Scarborough: 'Washington would be melting down' if shooter was 'named Muhammad'

[DonViejo]

BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 11/06/17 08:52 AM EST

“Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough said Monday that Washington, D.C., “would be melting down” if the suspect in the Texas church shooting had been “named Muhammad.”

“And now we have Southern Baptist churches getting shot up,” Scarborough said. “Again, had it been a radical Islamic terrorist with a beard named Muhammad, Washington would be melting down right now.”

Scarborough during his show criticized what he described as a lack of response and action in the wake of shootings in the United States.

“We wouldn’t put up with this with any other epidemic. We would not — if this were terrorism, Islamic, radical terrorism, again Washington would be on fire this morning,” Scarborough said.

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[avebury]

1. 100% True nt

[greymattermom]

2. We do put up with the opiate epidemic

which also is happening in rural, white areas.

[nycbos]

4. We talk about it in different ways.

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When it was crack effecting the black community it was "lock them up." When it is rural white communities it is "lets treat them"

[Kirk Lover]

8. This

[IronLionZion]

12. Who is "we"?

There are many conservatives in rural communities who have publicly stated the solution is to let their constituents die of overdoses and not "waste" tax dollars on treatment of addiction or even revive them from overdoses.

They also use the drug laws as straw man excuse for why gun laws won't work.

[nycbos]

13. Society in general has moved towards recognizing addiction as a medical problem.

[PearliePoo2]

3. Mika said anyone that says, "Now is not the time to talk about this", is a spineless COWARD. nt.

[ollie10]

6. If it is not time to talk about what to do about Texas.....

....Is it time yet to talk about what to do about NYC? Las Vegas?

When will it be time?

[dalton99a]

5. Duh.

[PatSeg]

7. "We wouldn't put up with this

with any other epidemic." Maybe if it was Ebola, congress might take action.

[Kirk Lover]

9. I am waiting for a reporter to ask trashbag "if it's a mental health thing why did YOU make it

easier for mentally ill people to obtain firearms".........

[Geechie]

10. Exactly.

But of course we know the reason for that is: nobody is allowed to interview ***** who doesn’t automatically kiss his ass.

[oasis]

14. +1000.

[IronLionZion]

15. The constitution doesn't exempt people for mental illness

which is an argument I hope some idiot makes for the 2nd amendment.

But seriously, who decides who is mentally ill? I think most Trump supporters are mentally ill and should not be allowed guns.

[GoCubsGo]

11. I hate it when I agree with Scarborough.

It usually means something really shitty has happened to make him say somethng sensible. Sure enough...