"Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough pounced on the Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts Friday for threatening violence if Donald Trump doesn't win re-election in November.
During a recent appearance on the conservative outlet "Real America's Voice", Roberts replied to a question about the upcoming election by ominously stating, “We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless ― if the left allows it to be."
That comment has been widely regarded as a threat of another Jan. 6, and Scarborough was definitely not putting up with it on MSNBC.
Calling the comment another sign of a conservative "fever dream" believing a civil war is in the offing, the host ripped into Roberts for painting the U.S. as a hellscape.
"Okay, that's Kevin? Kevin Roberts, is that right? " he began. "First of all, Kev, I'm not losing my mind. You know what I talk about, Kevin? I talk about how great America is. I say it all the time — all the time— talked about how great our military is.
"I get sick and tired of people like you trashing our military, talking about how weak our military is. It's not weak, our military is stronger than it's ever been. The communist Chinese are scared of us. Russia is scared of us. Our enemies are scared of us. I'm not talking down America, I'm actually very bullish on America."
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Having gotten that out of the way, he lectured Roberts: "Kevin, just a little reminder: Trump Republicans lost in 2017. Trump Republicans lost in 2018. Trump Republicans lost in 2019. Trump Republicans lost in 2020. Trump Republicans lost in 2021. Trump Republicans lost in 2022. Trump Republicans lost in 2023 and it's Trump Republicans talking about revolution because you can't win at the ballot box."
"Please, who's freaking out?" he exclaimed. "I didn't see people at MSNBC like, starting riots on January 6th. I didn't see people at MSNBC bear-spraying cops or crushing cops' heads inside of doors or defecating in the Capitol. No, that's your side, Kev, that's your side — the so-called 'hostages,' as Donald Trump calls them. You're the ones who have been freaking out, so I don't know why you're so angry."
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