More video footage from Jan. 6’s insurrection becomes available. So too does the hypocrisy of Republican politicians who claim one truth but actually experience another.
The most recent example was “Morning Joe”Joe Scarborough, co-host of the morning news, was fired up on Friday. Rep. Steve Scalise didn’t have the morning news host mincing words: “I couldn’t imagine … lying through my teeth on an issue,”He stated.
Since the Jan. 6th insurrection at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s actions have been questioned. Former president Donald Trump, Rep. Scalise, and others claim that she should have done more for the security of the building under siege.
However, those criticisms hit a snag this Friday when unreleased footage of Pelosi calling for the National Guard became viral. Scalise, it turns out, is shown in the footage as being an active witness to Pelosi’s efforts, as well.
“Wait a second, I’m so confused,”Scarborough spoke Friday “You know, I’m just a dumb country lawyer, but they asked the question after Steve Scalise had known the answer. So he said, ‘That’s a great question, why won’t they answer whether Nancy Pelosi called the National [Guard]. This is so terrible and they won’t answer.’ He was in the room, he was in the room where it happened, the room where it happened. I mean, come on.”
In the morning segment, Scalise was accused by the co-host. “lying through your teeth”More information.
“I’m serious about this, I couldn’t imagine in a million years holding a press conference as a member of Congress, I was there, being that cynical, lying through my teeth on an issue — on any issue, but especially an issue of this importance,”Scarborough claimed.
“And even if for some reason I had fallen off a scooter the day before and I was dizzy, there would have literally been 12 people on my staff grabbing me saying, ‘You can’t do that, go back into your office, you need to tell them you’re not going to do this,’”He continued. “I don’t understand. All the barriers that were up when you and I were there, all the rules that were in place, just rules of common decency, not going out and lying through your teeth, my God, on issues this important.”
You can see the entire segment in the video.
