Scarborough: Trump 'preparing for civil war'
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said Monday morning that former President Trump's rhetoric on the campaign trail signals he and his supporters are preparing for violence in the wake of the 2024 election.
The host played a clip on his morning show of Trump telling a crowd of supporters over the weekend that "those who want to stop us from achieving this future have slandered me, impeached me, indicted me, tried to throw me off the ballot. And who knows? Maybe even tried to kill me."
"You know, I always say there’s an enemy from within," Trump continued. "But we have an enemy from within, which I think is much more dangerous than the outside enemy.”
Scarborough admonished Trump and his allies, calling them "increasingly desperate" with just weeks until Election Day.
"The level of un-American activity that you just saw is stunning. That is un-American. They know they’re lying. Donald Trump knows that’s a lie. He will tell you that the Secret Service, he thought, did the best job they could do. The fact that JD Vance and Trump’s family would out and out say what they said, takes the threat of violence ... beyond where it was even leading up to January the sixth. This is an increasingly desperate person. An increasingly desperate family, who is preparing for civil war. ... Just are," the host said.
Scarborough noted Trump has still not conceded defeat in the 2020 election and warned the former president could stir civil unrest if he loses again next month.
"Trump continues lying about 2020," Scarborough said. "Senators will not say on Sunday news shows that Donald Trump lost in 2020, despite the fact Republican officials in every one of those states that mattered said that, yes, in fact, Donald Trump lost."
The "Morning Joe" host's comments were first highlighted by Mediaite.
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