In a rare moment of journalistic integrity, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough called out Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) to his face for claiming President Trump “took advantage of young girls” without evidence. The awkward confrontation on Friday’s Morning Joe concerning an elongated scandal surrounding unreleased files on late sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein demonstrated the extent of liberal hatred for Trump, despite having not yet uncovered any actual proof of wrongdoing.
When answering a question about how the Democratic Party should message itself going forward into the midterms, Moulton portrayed the Trump administration as a protector of billionaires and criminals. Moulton suddenly swerved into accusatory territory, for which Scarborough scolded him:
MOULTON: If you are one of the people, like him, who took advantage of young girls with Jeffrey Epstein, then we're gonna, sort of, make that go away.
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SCARBOROUGH: We don't have evidence that he took advantage of young girls with Jeffrey Epstein.
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