Morning Joe is NOT Trump's Friend this morning!

[PearliePoo2]

Mika and Joe started out by criticizing Ryan and McTurtle for endorsing Trump. Mika says these guys thought they could get something in return from Trump but Mika says they will get nothing in return and never will.
They mocked Ryan for him saying Trump's statements came out of left field and surprised him. NO they didn't, you knew who he was all along. If you have a spine and can look in the mirror, TAKE BACK YOUR ENDORSEMENT!
It's pretty entertaining TV this morning!

[beachbum bob]

1. hard to be cozy with a guy like trump...he was a novelty before but now he is a candidate for

president....trump and his supporters are going to find it hard going as media outlets have to change the way they been covered.

from a novelty to a racist presidential contender....pretty funny now to watch

[Thinkingabout]

2. Seems to be a big change in MJ, after constant trashing of Hillary and now

Attention is going to trash Trump. WOW

[annabanana]

3. NO American should be trump's "friend" anymore. . . .n/t

[Mike Nelson]

4. One point...

...I liked was how they reminded everyone this is not new. Everything he said recently has been said before. The should add that there is a segment of Republican voters who agree with Trump. Trump is "in step" with the "base" of the Republican Party - though Nicolle says "out of step." Also, Trump doesn't think President Obama is an American, either. Wonder why that is...

[Surya Gayatri]

14. ^^^This!^^^

They should add that there is a segment of Republican voters who agree with Trump. Trump is "in step" with the "base" of the Republican Party...

Who are the millions of outright racists or racist apologists who voted for this media monster, who were draw to him BECAUSE of his racist pronouncements?

He launched his frigging run on the strength of birtherism and building a wall to keep the Mexicans out.

did they expect? I suspected this moment was coming. Trump's innate mental instability and lack of basic decency has been on display for decades.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

59. This is the last gasp of all those that want express themselves with hate.

This is their figuratively shouting out the "N" word by choosing Trump. This is their release and their last gasp to try to retain control - however deluded their dreams are, they just don't want to, or just can't understand that the country is moving on without them. This is the only way they know how to react.

[PearliePoo2]

5. Incidentally, Trump won't call in to their show anymore.

He doesn't think they are fair to him. He sent out a gibberish tweet about it (of course)
Mika thinks Trump is actually delirious. Nicole Wallace says her parents (who are big Trump fans) are now embarrassed by their candidate.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Good. Let the media grow spines one by one and tRump boycott them all one by one. . . nt

[PearliePoo2]

12. Mika is "gloves off"!

Everyone on the show agrees Trump's statements are racist! Mika says if the Republican "leaders" endorse Trump, then they are owning him and his views. She says look in the mirror, you guys are spineless!
Most agree even if Trump's handlers somehow get him to apologize (not ever likely) the damage is DONE.
The bell can't be unrung! It's too late.
Damn...this is good!

[jberryhill]

51. "Trump's handlers"

They still just don't get it.

Trump's handlers?

That's funny.

There were some other Republican talking heads who were on about "he ought to cut that out", as if this is some sort of one-off aberration.

It's WHO HE IS.

He's not going to change his personality, and no one is going to get him to change his personality. It would take years of therapy and a motivation on his part to want to change. He thinks he's great, and nothing is going to change that.

[NewJeffCT]

25. Didn't Morning Joe catch him on mike a few months back

asking Joe & Mike not to ask him any tough questions?

[3catwoman3]

41. "He doesn't think they are fair to him."

Oh, boo-fucking hoo, as the saying goes. He is SUCH a whiner. He makes me want to tear my hair out.

Actually, I would rather tear his fugly hair out.

[PearliePoo2]

7. The panel (mostly Repubs) suggested this was IT for the Republicans!

That now the Senate AND the House was in play because of Trump!
I'm loving it. I'm so glad I got up early to watch this!
BTW...Trump called in to FOX this morning and is STILL doubling down! (He won't call Morning Joe anymore lol)

[safeinOhio]

8. Trump is one hell of a leader

just took all the leaders of the republican party over the cliff. Even the morning Joe crowd sees it.

[downeastdaniel]

9. I agree exactly. tRump may take his phone calls elsewhere, I also can't see him talking to these 2.

[malaise]

10. ReTHUGs endorsed Don the Con's lying about the President's place of birth

they wallowed in it - they never condemned him - indeed that's where this all started.

