Radio host Charlamagne Tha God and former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley mentioned the “Morning Joe” co-hosts’ controversial go to to the property of President-elect Donald Trump was nothing greater than a play for rankings.
MSNBC co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, two of Trump’s fiercest critics within the media, revealed on Monday they’d a face-to-face assembly final week with the president-elect at Mar-a-Lago, saying it was an necessary alternative for individuals who disagree to talk with one another.
Haley spoke concerning the incident on an episode of her SiriusXM present, “Nikki Haley Reside,” that will likely be launched in full on Wednesday, November 27, at 8 a.m. ET.
“Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough tore me up after I mentioned something about voting for Donald Trump or what I agreed with him on, regardless that I criticized him after I thought he was flawed. I praised him after I thought he was good. They tore me up,” Haley mentioned of the duo earlier than their abrupt about-face.
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Radio hosts Charlamagne Tha God and Nikki Haley focus on how the hosts of “Morning Joe” met with President-elect Donald Trump final week. (SiriusXM/Nikki Haley Reside)
“However the reality is, it isn’t that they all of a sudden noticed the sunshine. It is that they noticed the rankings,” Haley advised as Charlamagne chuckled and agreed. “I imply, let’s be clear. They noticed the rankings tank they usually realized, ‘Oh, we higher get on with Donald Trump or else we’re not going to have a present.'”
“It is a rankings and income sport,” Charlamagne mentioned. “What I do not perceive is, when you do not like one thing that any person’s saying, when you do not like one thing that any person’s doing, why not go discuss to that individual about it and problem them proper then and there?”
He added that the Democrats, a few of whom have complained they want their very own liberal media, may begin altering their sport plan by merely showing on the platforms they criticize.
“That is why I believe the most important problem is, even now, after I see all of those liberals, they’re having these conversations about, ‘Oh, the left wants a Joe Rogan’ or ‘The left wants a conservative community like the best has.’ It is like, no, how about, develop some balls and go on these platforms? How about, go discuss to Joe Rogan?” he mentioned.
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“Morning Joe” co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough enraged liberals on social media after assembly with President-elect Donald Trump. (Getty Photographs)
Charlamagne added additional that there’s one Democrat who seems to be forward of the curve on this tactic.
“Whenever you have a look at what Governor Newsom is doing proper now, I believe it is a sensible technique. Like, , he isn’t my favourite candidate, proper? Or anyone that I am trying to help at this second. However I like his media technique,” Charlamagne mentioned, suggesting that by occurring information shops like Fox Information, Newsom is “assembly individuals the place they’re. And I believe that is what loads of these politicians aren’t doing. Not less than the Democratic politicians, they don’t seem to be assembly individuals the place they’re.”
The information concerning the Trump-Scarborough-Brzezinski assembly set off a firestorm on the left, with MSNBC staffers lashing out on the co-hosts.
“Cowardice,” one MSNBC worker reacted to Fox Information Digital. “Doing precisely what [anti-Trump historian] Tim Snyder warns on our air to not do: obey upfront. It’s disgusting however frankly unsurprising.”
The supply mentioned MSNBC’s rank and file at the moment are “largely disdainful” of the community’s morning stars, saying it “looks like they’re simply opportunistic.”
Trump, in the meantime, described the assembly as “extraordinarily cordial.”
“I acquired a name from Joe Scarborough requesting a gathering for him and Mika, and I agreed that it might be a superb factor if such a gathering passed off,” Trump informed Fox Information Digital. “Many issues had been mentioned, and I very a lot appreciated the truth that they needed to have open communication … In some ways, it’s too unhealthy that it wasn’t accomplished way back.
“The assembly resulted in a really constructive method, and we agreed to talk sooner or later,” he added.
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Fox Information’ David Rutz contributed to this report.
