Willie Geist

Morning Joe: Don't Bomb Iran's Oil, Higher Gas Prices Bad For Biden
On Morning Joe, Jennifer Palmieri, a Morning Joe regular and Obama's former communications director, opposes Joe Scarborough's suggestion of bombing Iranian oil fields in retaliation for the drone attack by Iranian proxies on a US military outpost that killed three US soldiers and wounded dozens of others. She says the result of such bombing would be to raise oil prices, and that "higher gas…

Morning Joe's Bloody Revenge on Trump: Speculates On Bleeding Hand
If there was one thing that transformed Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski from mere critics of Donald Trump into savage antagonists, it was Trump's tweets back in 2017 saying that Mika and Joe had begged to be invited to his New Year's Eve party, but he said no, noting that "Mika was bleeding badly from a facelift." Morning Joe got a measure of revenge today, speculating about Trump…

Joe Scarborough SMEAR: Iowa Republicans Like Candidates Who Rape Women
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough repeatedly claims that, judging by the caucus results in Iowa, Republicans there "like candidates who have raped women," as found by a New York judge.

Surprise! Mika Calls Out Trump's Kiss-and-Tell Fraud Investigator
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski challenges Ken Block, who had been hired by the Trump campaign to investigate claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election, on his decision to make all his findings, which were contrary to Trump's interest, public.

NYT's Mara Gay: Claudine Gay Victimized by Right-Wing Racist Attack
On Morning Joe, Mara Gay of the New York Times editorial board describes the resignation of Harvard president Claudine Gay as the result of racist slander by conservatives.

Power Pals: ABC, CNN, MSNBC Begin New Year with Softballs for KJP
On Tuesday morning as more Americans returned to work, ABC’s Good Morning America, CNN This Morning, and MSNBC’s Morning Joe partnered with their allies in the Biden administration to forcefeed viewers White House propaganda in the form of softball interviews with Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.

Morning Joe on Haley Slavery Slip: Doesn't Realize Can't Win MAGA Vote
On Morning Joe, self-described "Never Trump conservative" Matt Lewis says that in refusing to mention slavery when asked the cause of the Civil War, Nikki Haley misreads her core constituency. MAGA voters will never vote for her. She is running to win the primary in New Hampshire, not in Alabama or Mississippi.

'Morning Joe' Whines Hunter Biden Indictment Makes 'False Equivalency'
While ABC, CBS, and NBC dryly and seriously addressed the new Hunter Biden indictment on tax charges in California, MSNBC’s Morning Joe didn't discuss the new Hunter indictment until a half-hour had elapsed, and then they implied this shouldn’t have happened.

Mika: Halt U.S. Aid to Israel Till Bibi Explains Delayed 10/7 Response
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski suggests that the US halt its aid to Israel until PM Benjamin Netanyahu explains the delay in responding to Hamas's 10/7 terror attacks.

Morning Joe Blasts Those Refusing To Totally Condemn Hamas Use of Rape
The Morning Joe panel unanimously condemns people like Dem Rep. Pramila Jayapal and others who refuse to unequivocally condemn Hamas' use of rape as a tool of war.

Geist: 'Ideally,' Young People Will Vote For 'Pro-Choice' Candidates
On Morning Joe, Willie Geist says that when young, pro-choice voters go to the polls to vote for referenda promoting abortion rights, "ideally" they will also vote for "pro-choice" candidates.

'Squirrel Fryer' Hillbilly? Scarborough Mocks Comer's Kentucky Roots
On today's Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough attacked House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer as a hillbilly, mocking the probe of Biden influence-peddling: "We ain't really got nuthin' but a squirrel fryer and a hound dog." Later, Scarborough piled on: "Comer and his gang are running for the hills in their coon hats, holding a squirrel fryer in their left hand and a shotgun in…

BARF: Morning Joe Touts 'Mature Mind' Biden As The Man For The Moment
Morning Joe scoffs at the importance of having a "straight-A student" as president, and instead touts Biden's foreign policy experience and his "mature mind" making him the ideal president to deal with the current foreign policy crises.

Muy Macho Joe Scarborough Appalled By Senator's Fight Talk
Last year, Macho Joe Scarborough fantasized about beating up a Capitol tourist taking photos somewhere Joe didn't like, saying he would make the tourist "eat" the camera. But on Morning Joe, Scarborough is shocked, stunned, and appalled by tough talk between UAW President Sean O'Brien and Oklahoma Sen. Mullin.