Former GOP Congressman Joe Scarborough is quitting Trumps Republican Party

[Miles Archer]

Source: Raw Story

A prominent former Republican politician and cable news host has announced he is leaving the GOP.

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough was a three-and-a-half term member of Congress from Florida, but is leaving his party despite his prominent media perch as a conservative.

The Executive Producer of the “Late Show” with Stephen Colbert announced the bombshell would come on tonight’s show.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/former-gop-congressman-joe-scarborough-is-quitting-trumps-republican-party/

[pirateshipdude]

1. He should have done it before it got personal. He would have been more credible. Eom

[7962]

3. thats a great point. And correct. nt

[busterbrown]

5. I agree! But I couldnt be happier!

We need a little hard dirt on our side and I’ll be the first to defend my behavior.. We are fighting LUNATICS Who think Christ is coming back.. Fuck them!

[sheshe2]

10. You are correct. nt

[FreeState]

2. Video:

Link to tweet

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[pangaia]

12. A little late there, JOE....

Where the fuck were you when it really mattered?
Sucking on the CNN money hose, that's where..


Another point...He said several times "MY PARTY."....It just occurred to me..some/many? people, on all sides, seem to talk about a political party like -- I mean they call it.. "MY PARTY." Like it's a ...club, or something.. I'm sure, now, folks here as well....

Jeeze,, I just can not imagine that... Don't get me wrong. I am a registered Democrat and always voted for and supported, donated to Democrats, and have worked for several over the past few decades.... but.. I guess I just never thought of it that way and just woke up to the concept that other people DO identify that way... interesting....

Maybe I should re-think myself...

Humm,, just thinking about that... It's like MY TEAM, I guess.. Are the BATAVIA MUCKDOGS 'my team?" Humm...


Anyway, Joe, sort of..better late than never...I guess....Oh, i wish you wouldn't interrupt Mika so often on your TV entertainment show..

[radical noodle]

25. He's actually MSNBC, not CNN

[pangaia]

29. HA HA HA Shows you how much tee vee I watch....

Thanks..

[Dustlawyer]

31. Even though he is one of the first of many, this rat is leaving the ship a little late!

He sees the ratings going to us liberals and had to do this for his show's long term popularity. I wish people like Rex Tillerson, who I believe only became Secretary of State to get the Exxon Russia deal through, will see that ship has already sailed now and resign. There will come a flood of politicians trying to avoid the toxic soup that the Republican brand will represent.

[lordsummerisle]

4. Gee

I wonder if Mika was a factor...just sayin'...

[Skittles]

6. because sexism, racism, homophobia, anti-worker, pro-torture, anti-science, etc was tolerable

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but TRUMP is just TOO FUCKING MUCH

[pirateshipdude]

7. That would be his type Republican party. Putin though, over the top. Eom

[pangaia]

13. Yuper zootie

[Chellee]

33. Exactly.

Apparently, treason is the line. It's good to know he at least has a line, I guess. Most Republicans don't.

[Skittles]

41. well stated, Chellee

YOU ARE CORRECT; yes INDEED

[orleans]

38. +1 n/t

[Chemisse]

8. That's pretty shocking.

I wonder who he voted for in the general; I don't think he's ever said.

[hlthe2b]

9. probably McMullen n/t

[BainsBane]

11. He's not exactly a moderate either.

[JI7]

15. I think this is entirely about personal disgust of trump

So in a way it is good if even those types can start to leave him.

[Honeycombe8]

17. He's a moderate. nt

[BainsBane]

22. He was part of the right-wing take over of the House

under Gingrich. They were the Tea Party of their day. So only in a context where the alt-right denounces protesters as "anti-fa" (anti-fascist), indicating they accept the label of fascist, can he be considered a moderate.

I think of moderate Republicans as like Susan Collins.

[Honeycombe8]

35. That was over 25 yrs ago. He evolved, as they say.

Compared with how wacko Republicans got in the last decade, he's a liberal! To the far right, he is a liberal.

Been watching him for years. He is moderate, IMO. Not on all issues, maybe, but overall.

[onetexan]

14. oh this is good

Please someone post the story once it airs tonight. I don't have cable. Would love to hear what he has to say. I hope many more Republicans will follow his lead. Yes he was a bit annoying at times before, but it takes courage to stand up to his own party. I applaud him for doing what he did.

[Honeycombe8]

18. Colbert is on an OTA broadcast station. CBS. If you have an antenna & can get CBS.

The key interviews are also uploaded to Youtube.

[LiberalLovinLug]

16. In some ways it would have been better if he stayed with the elephants

What America needs more than anything is for prominent Republicans to work from within the party to change it, and say Trump must go. Now, he may have shed his last connection to the deplorables. Some may have given him at least a shred of credibility and learned something, that not all Republicans are Trumpublicans. Now it may be the excuse many need to shut him off and call him a traitor fake news spreader.

[TNNurse]

19. Has he apologized for all the support he gave Trump during the campaign??

[Botany]

20. Fuck him

Joe worked to keep the rightful person from beoming President in 2000.

Remember bush v Gore?

[BigmanPigman]

23. No, you're wrong. DOUBLE FUCK HIM!

Too late dude!

[orleans]

39. +1 n/t

[Mickju]

21. Well, we don't want him!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

36. My thought exactly... good thing he's not switching over to our side. Yucckkk!

[Cryptoad]

24. I can hear him now,,,,,,

"Im not leaving the Party, the Party left me" !

[underthematrix]

26. Joe knows something massive is coming down the pike.

[Ilsa]

27. The GOP is splitting into the racist, workers gop who

fanatically worship God, Talibornigans who think women should not vote, and the more modern Ronald Reagan gop that is better educated, more open-minded about race and gender, but still conservative and willing to rip poor people off to feed the rich.

[sellitman]

28. Has his dead intern commented yet?

I wonder what's she's thinking about it?

Oh wait......

[mobeau69]

30. The father said, "My son, you are with me always as a good Democrat and all I have is yours.

But it was only right we should celebrate and rejoice, because your brother here was dead and a hateful Republican and has come to life; he was lost and is found."

[PearliePoo2]

32. I had a feeling this was coming. I think Mika is an influence.

It would not surprise me to hear Nicole Wallace is next.

[OliverQ]

34. Good for him

I'll give credit where it's due. At least one Republicans sees how disgusting the current GOP is and can no longer stand by it.

[murielm99]

37. An independent?

A man of honor would go right out and register as a Democrat.

[Gothmog]

40. The Colbert show was great tonight