As more video footage of the January 6 uprising emerges, so does the hypocrisy of various Republican politicians claiming one truth while experiencing another.
The latest example is the “Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough fired Friday. Rep. Steve Scalise didn’t have the morning news host mining words: “I can’t imagine … lying through my teeth on an issue,” he said.
6 uprising on the Capitol in Washington, DC, Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s actions have been particularly questioned, with former President Donald Trump, Rep. Should have done more. While the siege.
However, those criticisms hit a snag this week, when never-before-seen footage of Pelosi calling in the National Guard went viral on Friday. Scalise, it turns out, is also shown in the footage as an active witness to Pelosi’s efforts.
“Wait a second, I’m so confused,” Scarborough said on Friday, “you know, I’m just a dumb country lawyer, but after Steve Scallis knew the answer, he asked the question. So he said, ‘This There’s a big question, why won’t they answer whether Nancy Pelosi called the National? [Guard], It’s terrible and they won’t respond.’ He was in the room, he was in the room where it happened, the room where it happened. I mean come on.”
The co-host accused Skellis of “lying with his teeth” on the matter in the Morning segment.
“I’m serious about this, I couldn’t imagine holding a press conference as a member of Congress in a million years, I was there, being that cynical, lying with my teeth on an issue Was — any issue, but especially an issue of this importance,” Scarborough said.
“And even if for some reason I fell off a scooter the day before and I felt dizzy, there were literally 12 people on my staff holding me up and saying, ‘You can’t do that, in your office. Go back, you need to tell them you’re not going to do this,'” he continued. “I don’t get it. When you and I were there, there were all the odds, that was all the rules, the rules of general decency, not going out and lying with your teeth, my gosh, on this important issue. ,
Watch the full segment in the video above.
