The screencap shows New Yorker editor David Remnick, on today's Morning Joe, raising his hand to proudly plead guilty to condescending to Donald Trump, whom he had just called a "comical blowhard" in regretting that he was "conceivably a player" in the presidential race.
Mika Brzezinski is no fan of The Donald on the issues, so give her extra credit for sticking up for his relevance to the race. Schooling Remnick, she said that Trump has the guts, which many lack, to "liquefy" the likes of George Stephanopoulos and others with one line. Mika was alluding to Joe Scarborough's statement to that effect from last week.
DAVID REMNICK: We've gotten to the point where a comical figure --MIKA BRZEZINSKI: No, no --
REMNICK: -- a comical blowhard like Donald Trump is conceivably a player.
MIKA: Okay, let me wrap up this.
JOE SCARBOROUGH: I think you've been really condescending by the way --
REMNICK: -- to Donald Trump? I plead guilty. I plead guilty.
JOE: To everybody that you don't agree with you have been condescending to.
REMNICK: Hardly.
MIKA: And you're misunderstanding the analysis of Trump . . . I would just say everybody needs to stop overreacting to the line that he could have a serious impact on this race. Because as you pointed out last week, he has the ability to liquefy people in one twenty-second sound bite. Would you like an example? Him talking to George Stephanopoulos. George Stephanopoulos asked him about Clinton. He just said why, who are you? How could you even talk to me about the Clintons? That, nobody has the guts by the way, nobody and there are people at this table who don't have the guts to really talk about that. He does.
REMNICK: About George, Stephanopolous.
MIKA: Absolutely. He could -- and does he. And he does on other issues as well and he could liquefy a candidate in one sound bite during a debate.
