Willie Geist

'Knocked Down, No Mas': Morning Joe Mocks Trump Debate Performance
Using a string of boxing metaphors including "no mas" and "knocked down," Morning Joe mocks Donald Trump's debate performance and his decision not to do a second debate with Kamala Harris.

McKinnon Defends Biden Afghan Mess, Geist Tags 'Crazy' NC GOP Hopeful
On Morning Joe, Willie Geist calls North Carolina Republican candidate Mark Robinson "crazy." On CNN This Morning, Mark McKinnon defends Biden-Harris's disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, saying "wars are hell," and that "Trump's the one who planned the exit, and Biden got it done, which is an incredibly hard thing to do."

'Soaring Rhetoric'! NYT's Jeremy Peters Praises Kamala's CNN Interview
Was that David Plouffe? Brian Fallon? Maybe the Second Gentleman himself? Surely no one from outside the inner circle of Kamala Harris' campaign would have the chutzpah to use the term "soaring rhetoric" to describe Kamala Harris' pedestrian-at-best performance during her CNN interview last night! But no! It was actually Jeremy Peters, an MSNBC contributor and New York Times "reporter…

Morning Joe: ‘Patriotism Fully Reclaimed’ As DNC ‘Flags Got Bigger’
The party that constantly wants to fundamentally change America into a facsimile of a socialist European state apparently really loves America, according to the stacked panel of liberals on Friday’s Morning Joe. The MSNBC gaggle seriously suggested that the size of the flags at the Democratic National Convention showed a correlation to their love of America; further insisting that, by…

Morning Joe Loves Michelle's 'Hope Making A Comeback'
Morning Joe is enraptured by Michelle Obama's line from her DNC speech: "hope is making a comeback." But remind us: who's been in charge for the last—apparently hopeless—four years? Oh, right: it was the administration of Joe Biden and . . . Kamala Harris.
Lamenting His Departure, Mika Brzezinski Thrice Extols Biden's 'Touch'
On Morning Joe, lamenting Biden's departure from the race, Mika Brzezinski three times extols his "touch." For millions of Americans, a mention of Biden's "touch" brings to mind unsettling images. Joe Scarborough speaks of the Democratic establishment having repeatedly "shit" on Biden.

‘Walls Are Closing in’; Nets Pummel Biden on Dems Ordering ‘Code Red’
With President Biden’s Wednesday Covid diagnosis and growing questions about his competence taking top billing over the Republican National Convention on Thursday morning, ABC, CBS, and NBC didn’t mince words in burying Biden by observing this “coordinated” push by other Democrats to force him out was reminiscent of a famous scene from A Few Good Men and deployed a term they’d repeatedly…

Morning Joe Admits—We've Known For 'A Long Time' That Biden Was Losing
Morning Joe knew "for a long time" that Biden was losing, but it continued to claim that he was doing well, discounting any negative polls. It does put a final nail in the coffin of any pretensions Joe Scarborough might have had of being anything other than an all-in Biden lackey and hack.

Scarborough Airs Fury at NBC Execs Over Being Yanked—Threatens to Quit
Joe Scarborough scolds the NBC suits, essentially accusing them of lying, for having yanked Morning Joe off the air on Monday, July 15th, the first scheduled episode of the show after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Scarborough ends by saying that if the suits try that again, "they can find someone else to host the show."

MSNBC Reporter on Morning Joe: 'Sense of Despair' Hangs Over Democrats
On Morning Joe, MSNBC reporter Ali Vitali twice uses the d-word, for "despair," to describe the mood of congressional Democrats over the dilemma as to whether Biden should remain the nominee or step aside.

Morning Joe: Behind The Scenes, Obama Orchestrating Move To Dump Biden
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough says that Dems are saying that behind the scenes, Barack Obama is orchestrating the movement to push Biden out of the race. Willie Geist cites a Politico column saying that George Clooney gave Obama a heads-up on his NY Times op-ed calling on Biden to get out, and that Obama didn't object. Mika Brzezinski suggests that Obama actually put Clooney up to writing…

Mika Wasn't 'Close' To Calling On Biden To Quit. She Seems Closer Now!
On Monday of this week, in the wake of Biden's disastrous debate performance, Mika Brzezinski repeatedly claimed, as we noted here, that she wasn't close to calling on him to quit the race, and to the contrary, believed that he is still the "man for the moment." But what a difference two days make. On Wednesday's Morning Joe, Mika didn't make a peep of protest in response to an avalanche of…

MSNBC—Keep a List of Those Like Ignorant NYT Calling On Biden To Quit
On MSNBC's The Weekend, co-host Michael Steele calls the New York Times "ignorant" for calling on Biden to quit in light of his debate debacle. Co-host Symone Sanders-Townsend says, "If I was the Biden people, I'd be keeping a list, honey, because it was way too many people ready to jump."

Morning Joe's Attack on WSJ Article on Biden's 'Slipping' Mental State
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough stages a counterattack on a Wall Street Journal article suggesting that Pres. Biden "shows signs of slipping." Scarborough claims that Biden is "light years ahead" of other leaders on foreign policy, ignoring the fact that Biden in just the past months claimed to have spoken with two foreign leaders who had been dead for years.