hottest “Rachel Maddow Present” shedding 40% of its viewers.
Jolly is a daily MSNBC visitor who served as a Republican consultant within the Home for Florida’s thirteenth District from 2014 to 2017. He misplaced his seat to Democrat Charlie Crist in 2016.
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