Fugg Mika and JoeScum

They aren't fooling anyone now.

[Surya Gayatri]

18. Exactly...their latter-day "shock" is totally disingenuous. As I said upthread:

Who are the millions of outright racists or racist apologists who voted for this media monster, who were draw to him BECAUSE of his racist pronouncements?

He launched his frigging run on the strength of birtherism and building a wall to keep the Mexicans out.

did they expect? I suspected this moment was coming. Trump's innate mental instability and lack of basic decency has been on display for decades.

[malaise]

22. +1,000

JoeScum, lightweight Mika and Re[bTHUGs at all levels welcomed his racist birther attacks on the President with open arms.

[PearliePoo2]

27. Oh what a difference a month makes!

On Morning Joe, here's Rob Reiner actually GOING THERE! "A lot of people are racist" at 6:19 (and everyone is SO shocked)

[Surya Gayatri]

30. That was a classic...a seminal moment! I hope he's watching this morning. Poetic justice.

[coco77]

34. Scar is so full of shit..

They all try to pretend to be shocked or outraged that there are racists in their party. If you mention that they try to stop the conversation and lead it in another direction he knows there are many in the republiCON party.

There are many in the Democratic party too,but they don't vote against their own interests.

[malaise]

37. Iremember that

Reiner was great

[Justice]

11. Do Mika and Joe every say this about themselves and their relentless promotion of Trump!

[oberliner]

13. Yes, they are

Just the fact that they talk about him incessantly (without any real investigative reporting) is exactly what Trump wants.

[Surya Gayatri]

15. It sounds, for all intents and purposes, as if they are signing the Republican Party's

death certificate. In fact, just a minute or two ago, one of them threw out: "Do you think the Republican Party can survive this?"

A unanimous "NO!" came back from around the
table.

I'm not grave dancing here. Our democratic republic depends on a viable two-party system, with a credible and loyal opposition.

[Bucky]

21. I don't think many Republicans quite get the idea of "loyal opposition"

First with Bill Clinton and now for 7½ with Obama, they had to keep on "going there" instead of fighting Democratic ideas and governance on rational grounds. They're paying the price of having intentionally dumbed down the conversation for a quarter century. The Conservatives in the same time span have dominated in Britain without dumbing down. How? They're rational and concede to most liberal concepts like equal rights, social welfare, and business regulation. They don't talk about getting rid of these government priorities, only about not being so aggressive. To them, conservative means conserving the quality of life of the average working class family. They haven't cultivated an ethic of screw-the-poor that permeates Republican thinking.

[Surya Gayatri]

26. Excellent thumbnail sketch of the difference between the UK's RW and the US'.

Couldn't agree more with this:

They're paying the price of having intentionally dumbed down the conversation for a quarter century.

[maddiemom]

44. YES!

[Beakybird]

16. These media clowns have no principles

Of course I like it that they're trashing Trump, but Joe S is a right wing hack. The have no guiding principles - just allegiance to ratings.

[spanone]

17. trump is showing himself for what he is...a racist.

joe is SHOCKED that republicans have endorsed trump

[PearliePoo2]

19. Personally, I believe this weekend was a turning point for "the Donald"

He called the press every name in the book to their face on live TV.
"Sleazes"
"dirt bags"
" real piece of work"
"dishonest"
"haters"
"scumbags"
I'm reminded of this: “Never pick a fight with a man who buys ink by the barrel and paper by the ton.”

[NewJeffCT]

29. It remains to be seen

if the press can withstand his threats to not go on their shows, or if they'll wither in the face of a mean tweet or two.

[George II]

20. CNN is ripping him to shreds, too. He's being called out on all his contradictory positions.

[PearliePoo2]

32. Excellent!

Is there a clip yet? I want to see this!

[Ilsa]

23. Trotted out Sen. Jeff Flake of AZ.

Of course, being a represenative of a very Hispanic state, has to conclude ihat it was a racist statement. Flake said Trump wasn't his first or seventeenth choice.

[hatrack]

24. Squinty And The Meat Puppet, drifting in the breeze . . .

Let Trump's polling numbers go up by five, and they'll return to their previous worshipful pose.

Piss on these overpaid hacks.

[leftynyc]

28. I saw the first 15 minutes

(and then had to catch a train) and Joe was SCREAMING about this judge thing. That they (the cons) knew donnie was a bigot and endorsed him anyway hoping he would keep it under wraps. It was pretty fun to watch.

