MS NOW host “Morning Joe” opened Friday with a jolt of disbelief — and a near–on-air expletive — as Joe Scarborough tore into House Speaker Mike Johnson for what he called a shameless defense of Donald Trump.
Johnson had just been pressed by reporters about Trump’s latest Truth Social outburst, in which the president implied that Democratic lawmakers should be executed for “encouraging sedition” after they urged service members not to follow illegal orders. Instead of distancing himself from the remark, Johnson leaned right into it.
“That is a factual statement,” he said, brushing off the violent insinuation. Then he pivoted to scolding Democrats: “For a senator like Mark Kelly or any member of the House or Senate to behave in that kind of talk is to me so just beyond the pale. I’m not going to say anything more on it.”
The moment the clip ended, Scarborough couldn’t hide his disgust: “He lies so pretty,” he smirked. It’s so easy for him to lie,” he added, as Willie Geist jumped in with, “Clutching the pearls.”
“Clutching the pearls,” Scarborough echoed, cracking up. He then launched into a full-on parody of Johnson’s dramatic outrage. “Yeah. The fainting couch. You know, it was very rude of those press members to be standing all around. He had a fainting couch, it was beautiful. Beautiful pink satin fainting couch with all the frills. He was going to just flop over, I tell you, you know, he was so shocked and stunned.”
That’s when Scarborough hit his breaking point.
“These people are lying through their f …” he started, catching himself mid-syllable. “Through their teeth,” he finished. “These people are lying through their teeth.”
Co-host Mika Brzezinski jumped in, laughing, “He didn’t say it. He only said half!”
But Scarborough wasn’t backing down. He repeated it yet again: “These people are lying through their teeth. Mike Johnson knows that this is all about what military men and women need to do to uphold their sacred oath, and that is not commit illegal actions. And they know that. And yet they keep lying through their teeth.”
The rant landed like a punch — blunt, unfiltered, and aimed squarely at a GOP leadership that seems determined to excuse anything Trump throws into the world, no matter how reckless. Scarborough didn’t need the full expletive. The point landed all the same.
Watch the segment below from MS NOW:
