Mika Brzezinski of Morning Joe sarcastically bashed a Wall Street Journal story Wednesday about the president that co-host Joe Scarborough called a Trump hit piece on Joe Biden .
Headlined Behind Closed Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slipping , the Journals tome-like snoozer leaned heavily on anonymous Republican sources at meetings and comments from former Speaker Kevin McCarthy to paint a picture of a commander in chief in decline.
Scarborough chastised the newspaper for seemingly ignoring previous reports that McCarthy has privately praised Bidens sharpness. Earlier on X, formerly called Twitter, the host also expressed disappointment with the false, biased article produced by the Journal.
I have repeatedly stated on air that I am an avid reader and cheerleader for the WSJ. That is what makes this false, biased story so disappointing. It is undermined immediately by the massive weight on on-the-record contradictions.
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That is what makes this false, biased story so disappointing. It is undermined immediately by the massive weight on on-the-record contradictions.
Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) June 5, 2024
Later on the air, Brzezinski supported Scarboroughs claim with a bit of sardonic wit aimed at what the two saw as a GOP-leaning hatchet job.
As the two discussed who was quoted in the piece, Brzezinski sniped, Why didnt they just ask Marjorie Taylor Greene?
Exactly, Scarborough replied.
And Lauren Boebert, she said.
Noting the Houses perhaps-most-controversial fringe lawmakers who constantly attack Biden hammered home her point.
Its really shocking, Scarborough added. Especially when you see what Kevin McCarthy has said repeatedly, publicly and behind the scenes, about Biden on those same days when they were negotiating.
Brzezinski put an exclamation point on the exchange: The strong feelings youre seeing about this article comes also because the context of this race and these two candidates its interesting. Thats all Ill say.
Biden and GOP rival Donald Trump both face questions about their cognitive abilities but polls suggest Trump is perceived as the more spry of the two.
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