MSNBCs Joe Scarborough forced to explain why he thought Biden was at his best ever in March 2024
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough was confronted with a viral clip of him deeming former President Joe Biden the “best Biden ever” in March 2024 on Tuesday, standing by his assessment of the former president, citing his personal interactions with him.Speaking to Mark Halperin during his show, “Next Up with Mark Halperin,” Scarborough watched the clip of himself, where he argued that the former president was “far beyond cogent.”“I’ve said it for years now, he’s cogent.But I undersold it when I said he was cogent, he’s far beyond cogent.
In fact, I think he’s better than he’s ever been, intellectually, analytically, because he’s been around for 50 years,” Scarborough said during a March 2024 “Morning Joe” broadcast.“Start your tape right now because I’m about to tell you the truth.
And f-you if you can’t handle the truth.This version of Biden, intellectually, analytically, is the best Biden ever.”After noting that Biden had good days and bad days, Halperin asked Scarbrough, “Looking back at that, do you say, well, it was misleading to say ‘best Biden ever’ without caveating it and saying, except on the days when he’s not the best Biden ever?”Scarborough insisted he never saw the bad days personally.
Earlier in the conversation, Scarborough detailed multiple meetings he had with Biden, during which the MSNBC host argued that Biden had a better “analysis” of the situation, related to Ukraine and Russia, than he had heard from most people.Halperin pushed back and told Scarborough, “Well, you did! You did, because you saw him address a dead congresswoman, and you saw him in South Carolina.”Halperin argued he could show Scarborough several clips of days when the former president was not the best Biden ever and Scarborough pivoted the conversation to Trump.Scarborough argued, “He stumbled and bumbled around, Mark.I mean, yeah, he certainly did.
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