'Republicans have lost the country' – and Trump only makes things worse:
Feb 27, 2024 08:27:06 #
'Republicans have lost the country' – and Trump only makes things worse: Morning Joe panel
Travis Gettys
February 27, 2024 7:00AM ET
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Republican p**********l candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump stands on stage during a campaign event at Big League Dreams Las Vegas on January 27, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.(Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele wrote off Republican e******n chances for the foreseeable future.
The "Morning Joe" host pointed to turmoil within the Michigan Republican Party, whose e******n-denying former chair Kristina Karamo chased away donors and competent leadership and now refuses to recognize the v**e to remove her, and Scarborough said that was "a sign of things to come" in the wake of Donald Trump's takeover of the GOP apparatus.
"Sometimes you need to step back, right?" Scarborough said. "Sometimes you need to step back and go, why are things happening the way they are? I know we've all seen op-eds talking about this through the years, but the Republicans have lost seven of the last eight p**********l e******ns when it comes to popular v**e. They figured out in '16 how to win just barely through the E*******l College."
"Not to get too deep into it here, but I'm going to get deep into it because that's what I do," Scarborough added. "If you take away Ralph Nader in 2000, take away Jill Stein in 2016, get this, a Republican would not have been elected president this century. That's assuming [George W.] Bush doesn't run in 2004 for re-e******n. But the Republicans have lost the country. This is amazing – since 1992, Republicans have won the popular v**e one time. What do you do if you know you're going to lose? You're not changing the country but will keep denying e******ns. They're trying to perfect it now."
Travis Gettys
February 27, 2024 7:00AM ET
trump kiss
Republican p**********l candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump stands on stage during a campaign event at Big League Dreams Las Vegas on January 27, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.(Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele wrote off Republican e******n chances for the foreseeable future.
The "Morning Joe" host pointed to turmoil within the Michigan Republican Party, whose e******n-denying former chair Kristina Karamo chased away donors and competent leadership and now refuses to recognize the v**e to remove her, and Scarborough said that was "a sign of things to come" in the wake of Donald Trump's takeover of the GOP apparatus.
"Sometimes you need to step back, right?" Scarborough said. "Sometimes you need to step back and go, why are things happening the way they are? I know we've all seen op-eds talking about this through the years, but the Republicans have lost seven of the last eight p**********l e******ns when it comes to popular v**e. They figured out in '16 how to win just barely through the E*******l College."
"Not to get too deep into it here, but I'm going to get deep into it because that's what I do," Scarborough added. "If you take away Ralph Nader in 2000, take away Jill Stein in 2016, get this, a Republican would not have been elected president this century. That's assuming [George W.] Bush doesn't run in 2004 for re-e******n. But the Republicans have lost the country. This is amazing – since 1992, Republicans have won the popular v**e one time. What do you do if you know you're going to lose? You're not changing the country but will keep denying e******ns. They're trying to perfect it now."
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