'An absolute joke': Joe Scarborough urges Kevin McCarthy to stand up to Freedom Caucus 'clowns'

20 September 2023

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) has been trying to avoid a federal government shutdown without alienating members of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, some of whom have been threatening to oust him as House speaker.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough urged McCarthy stand up to the Freedom Caucus "clowns" during a Wednesday morning, September 20 rant.

The Never Trump conservative and former GOP congressman told guest George Conway and "Morning Joe" co-host Mika Brzezinski, "It's an absolute joke. Kevin McCarthy doesn't need these clowns."

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Scarborough slammed the Freedom Caucus agitators as insincere, arguing that they're willing to shut down the federal government in order to fire up their fundraising.

"This is all about gesturing for money," Scarborough fumed.

Scarborough noted that the same Freedom Caucus Republicans who had no problem with the federal deficit when Donald Trump was president have magically rediscovered fiscal conservatism now that a Democrat, Joe Biden, is president.

"They can't be conservative only when a Democrat is in the White House," Scarborough said. "But a Democrat is in the White House, so suddenly, they've remembered that they like balanced budgets."

Watch the video below or at this link.

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