Liberal MSNBC News Host Joe Scarborough lost control during a broadcast on Tuesday morning. The Daily Caller reported he “went on a tirade” after being “triggered” by rising crime rates in the nation’s capital.
Scarborough’s “tirade” occurred as co-host Mika Brzezinski appeared surprised and annoyed.
When guest, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and current GOP presidential candidate joined the show, Scarborough surprised all by moving to talk about crime more than the presidential campaign.
“Behind you [is a picture of] the United States Capitol,” began Scarborough. “You have served well – you have served there. I want to ask you about Washington, D.C., right now…”
Scarborough acknowledged his comments were “a little off,” as his wife and co-host Brzezinski cut in and asked if he was going to go “off-topic.”
“Well, it’s off political topic,” Scarborough replied. “It’s crime.”
“Governor, governor, it’s not just the big democratic cities that are out of control. You got Monroe, Louisiana. You’ve got, you know, Bessemer, Alabama. You have Jacksonville, Florida, out of control. What do we do? What do we do to turn crime rates back to where they’ve been since 2020, back to where they were in 2019? How do we get there?”
Scarborough then opined about an article in the Washington Post that depicted Washington, D.C., as a haven for criminals.
“Headline in The Washington Post, ‘A shaken Washington copes with surging violence: This is not normal,‘” Scarborough said with anger in his voice. “The Washington Times talking about the people, the young kids that have come to work on the Hill that are getting beaten up, stabbed, having their – you know, getting assaulted, getting robbed. House committees actually having to warn staffers about crime rates soaring in the nation’s capital,” Scarborough said.
Hutchinson replied that the solution is “simple” in that laws must enforced.
Without a respect for the rule of law, crime will continue, Hutchinson said.
Scarborough seemed to agree with Hutchinson, saying, “There’s a pulled quote in [The] Washington Post that says, from a person whose neighborhood is wrecked with crime, ‘there are no consequences.’”
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The fired-up host added: “And, governor, I’ve got to tell you, 95% of Americans are outraged when they see these scenes of people breaking into shopping malls and stores and just stealing thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars of property from the owners of those stores, or people in New York City that can’t even go to a Rite Aid and get toothpaste because it’s all boxed up.”
Scarborough’s monologue continued: “I’m sorry. I understand that everybody wants to talk about the underlying issues, and I want to talk about the underlying issues that lead to poverty generally, but we have to first make the streets safe while we’re doing that.
“And for the people that say ‘cops don’t keep us safe’ those are people that live in rich areas or upper-middle-class areas. You talk to working-class people and you talk to the truly disadvantaged, they’ll say, ‘I want more cops on the street to keep my kids safe when they’re walking to school, and I want more cops in my kids’ school to keep them safe.’”
When Hutchinson was given an opportunity to reply, he expressed agreement with Scarborough, saying, “Absolutely, that is why as governor of Arkansas, we gave our men and women in blue a $5,000 stipend, just to say, ‘We appreciate you.’ We raised the pay of our state police because it is critical for the recruitment of our police officers and to showcase we’re backing them up.”
The former governor concluded by calling for tougher penalties for crime, for justice system reforms, and for government officials to communicate to law enforcement officers that they will be well supported.
The Washington Times reported that in response to a spike in crime, the House Administration Committee is offering an “informational security briefing” to help staff know how to “stay safe and vigilant.”
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