Radio host Charlamagne Tha God and former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said the “Morning Joe” co-hosts’ controversial visit to President-elect Donald Trump’s estate was nothing more than a play for audiences.
MSNBC co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, two of Trump’s fiercest critics in the media, revealed Monday that they had a face-to-face meeting last week with the president-elect in Mar -a-Lago, saying it was an important event. possibility for those who do not agree to talk to each other.
Haley spoke about the incident on an episode of her SiriusXM show, “Nikki Haley Live,” which will air in its entirety on Wednesday, November 27 at 8 a.m. ET.
“Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough tore me apart when I said anything about voting for Donald Trump or what I agreed with him on, even though I criticized him when I thought that “He was wrong. I praised him when I thought he was good. They tore me up,” Haley said of the duo before their abrupt about-face.
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Radio hosts Charlamagne Tha God and Nikki Haley discuss how the “Morning Joe” hosts met with President-elect Donald Trump last week. (SiriusXM/Nikki Haley live)
“But the truth is, it’s not that they suddenly saw the light. It’s that they saw the ratings,” Haley suggested as Charlamagne laughed and agreed. “I mean, let’s be clear. They saw the ratings dropping and they realized, ‘Oh, we better get along with Donald Trump or we’re not going to have a show.'”
“It’s a ratings and revenue game,” Charlamagne said. “What I don’t understand is that if you don’t like something that someone says, if you don’t like something that someone does, why don’t you go talk to that person and challenge her at once?”
He added that Democrats, some of whom complain that they need their own liberal media outlets, could begin to change their game plan by simply appearing on the platforms they criticize.
“That’s why I think the biggest problem is, even today, when I see all these liberals, they’re having these conversations about, ‘Oh, the left needs a Joe Rogan,’ or ‘The left has need a conservative network like the right”. a.’ It’s like, no, how about you grow some balls and go on these platforms? How about you go talk to Joe Rogan?
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“Morning Joe” co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough enraged liberals on social media after meeting with President-elect Donald Trump. (Getty Images)
Charlamagne further added that there is one Democrat who seems to have a head start on this tactic.
“When you look at what Governor Newsom is doing right now, I think it’s a smart strategy. You know, he’s not my favorite candidate, right? Nor is he someone I’m looking for to support right now But I like his media strategy,” Charlamagne said, suggesting that by speaking to outlets like Fox News, Newsom is “meeting people where they are and I think that’s it. which a lot of these politicians don’t do, at least Democratic politicians.” I don’t meet people where they are. »
News of the Trump-Scarborough-Brzezinski meeting ignited a firestorm on the left, with MSNBC staffers lashing out at the co-hosts.
“Cowardice,” an MSNBC employee responded to Fox News Digital. “Do exactly what [anti-Trump historian] Tim Snyder warns on our airwaves not to do: obey in advance. It’s disgusting but honestly not surprising.”
The source said MSNBC’s rank and file are now “largely dismissive” of the network’s morning stars, saying they “feel like they’re just being opportunistic.”
Trump, meanwhile, called the meeting “extremely cordial.”
“I received a call from Joe Scarborough requesting a meeting for him and Mika, and I agreed that it would be a good thing if such a meeting took place,” Trump told Fox News Digital. “A lot of things were discussed and I really appreciated the fact that they wanted to have open communication…In many ways it’s a shame that this wasn’t done a long time ago.
“The meeting ended very positively and we agreed to talk to each other in the future,” he added.
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David Rutz of Fox News contributed to this report.
