MSNBC host “Morning Joe” Joe Scarborough reacted on Friday to a House Election Committee that heard the January 6 riots in the US Capitol in prime time the day before.
Scarborough said the life of former Vice President Mike Pence was “in danger” and that former President Donald Trump knew it. The host added that the former president had “provoked anger” in Pence during the day.
“[I] He stressed that what happened was surreal,” Scarborough said, “but to be honest you stopped and I saw someone yesterday, I think he’s writing for the LA Times, talking about how it happened when you realized that Donald Trump was actually trying to do it. It causes Mike. Pence was killed or he was seriously injured, he was captured by a mob, this man concluded that this was indeed the worst thing an incumbent president has done in the history of this republic. But think first, Willy. I mean, Donald Trump knew that Mike Pence’s life was in danger. He knew he was trying to catch him, to find him. He hated him all day, starting with that rally, and then, as Mike Pence and he were running and trying to find a safe place for himself and his family, Donald Trump tweeted. To witness yesterday, I just added fuel to the fire.
“My God, Willie, they’re about to find him, and as the witness statements showed yesterday, because we Proud Boys believe the Oath Keepers were among the first people out there, the threat to Mike Pence’s life is real.” , – said. continuity. “If they find him, they will likely kill him or cause serious, serious injury to both him and his family. And again…we were very shocked but not surprised, what Donald Trump did yesterday and the President of the United States actively “We are not surprised at what he did in just one day to say that he was working to hurt or kill his Deputy … I repeat, nothing like this has happened in the history of this country,” he said.
Source: Breitbart