Joe Scarborough

Joe Scarborough, a former Republican congressman from Florida, is the host of "Morning Joe" on MSNBC. He is a lawyer with Beggs and Lane, the oldest firm in Florida and a former publisher and editor of "The Florida Sun," a newspaper.

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Joe Scarborough
stated on September 11, 2018 a newspaper column:

"President Trump’s Republican Party will create more debt in one year than was generated in the first 200 years of America’s existence."

By Louis Jacobson • September 12, 2018

Joe Scarborough
stated on December 4, 2015 on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

In the weekend after the terrorist attacks in Paris, the White House said "this couldn't happen in the United States. ISIS couldn't reach us here."

By Lauren Carroll • December 8, 2015

Joe Scarborough
stated on October 2, 2015 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

About "3 percent of murders and crimes are committed with guns from people who actually (legally) purchase those guns."

By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2015

Joe Scarborough
stated on April 30, 2015 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

Says the Clintons "burst through their own self-pronounced guidelines" by accepting foreign donations. "There is a clip of Bill Clinton saying we're not going to take foreign donations."

By Jon Greenberg • May 4, 2015

Joe Scarborough
stated on April 27, 2015 a segment on 'Morning Joe':

Algeria "wanted to be taken off of the terror list" at the time it made an unreported donation to the Clinton Foundation.

By Katie Sanders • April 28, 2015

Joe Scarborough
stated on March 9, 2015 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

Says Hillary Clinton "sent a memo" to all State Department staff that said "you should not do State Department business on personal email."

By Jon Greenberg • March 10, 2015

Joe Scarborough
stated on January 29, 2015 a tweet on Twitter:

"More people have watched ‘Morning Joe’ than CNN and HLN 5 years in a row."

By Jon Greenberg • February 2, 2015

Joe Scarborough
stated on November 3, 2014 a segment on "Morning Joe":

2014 midterm election spending by "the left and the right are both equal."

By Katie Sanders • November 6, 2014

Joe Scarborough
stated on May 12, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

Americans "bought into climate change" in 2004-06, but then most "began wandering away from this issue."

By Jon Greenberg • May 13, 2014

Joe Scarborough
stated on April 10, 2014 comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

Before "our last three presidents, you have to go back to the 1800s, early 1800s to find three presidents in a row being consecutively re-elected."

By Aaron Sharockman • April 10, 2014

Joe Scarborough
stated on January 21, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

"Since Barack Obama became president of the United States, 95 percent of economic gains have been made by the richest 1 percent."

By Jon Greenberg • January 22, 2014

Joe Scarborough
stated on March 24, 2010 a comment on his "Morning Joe'' program on MSNBC:

The health care reform bill "is the largest tax increase in U.S. history."

By Robert Farley • March 25, 2010

Joe Scarborough
stated on April 7, 2009 a discussion on MSNBC:

President Obama has never received a paycheck from a profitmaking business in his entire life.

By Alexander Lane • April 15, 2009

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stated on November 18, 2024 a Threads post:

President-elect Donald Trump called Joe Scarborough “a scolded dog” on Truth Social.

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 21, 2024

Donald Trump
stated on May 26, 2020 a tweet:

There are “many unanswered and obvious questions” about the 2001 death of a staff member of Joe Scarborough.

By Jon Greenberg • May 26, 2020