Scarborough Hammers Lindsey Graham with ‘Strait’ Innuendo, Echoes Dem’s Insinuating Ad

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelsein

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MS NOW's Morning Joe descended into juvenile innuendo on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, as host Joe Scarborough repeatedly mocked Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) over U.S. policy on the Strait of Hormuz by hammering the homophone “strait/straight.”

In a segment criticizing the Trump administration’s handling of the Iran conflict, Scarborough launched into a repetitive riff while adopting his signature faux-folksy persona:

“You know, Lindsey goes, ‘It’s all about the Strait. Everything’s about the Strait. We’re doing this, it’s all about the Strait. Say it’s all about the Strait.’”

This isn’t Scarborough’s first time using this kind of Beavis & Butthead personal innuendo against Graham. In 2023, he joked that he “can’t [talk about Graham] with a straight face.”

The timing and phrasing of Scarborough's latest shot are hard to dismiss as coincidence. Just weeks earlier, Dr. Annie Andrews — a Democratic candidate challenging Graham in South Carolina’s 2026 Senate race — released a gay-baiting campaign ad packed with sexual double entendres. The ad, titled “Lindsey Graham has a secret,” highlighted Graham quotes like “on its knees,” “gonna blow,” and “going down,” overlaying suggestive text while hinting at rumors about his personal life.

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[governsleastgovernsbest]

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Ping to Liberal Media Criticism list.

[reasonisfaith]

Remind me, what happened to Joe Scarborough’s intern a couple decades ago?

[ifinnegan]

I heard some rumors about Liberace too.

[sima_yi]

President Trump wants to protect the straights of Hormuz, but has said nothing about the gays of Hormuz or the transsexuals of Hormuz.

I saw an interview with some wokist who was making this point, and was quite insensed about it.

[Scrambler Bob]

Remind me, what happened to Joe Scarborough’s intern a couple decades ago?
= = =

You can’t ask that.

in and tern are libelous.

[Gunslingr3]

Doesn’t everyone criticize Sentator Lady Bugs for being queer? I see it on this site all the time.

[frank ballenger]

A lofty orator like Scarborough faces off against a tough bulldog like Lindsey. Makes for good TV if I hadn’t boycotted the show decades ago.

[neverevergiveup]

He is irritating, but then I just remember he and Mika have to go home and spend time together - and it seems like deserved mutual punishment. Based upon the few times I've seen them I get the impression he often irritates/bores her.

[adorno]

Democrats, one again proving that they’re the most homophobic party, while also being the most racist.

Whatever the democrats accuse republicans of being, they’re the experts at.

[dblshot]

I have not listened to ABC, NBC, or CBS in years, Do not even watch sports on those channels. Probably need to get a list of their sponsors and boycott them too.

[Beowulf9]

Yeah but isn’t Joe Scarborough a Republican? (at least in name only).

[adorno]

Yeah but isn’t Joe Scarborough a Republican? (at least in name only).

In today's world, there are also people who believe that, if they alter their genitals into the opposite gender, that they are new males or new females. Joe was never a real republican.

[ridesthemiles]

WILL SOME ONE PLEASE INVESTIGATE THE DEATH OF THAT INTERN?

[desertsolitaire]

I think those rumors were false
Women loved Liberace.

[ifinnegan]

Lies. All lies.