Even by Joe Scarborough’s history of long rants, this one was L-O-N-G—and very defensive.
For over 20 minutes on today’s Morning Joe, Scarborough raged on in defending his and Mika’s approach on two matters.
First, on yesterday’s show, David Frum commented on the report that some of Pete Hegseth’s Fox News colleagues had expressed their concern to an NBC News reporter about Hegseth’s drinking. Said Frum: “If you’re too drunk for Fox News, you’re very, very drunk indeed.”
In response, after the segment with Frum ended, Mika said: “The comment was a little too flippant for the moment we’re in.”
Scarborough said that Mika’s comment “turned into a column,” with the headline, “The Sound of Fear.” Oddly, Scarborough didn’t note that the column had been written by none other than… David Frum. In the column, Frum suggested that Joe and Mika have been…
