The Democrat narrative contains an extra page thanks to their “Moscow Mitch” talking point. But where did that come from? MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough is obviously quite happy to take credit for coining the nickname:

Joe is very very Very proud of himself for coining "Moscow Mitch" pic.twitter.com/LKa2Cc4w26 — Cameron Cawthorne (@Cam_Cawthorne) August 19, 2019

He’s ecstatic! The Democrats sure have gotten a lot of mileage out of it.

This is one of the most Morning Joe things in Morning Joe history https://t.co/JGFBWDcwJ9 — David Rutz (@DavidRutz) August 19, 2019

Many of the Democrats who have embraced that nickname share this emotion: