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MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski shared that they met with Donald Trump over the weekend. They received strong pushback from viewers and liberal media members. Scarborough is brushing that off.
During Morning Joe on Tuesday, Scarborough addressed the criticism the pair had received for meeting with the President-elect. He said the idea that resuming communications with Donald Trump is a bad thing shows how disconnected those on social media are from real life.
“Yesterday, I saw for the first time what a massive disconnect there was between social media and the real world,” said Scarborough. “Because we were flooded with phone calls from people all day, literally around the world, all very positive, very supportive, ‘I understand what you did.’
“But once in a while I would get a text or call from someone going, ‘Oh, man, I hope you’re doing okay.’ I would call them back … I’d go: ‘Are you on Twitter?’ And he goes, ‘I am.’ I’d go ‘Well, I’m not. So we’ve had a good day. Mika had a wonderful event and it’s fantastic.’ All of us will do the best we can do and we’re all working towards a better America.”
A near-immediate reaction from critics besieged Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski for meeting with Donald Trump over the weekend. An onslaught of criticism from the political right also came to the MSNBC hosts, labeling them self-serving and opportunistic for changing their tunes on Trump after he was elected earlier this month.