[rjsquirrel]

31. Damage control

Those two have no principles at all.

[ToxMarz]

33. Those two annoy the hell out of me (and Halpern)

But I am enjoying them this morning

[coco77]

35. I hate Scar and Halpern with a passion...

I can't watch them for very long. What name did Halpern call the President?

[ToxMarz]

38. He said he was 'kind of a dick'

[spanone]

39. he called President Barack Obama 'a dick' on national teevee

[PearliePoo2]

40. On Morning Joe's show 6/30/11, Halperin called President Obama a "dick".

Here's Jon Stewart's clip about it:
http://www.cc.com/video-clips/lrox8i/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-mark-halperin-calls-obama-a-dick

[denvine]

48. Thanks for that!

I needed a good laugh this morning! I miss Jon!

[Gothmog]

36. Joe and Halprin are both speculating that Trump may drop out

[Mass]

42. Halperin? Why does anybody invite Halperin anymore?

Friday, he said Trump's comments were not racist because Hispanic was not a race?

If he wants to play with words, fine, but they were definitively bigoted.

[Feeling the Bern]

50. Racist, maybe not. Ignorant, stupid, callous and bigoted. . .oh fuck yeah

I can play the same game of moving goal posts too, Halperin.

[OnDoutside]

52. True, this is killing Halperin inside ...... #lovinit

He's a slithering snake.

[Mass]

43. He was mean to them... But next opportunity they have, they will let him speak on the phone for an

hour.

These two tools have participated to this charade again and again. Once in a while, they get mad, but the next day, they are back to their friendly banter with him.

At least, Tapper has been consistently tough and critical on him.

[d_legendary1]

45. Funny how they blew Trump in the mornings

and even invited him for phone sex between the two of them. Now he's the worst thing since in politics since David Duke. As far as I'm concerned Blow and Mika are the same thing as the man they were ripping this morning.

[Jemmons]

46. The Whig party is falling apart! eom

[MADem]

47. Your description sounds like they're (still) carrying Trump's water.

If they're criticizing GOP leadership for getting annoyed with Trump, they're doing just that.

That program's slavish devotion to Trump is nothing short of perverse.

[PearliePoo2]

57. Here's the show (29 minutes of it anyway)

If you you have time to check it out!

[coco77]

58. I have only played about a miute of it and..

I can already see that Halperin doesn't like the fact that they are saying its racism.Asshole!

[Feeling the Bern]

49. Joe Scum needs to realize he is part of the apparatus that enabled Trump to ooze in

But he's too much of a douche to do that.

The GOP is getting what it deserves. . .a fascist.

The Democrats are getting what they deserve: A civil war between the centrists and the progressive wing of the party.

This may be the lowest turnout election in US history. Since I have little at stake in the outcome being overseas, just like George Carlin, I just sit back and watch the American self-destruction from the safety of Asia.

I will vote, but if Clinton is the nominee, she still has done nothing to earn my vote.

[randr]

53. I think it took a woman to shame them into consciousness

Hillarys attack showed how its done and hopfully they nurture their newly grown balls.

[Tal Vez]

54. My guess is that Joe and Mika are trying to induce Trump to clean up his act.

I have no use for Joe or Mika. If they are criticizing Trump, it is only their way of communicating to Trump that he is sounding like he's mentally ill and that he is jeopardizing his campaign.

I suspect that if pressed both Joe and Mika will deny that Trump is a real racist. They are much more likely to believe that he has just departed from his best path because he lacks experience and good advice.

I think the reality is that Trump is a racist because he has been learning that racism sells. If Joe and Mika can convince him that racism will not sell in a general election, Trump will probably try to change his tune. But, he knows the difficulty - how can navigate a clear change of tune on race and ethnicity without alarming his racist base? He's got a real problem.

[beachbum bob]

55. I heard some of the show on XM when Sen Jeff Flake was on...you can hear the digust

in his voice when talking about trump....he knows as well as most other GOP'ers that trump has doomed their party. Flake keep hoping to see trump gain some control over what he says. That will never happen.

Trump to meter what comes out of his mouth defies reality. There is no bigger fool than a man who thinks he is fooling people

[MrWendel]

56. awwwwwwwwwwww.....

Breakups are so hard to watch. Not in this case but usually.