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Blue_Adept

(6,399 posts) Thu Mar 10, 2016, 12:38 PM Mar 2016

FL Gov booted from ‘Morning Joe’ after refusing to say whether all Muslims hate America

The exchange started when host Joe Scarborough, a former U.S. representative from Florida, asked Scott if he would tell “his friend,” GOP front runner Donald Trump, to soften his rhetoric about Muslims.

Trump had in the past vowed to ban all Muslims from entering the United States. On Wednesday, he doubled down and told CNN’s Anderson Cooper that “I think Islam hates us. And we can’t allow people coming into this country who have this hatred of the United States.”

“Would you tell your friend Donald Trump that he should walk back his statements that Muslims — that Islam hates America and Islam hates us,” Scarborough asked.

Scott only said that after the terrorist attacks in Paris, he asked for the federal government to halt “certain refugees,” adding he’s still “fairly certain that the U.S. government’s not vetting them.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/03/florida-governor-booted-from-morning-joe-after-refusing-to-say-whether-all-muslims-hate-america/

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FL Gov booted from ‘Morning Joe’ after refusing to say whether all Muslims hate America (Original Post) Blue_Adept Mar 2016 OP

Thank God I no longer live in Florida. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #1

"And get your weasel ass outta here." lpbk2713 Mar 2016 #2

Weasel is the word beveeheart Mar 2016 #3

What do you expect from a Wellstone ruled Mar 2016 #4

Get your lying Skeletor ass out of here you scumbag - is what they should have said. TeamPooka Mar 2016 #5

I'm impressed that apparently they ended the interview TlalocW Mar 2016 #6

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

1. Thank God I no longer live in Florida.

Reply to Blue_Adept (Original post)

Thu Mar 10, 2016, 12:41 PM

Mar 2016

He is one thing about the state I do not miss.

lpbk2713

(42,760 posts)

2. "And get your weasel ass outta here."

Reply to Blue_Adept (Original post)

Thu Mar 10, 2016, 12:53 PM

Mar 2016

Just looking at Scott makes me uneasy.

beveeheart

(1,369 posts)

3. Weasel is the word

Reply to Blue_Adept (Original post)

Thu Mar 10, 2016, 01:30 PM

Mar 2016

I thought of also.

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

4. What do you expect from a

Reply to Blue_Adept (Original post)

Thu Mar 10, 2016, 01:32 PM

Mar 2016

Convicted Felon and upstanding Rethug Party Member.

TeamPooka

(24,229 posts)

5. Get your lying Skeletor ass out of here you scumbag - is what they should have said.

Reply to Blue_Adept (Original post)

Thu Mar 10, 2016, 01:37 PM

Mar 2016

TlalocW

(15,384 posts)

6. I'm impressed that apparently they ended the interview

Reply to Blue_Adept (Original post)

Thu Mar 10, 2016, 01:47 PM

Mar 2016

When Scott decided to not answer questions. I would love for the media to do this more often instead of just giving politicians carte blanche to go off on whatever they want whether it relates to the question asked or not. In fact, just being more aggressive and maybe pre-emptively calling them out would make my year.

Some dream scenarios...

"Well, it looks like the Senator doesn't want to answer our questions so I'm going to turn control back over to you guys in the studio to figure out what to do with the extra 5 minutes he could have had on national television."

"Oh, you're not a scientist yet you have an opinion on global warming. Thank you in advance for letting our viewers know that you lack the expertise to comment on this phenomena, and that we should actually poll the scientific community instead. Go ahead, congressman."

Of course, you would want to keep the cameras rolling on the reporters out in the field saying this for any potential Michael Grimms.

TlalocW

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