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So Much for ‘Restraint'! Scarborough Calls Hegseth ‘Child, Little Punk,’ Trump a ‘Fascist’
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelsein

Posted on 04/30/2026 11:48:04 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

On Wednesday’s Morning Joe, Jim VandeHei urged Americans to “sober up” from hyperpartisan excess and exercise “self-restraint” in their political language. Mika Brzezinski agreed: “really good point.” We asked whether Joe Scarborough would follow that advice.

It took one day to get the answer.

On Thursday’s show, Scarborough skipped the sobering up and went straight for the 151-proof stuff. Reacting to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, he lamented that “a child is allowed to hold that position,” calling him an “immature child” who “doesn’t even understand,” before escalating to “a punk—a little punk.”

Turning to President Trump, Scarborough defended calling him “a fascist” and using “fascist rhetoric.”

So much for “self-restraint.”

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KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; enemedia; incitement; joescarborough; media; msm; petehegseth; tds; whatshisfrnick
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To: kawhill

As long as she stays quiet it’d be fun.


21 posted on 04/30/2026 12:13:25 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

How long do we have to tolerate leftist slanders under “free speech”?


22 posted on 04/30/2026 12:17:02 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Retain Mike

I remember a science fiction review newsletter edited by David Hartwell and his woke second wife Kahryn Cramer where they spend about 25% of it spouting off about GW Bush as a “fascist” who was destroying democracy.

They’ve all been enabling would be assassins for a long, long time now.

It’s time for them to stop.


23 posted on 04/30/2026 12:20:35 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: frank ballenger

You don’t have to.
When the leftist get fed up they go and shoot somebody.
You could do that to, but you probably wouldn’t get the same sort of ‘treatment’ that they get from their puppet masters.


24 posted on 04/30/2026 12:25:34 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: skimbell

too


25 posted on 04/30/2026 12:26:09 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: skimbell
You could do that too...

But I won't.

26 posted on 04/30/2026 12:27:50 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: bray
"Was he talking to a mirror?"

Yeah, but he wasn't wearing his glasses. I don't know why not 'cause he looks a lot better with them on.


27 posted on 04/30/2026 12:28:10 PM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

What a name calling silly radical. Scarborough must not have a family of his own or he would know what children really are like.

Hegseth is 45 and has gray turning hair.


28 posted on 04/30/2026 12:30:18 PM PDT by Phoenix8
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To: albie

Better yet call him a punk to my face


29 posted on 04/30/2026 12:31:09 PM PDT by al baby
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Scarbaby must have been pushed around a lot, when he was a kid. He sure is an angry cuck now.
Wonder what Lorie Klausutis would have to say about this he-man?


30 posted on 04/30/2026 12:35:51 PM PDT by Fireone (1. Avoid crowds 2.Head on a swivel 3.Be prepared to protect & defend those around you 4.Avoid crowds)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Scarborough needs to sober up. I look forward to when he goes down.


31 posted on 04/30/2026 12:45:21 PM PDT by Eli Kopter (ED)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
What do you expect from a guy who murdered the intern he was sleeping with

“Allegedly”

32 posted on 04/30/2026 12:45:53 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

People all around have devolved into mostly terrible behavior anymore.

All we have is hate and name calling rhetoric left.

We should all be embarrassed and ashamed but we have become incapable of feeling that.


33 posted on 04/30/2026 12:46:52 PM PDT by dforest
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To: MarlonRando

That was Chrissy Matthews.


34 posted on 04/30/2026 12:47:30 PM PDT by dforest
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

It’s clear that the best response to people like Scarborough is not anger, or defensive reaction, but laughter. Maybe he is actually entertaining.


35 posted on 04/30/2026 12:59:38 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Joe Scarborough’s presence on network TV is ... ah, underwhelming. ‘Nuff said.


36 posted on 04/30/2026 1:01:00 PM PDT by Belteshazzar
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Moron Joe and Moron Mika ... no need to say more.


37 posted on 04/30/2026 1:01:35 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

So this is something hint new?


38 posted on 04/30/2026 1:03:03 PM PDT by Smellin Salt (AT A POLITICAL )
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Flak/Target!


39 posted on 04/30/2026 1:08:19 PM PDT by bray (Thank God for Israel)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

How much would you pay to see a steel cage match between Hegseth and Scarborugh. I’d cash in some of my 401k to be there.


40 posted on 04/30/2026 1:55:45 PM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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