MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ridiculed Donald Trump and other Republicans for "freaking out" about the prospect of facing Vice President Kamala Harris instead of President Joe Biden.
The 81-year-old president dropped his re-election bid Sunday under pressure following his weak debate performance and endorsed his vice president, and the "Morning Joe" host said that decision upended the GOP's election strategy. He added it seemed to catch Trump off guard.
"There is a shot of Capitol Hill where Washington is in shock this morning," Scarborough said. "An earthquake, a tornado, a tsunami of change. I don't know, what should we say?
"All right, I will tell you, there's some Republicans in there freaking out. I mean, you know, here's the thing, like, if the other side is freaking out and going crazy, you know you've got them where you want them. Democrats have to be feeling pretty good this morning. I had heard from inside the Trump campaign for some time right now that the one thing Donald Trump feared was not having Joe Biden."
Scarborough compared the dynamic to a boxer who has trained and prepared to face a right-handed opponent, and then steps into the ring to find a southpaw.
"This was the one thing that sort of had him melting down," Scarborough said. "Most people say that over the last month, he's been more serene than usual, since the trial, he's been a little calmer than usual. But the one thing that got to him was the idea he might not be running against Biden.
"That's all he's been focused on since 2020. Now you're hearing [House Speaker] Mike Johnson, all these other people freaking – 'This is illegal, you can't do this, you can't decide at a convention who your nominee is going to be! You cannot, you cannot let the delegates decide.' Well, yeah, you can. You can decide at the convention who your – it is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard in my life."
"But, again, the fact they're freaking out so much has to excite a Democratic Party that was really at its lowest ebb of any party I've seen since, let's say Watergate," Scarborough added.
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