Joe Scarborough has left the GOP — but his reasoning has nothing to do with Trump. Instead, he cites the Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare as the reason for the split.
“I think maybe the last straw for me actually wasn’t Russia, it was the healthcare bill,” the co-host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” said during an event at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night. “That kicks 25 million people off of their health insurance, and then they turn around and give tax cuts to the richest one percent of America.
“I think the healthcare bill is heartless, I think the way they did it is shameful, and they did it without any transparency, and at the end of the day I just couldn’t defend them anymore, after 20, 25 years,” he added.
The event was hosted by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics. Scarborough and his “Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski are launching a fellowship at the institute and were interviewed by David Rubenstein, co-founder and co-CEO of the Carlyle Group and chairman of the Campaign for the Harvard Kennedy School.
Scarborough’s comments came after he announced Tuesday night during the “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” that he was leaving the Republican Party after decades. Scarborough was a House representative from Florida from 1995 to 2001.
It’s fitting that his reason managed to mention Russia for no reason. He may have claimed to be a Republican, but that move is straight from the Democrat playbook. He’ll be right at home with his new party if he keeps it up.
Source: The Hill
I always thought that this guy was a Liberal ? He always has acted like he is ? And his sidekick too. They both are the “Blockheads” of the MSM, and are so dramatic, that it’s disgusting !!!
Another person epitomizing my word of the day: Dumbass!
And we should care because……