'Clown show!' 'Morning Joe' ripped apart as Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski share Donald Trump vs Joe Biden poll
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: ‘Morning Joe’ hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough shared a “hypothetical” poll during the morning segment which showcases polling numbers between Joe Biden and Donald Trump in five battleground states.
Along with their morning report on the poll, Morning Joe’s official X account also shared the poll, and the internet was far from impressed.
‘Morning Joe,’ ‘MSNBC’ and its hosts faced backlash from the internet following this segment, as people labeled ‘Morning Joe’ a ‘clown show’
‘Morning Joe’ shares The New York Times’ lead story
‘Morning Joe’ host Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough started the segment on the latest poll between Joe Biden and Donald Trump by sharing details of the battleground ground states.
Scarborough held up The New York Times newspaper and said “Here, the lead story of The New York Times, something that got a lot of Democrats talking yesterday, a lot of Democrats, voters in five battleground states favor Trump over Biden.”
Brzezinski then took over, “Let's turn back to that. The latest New York Times/Siena College survey shows Donald Trump leading Joe Biden in five of six battleground states won by then-candidate Biden in the last election.”
‘Morning Joe’ then flashed the poll on their screen as Brzezinski continued, “If the election were held today, the poll shows registered voters in Arizona would go for Trump by five points, 49% to 44%. In Georgia, Trump's lead is 6 points, 49% to 43%.”
She continued, “In Michigan, Trump holds a five-point advantage, 48% to 43%. Nevada, 11 points, 52% to 41%. In Pennsylvania, Trump leads 48% to 44%.”
“The only battleground state Biden would retain, according to the poll, is Wisconsin. There, he leads Trump by two points, 47% to 45%,” said Brzezinski.
Brzezinski also talked about “key issues,” “Voters in those states also say they trust Trump more than Biden to handle most key issues. On the economy, Trump is favored by 22 points.”
At this point Scarborough interrupted, “Joe Biden was just, you know, announcing GDP of over 4%.”
Brzezinski continued to talk about how voters would trust Trump over Biden on Immigration and “handling the Israel-Hamas war.”
Scarborough once again chimed in, “In that case of course Donald Trump, praising the terrorists, praising Hezbollah, and attacking Israel."
“And on national security, Trump’s lead is 12 points, Biden is favored by 9% on the issue of abortion,” concluded Brzezinski with the polls.
As the ‘Morning Joe’ panel continued the discussion, the internet remained focused on the poll, which was also shared by ‘Morning Joe’ on X.
Internet reacts to Morning Joe’s report on Donald Trump vs Joe Biden polls
The internet was quick to respond to Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough’s report on the latest Joe Biden versus Donald Trump poll.
One user said, “Fake news,” and another wrote, “Morning clown show @Morning_Joe.”
“Unless you poll all voters in America, this means nothing!” wrote one user, and another said, “I am disappointed in MSNBC for talking about this fake poll for an hour that's why I stop watching CNN.”
Unless you poll all voters in America, this means nothing!
— K Digmann (@DigmannKay) November 6, 2023
Iam disappointed in MSNBC for talking about this fake poll for a hour that's why I stop watching CNN
— Blanche brown (@BlancheBro18887) November 6, 2023
People continued to slam ‘Morning Joe’ and the hosts on X as one user wrote, “Come ON Joe...don't belittle your cred with this!”
One user shared of poll of their own on the platform, “Here is a poll for you: Do you want to hear Morning Joe yammer on for four hours about a poll?”
Here is a poll for you:
— Melissa Nelson 🇺🇸🟧🇨🇦🇺🇦💚💛 (@Melmis) November 6, 2023
Do you want to hear Morning Joe yammer on for four hours about a poll?