Trump Gets Personal In Gloves-Off Attack On ‘Morning Joe’ Co-Hosts

MSNBC's "Morning Joe" co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, right, attend the 2013 Matrix New York Women in Communications Awards at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Monday April 22, 2013 in New York. (Photo by E... MSNBC's "Morning Joe" co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, right, attend the 2013 Matrix New York Women in Communications Awards at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Monday April 22, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) MORE LESS
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The same morning that Hillary Clinton announced an $80 million TV ad buy, Donald Trump threatened to spill the beans about Joe Scarborough and “long-time girlfriend” Mika Brzezinski, his MSNBC co-host.

Trump, who has for months railed against “Morning Joe,” tweeted Monday morning:

The real estate mogul also tweeted he tried to watch the “low-rated” MSNBC morning show, but found it “unwatchable” because of “neurotic” Brzezinski.

The “Morning Joe” hosts, who have been rumored to have an off-screen romance, didn’t let Trump’s smear slide.

Scarborough fired back on Twitter:

The former congressman also sarcastically thanked the GOP nominee for tuning in.

Brzezinski, for her part, simply retweeted Clinton spokeswoman Jennifer Palmieri suggesting Trump’s tweet showed he was “unnerved” by the campaign’s new ad.

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  1. Avatar for dswx dswx says:

    So yesterday Drumpf flip-flops on his blatant racism to “reach out” to “black voters”…but to make up for it he went full misogynist today. Let’s see which the media picks up on. I’m betting they go with the “presidential-sounding” Drumpf on race since otherwise it would not fit their meme to make the race closer.

  2. After he loses his ass in November, Big Media is going to beg Hillary’s Opponent to run for every political office in the nation from here on out…just to keep their ratings boosted.

  3. Forgive me for forgetting who it was exactly but I read on my Twitter timeline that someone who had dealt with Rump in the past (former biographer?) said that people should always stay away from him because he will ALWAYS turn on you. Dominance politics coming from a narcissistic sociopath can only go one way.

  4. So, Joe, starting to feel like Viktor Frankenstein yet?

  5. Meow.

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