If they’ve lost MSNBC…
The hosts of MSNBC’s Morning Joe absolutely shredded Sen. Angus King (I-ME) for his opposition to Gina Haspel’s nomination this morning. Scarborough called out the Democratic opposition for what it really is – “just a sideshow for [their] base.”
Video: MSNBC’s Scarborough Blasts Sen. King Over Haspel Hearing: “Was This Just A Sideshow For Your Base?”
JOE SCARBOROUGH: But Senator, Joe Scarborough here, when you were asking her that question, you knew the answer to that question, right?
KING: Well, I thought I did. But I wanted — and I was sort of giving her an opportunity to answer it. And she – as you saw, I had to ask it three times. My impression was that she was making these decisions, but I sort of couldn’t believe it.
SCARBOROUGH: Yeah. But you –
KING: I couldn’t believe it –
SCARBOROUGH: But, you also though – there’s also a lot of information that you could have gotten if the cameras were turned off and people were taken out of the room. I mean, it’s just like Diane Feinstein asked a question that she knew she could not answer in a public committee hearing, and also knew that if the room were cleared and the cameras were turned off, you all could get the information. Was this just a sideshow for your base?
KING: No, no, no.
And with a few simple questions, MSNBC’s Mike Barnicle left King struggling to justify his opposition:
Video: MSNBC’s Barnicle Exposes Sen. King’s Hypocrisy In Opposing Gina Haspel
MIKE BARNICLE: So Senator King, Gina Haspel, qualified?
[Long Pause]
KING: I think not qualified because of her bad judgment and participation in the destruction of evidence.
BARNICLE: Competent?
KING: Yes.
BARNICLE: If not her, who?
KING: Well, that’s a good question.
Remember: 50 members of the Democratic Caucus, including Sen. King, voted for Obama’s CIA director, John Brennan. 36 of them are still in the Senate today:
Also worth noting that all 8 Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to approved Brennan, including 5 sitting Democrats: Feinstein (D-CA), Heinrich (D-NM), King (I-ME), Warner (D-VA), and Wyden (D-OR).
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