Donald Trump Donald John TrumpObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE called out MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough on Friday, slamming the “Morning Joe” host over rumors that he is trying to encourage someone to undertake a third-party presidential bid.

Joe Scarborough initially endorsed Jeb Bush and Jeb crashed, then John Kasich and that didn't work. Not much power or insight! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 6, 2016

I hear @JoeNBC of rapidly fading @Morning_Joe is pushing hard for a third party candidate to run. This will guarantee a Crooked Hillary win. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 6, 2016

The rebuke comes in the wake of Scarborough saying that he would not vote for Trump unless he abandoned his plan to ban Muslims from entering the country.

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Scarborugh quickly responded to Trump on Twitter by defending his show.

You heard wrong, cowboy. We talk about scenarios. Never fear. MJ is going to beat CNN for the 7th straight year! https://t.co/DVsBHctzgd — Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) May 6, 2016

"Rapidly fading?" Umm...we are enjoying our best ratings ever. Lots of luck, fella. https://t.co/DVsBHctzgd — Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) May 6, 2016

Scarborough has been accused of being too close to the GOP presumptive nominee and giving him overly favorable coverage.

At the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, comedian Larry Wilmore said, " 'Morning Joe' has their heads so far up Trump’s ass, they bumped into Chris Christie."