Joe Scarborough is in agreement with The Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson when it comes to America 2020: “We are the s—-hole country.”
Mr. Robinson’s comment, a reference to 2018 claims that President Trump referred to Haiti and other nations as “s—-hole countries” during a closed-door immigration debate, took place Tuesday as a “Morning Joe” panel discussed the coronavirus pandemic.
The president denied the claim by Democratic Sen. Richard J. Durbin but admitted on Twitter to using “tough” language.
“I mean, seriously,” Mr. Scarborough said. “Did you ever think, Gene, in all of your years, that the United States of America would be in such a poor condition, a Third World condition when it came to health care and the government’s handling of a pandemic, that we wouldn’t be able to go to other countries?”
“It’s just appalling, and shocking, really, that we’re in this position,” Mr. Robinson said of travel restrictions that affect the U.S. due to the pandemic. “But this is where we are. We are pariahs. We are, we are the s—-hole country that nobody wants people from. That’s us now.”
“Yeah,” the MSNBC host replied.
Mark Finkelstein of the media watchdog NewsBusters deadpanned after the broadcast that Mr. Robinson and the “Morning Joe” panel “laid it out in the clearest, crudest, term today” how liberal segments of the media view the nation.
• Douglas Ernst can be reached at dernst@washingtontimes.com.
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