AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Scarborough calls out Democrats for refusing to confront their party's radical fringe
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough unloaded on Democratic leaders for letting extreme voices define their party unchallenged, warning they are repeating the same mistakes that cost them the 2024 presidential election. Scarborough used his MSNBC program to target Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's handling of questions about Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist who once called […] The post Scarborough calls out Democrats for refusing to confront their party's radical fringe appeared first on American Almanac .
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough unloaded on Democratic leaders for letting extreme voices define their party unchallenged, warning they are repeating the same mistakes that cost them the 2024 presidential election. Scarborough used his MSNBC program to target Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's handling of questions about Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist who once called for abolishing the police, prisons, and Thanksgiving. When pressed on ABC's "This Week" about her refusal to endorse Hong, Ocasio-Cortez dodged, saying only that Hong had "moved away" from many of those old positions. She then cited an unnamed New York City councilman's line: "Woke 1 was crazy." That wasn't good enough for Scarborough. He…Open