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Morning Joe Outraged by Trump Calling Dem Candidates ‘Jihadists'

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Morning Joe Outraged by Trump Calling Dem Candidates ‘Jihadists' MS NOW/SnapStream After Joe Scarborough's Monday rant over the influence of far-left streamer Hasan Piker in the Michigan Senate race, Tuesday’s Morning Joe was outraged by President Trump’s use of the term “jihadist” to describe the rise of DSA-aligned candidates in Democratic primaries. Scarborough specifically said the label specifically referred to Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. Mika Brzezinski led with the story and read, “President Trump is escalating his attacks against progressive Democratic candidates, now using rhetoric to baselessly describe his party's opponents… as violent extremist militants." After a soundbite played from Trump’s Monday comments from the Oval Office, Brzezinski then said, “He’s not specifying exactly which candidate he’s referring to,” before Scarborough remarked, ”But we know which candidate he's referring to.” After Monday’s Hasan Piker freakout, Tuesday’s Morning Jo

First report: Joe Scarborough Thinks Democrats Are ‘Fumbling the Football on the 2-Yard Line’ Ahead of Midterms — thewrap.com, 1d