MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough is getting yelled at on the streets by angry Democrats furious about his questioning Joe Biden’s future as the Democratic Party’s presidential election.
The Morning Joe host described Tuesday how he’s getting hit by vitriol when people see him.
“I was, last week, … I was driving, car windows down. I had Democrats yell, 'Hey! Take it easy on Biden, Joe!'" he said. “You look on Twitter, which has been a hotbed of angry, far-right reactionaryism over the past five years. It’s changed man! There are some angry Democrats out there! I was just thinking about the Hose members, what are they hearing from their constituents? Chances are good they’ve got a lot of pissed-off constituents saying be loyal to the President of the United States.”
Scarborough was talking as Democrats prepared to meet on Capitol Hill for the first time since the debate, at which Biden stumbled and triggered several calls for him to step down from the presidential campaign.
Scarborough expressed dismay at Biden's performance in the presidential debate, calling it "tragic" and questioning whether Biden is "up to the job" of being president. He said the president "often looked like the repulsed grandfather at the dinner table."
However, Scarborough defended Biden, saying "bad debate nights happen" and that Biden will "rise to the occasion and do what is necessary to win the election." He cited Barack Obama's poor first debate performance in 2012 as an example.
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But Scarborough has also pushed back on calls for Biden to drop out, believing he will bounce back from the debate and criticizing the media, particularly the New York Times, for scrutinizing and overanalyzing every verbal slip or moment of confusion from Biden, while giving Trump a pass for his constant stream of lies and incoherent statements.
“People say, "Get out of the race, you're terrible at this, you're too old, you're out of it, you can't win," Scarborough said. “How many times have we heard Joe Biden can't win, he's going to have to step aside after '22. Again, people out there saying, you know, because I know, I get the emails. I'm just stating facts here. I'm not saying what ought to be. I'm saying what is.”
