Scarborough blasts Bannon for telling Freedom Caucus they had no choice but to vote for bill

Joe Scarborough spent the first half-hour of today’s Morning Joe blasting White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon for the failure of the health care bill. Excerpts:

“I will call Steve Bannon a hack. When you go in and threaten members, you’re not only a hack, you’re stupid at your game . . . Bannon failed miserably. He is the biggest loser.”

When you go in and threaten members, you’re not only a hack, you’re at your game . . . Bannon He is the “The stupidity of Steve Bannon knows no ends.”

of Steve Bannon knows no ends.” “He’s an idiot when it comes to how Washington works.”

when it comes to how Washington works.” “He blew this.”



Scarborough was particularly outraged by the report that Bannon told members of the Freedom Caucus, “guys, look. This is not a discussion. This is not a debate. You have no choice but to vote for this bill.” Calling it perhaps the greatest tweet of the 21st century, Scarborough cited John Podhoretz on the subject:

“I’m Steve Bannon. i’ve been in politics since August 2016. You will bow before me, elected Republican officials! I ran a website!” — John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) March 25, 2017



