Joe Scarborough set a new hashtag trending when he unleashed an explosive tirade against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
The MSNBC host, who has apparently been having a hard time coping with this week’s disastrous Robert Mueller testimony, vented his frustrations at the Kentucky Republican who has sent Democrats into a spiral after blocking two election security bills Thursday, calling them out as “partisan legislation.”
(Video: MSNBC)
Scarborough blasted McConnell on “Morning Joe” Friday, using the nickname “Moscow Mitch” more than a dozen times in his rant, accusing the GOP leader of “un-American” behavior and of “aiding and abetting Vladimir Putin.”
“Moscow Mitch blocks two bills that would actually protect us from a Russian invasion,” The MSNBC host said, soon setting the hashtag #MoscowMitch trending on Twitter.
Scarborough argued that the senator was refusing to act on dangers the Republican-appointed leaders of the “FBI, CIA, DNI, Intel committee” have agreed on about Russian election interference, citing a report released by the Senate Intelligence Committee, chaired by GOP Sen. Richard Burr, which found “unprecedented” levels of Russian cyber activity against U.S. election systems ahead of the 2016 election.
Senate Intel releases bipartisan report into Russian election interference, no votes altered remains https://t.co/zw7B6Cs8XH
— Conservative News (@BIZPACReview) July 26, 2019
Scarborough rattled off examples of Russian interference reported by government agencies before exclaiming, “Moscow Mitch calls it a hoax!”
“How can Moscow Mitch so willingly turn a blind eye not only this year to what his Republican chairman of the Intel Committee is saying, to what Robert Mueller is saying, to what the FBI director is saying, to what the DNI [director of national intelligence] is saying, to what the CIA is saying, to what the United States military intel community is saying,” Scarborough asked.
“How can Moscow Mitch keep denying that Vladimir Putin continues to try to subvert American democracy?” he added, referring to the Russian president.
He even suggested McConnell could be reaping some kind of benefit from a Russian oligarch’s investment in his home state of Kentucky.
Why won’t #MoscowMitch let the Senate even take a vote on protecting American democracy from Russia’s ongoing attacks when Trump’s own FBI, CIA, DNI, DHS chiefs said Putin was trying to subvert our democracy? Even his GOP Intel Chairman said the same yesterday. Why #MoscowMitch? https://t.co/Y7TbD8Wino
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) July 26, 2019
“I understand that there’s an oligarch that I have read is going to be setting up a big aluminum plant in Moscow Mitch’s home state,” he said.
“Seriously, he is — he is aiding and abetting Vladimir Putin’s ongoing attempts to subvert American democracy,” he continued, getting more agitated. “According to the Republican FBI, CIA, DNI, Intel committee, all Republicans are all saying Russia is subverting American democracy and Moscow Mitch won’t even let the Senate take a vote on it. That is un-American!”
Just one day before, Scarborough had unleashed on President Trump during a “Morning Joe” segment, calling on Democrats to deal with the president by getting “in his face” and doing “whatever it takes to win” against him in 2020.
His tirade against McConnell Friday sparked thousands of tweets in response as #MoscowMitch took off on social media where the Republican leader already is the subject of other memes and nicknames, such as “CocaineMitch.
If you kill two election security bills you should be arrested for treason before the day is out. #MoscowMitch
— Elayne Boosler (@ElayneBoosler) July 26, 2019
McConnell blocks election security bills after Mueller warns of election interference
In fact, #MoscowMitch is blocking all election security bills in hopes the foreign help will be there again for the @GOP in 2020
RT if you demand a full investigation on his ties with Russia! pic.twitter.com/RlhlEqfIDF
— The Hummingbird ? (@SaysHummingbird) July 26, 2019
Anyone who says the Democrats are causing all of the problems in this country is clearly a traitorous Republican ? #MoscowMitch #ProtectOurDemocracy #ImpeachmentInquiryNow https://t.co/istQyXBdIl
— Tara Dublin (@taradublinrocks) July 26, 2019
Mitch McConnell is a traitor. Retweet if you agree. Mitch refused to publicly condemn Russian election interference with President Obama in 2016 and now refuses to protect our voting systems. He’s an accomplice to the biggest traitor in American history—Donald Trump. #MoscowMitch
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) July 26, 2019
Plenty of other Twitter users, however, refused to buy what Scarborough was selling.
#MoscowMitch is such a sad hashtag after the Russian collusion hoax already failed and was further beaten into the ground yesterday at #MuellerHearings…
No one other than same thinking losers/bots on Twitter are listening to you.
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) July 26, 2019
Does anyone listen to this guy?
— Dwayne Wilson (@BroDwayne) July 26, 2019
Arguments that become more and more hysterical do not ergo become more and more convincing.
— CLA (@ConservativeLA) July 26, 2019
Democrats continue to believe talking about something is more important than accomplishing something. Used to be smarter Joe. Now you’re just another yapping liberal.
— Peter Bradley (@peterbmansfield) July 26, 2019
I remember when the liberals mocked the idea that Russia was a threat now they see Russians every where .
Scarborough: ‘Moscow Mitch’ Is ‘Aiding and Abetting Putin’ in Subverting Our Democracyhttps://t.co/yz7FhJYDv8— Chris Coon (@ChrisCoon4) July 26, 2019
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