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Joe Scarborough did not hold back Tuesday morning as he reacted to the Supreme Court's latest ruling, accusing two of the most conservative justices of being "all in" on President Donald Trump's plot to "destroy democracy."
On Monday evening, the court issued a 7-2 ruling declining to halt a lower court's order blocking Trump's plan to use the Postal Service to block certain types of mail-in ballots, part of his broader plot to seize control over the voting process from the states. The administration had been pushing to implement new rules in time for the midterms, in which Republicans are expected to get wiped out by Democrats, but now, the plan appears to be fully stalled.
Many legal experts argued that the case against Trump was fairly open-and-shut, but nonetheless, Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito voted in favor of halting the lower court ruling, the latest example of the two justices going to great lengths to protect Trump's agenda.
Discussing the ruling on Tuesday's edition of Morning Joe, Scarborough dug into the ruling and its implications, reserving a specific verbal attack for Alito and Thomas.
"To have the postal service interfere. But this is, you know, we go back, the Supreme Court does some things, dragging their feet, that has been absolutely maddening over the last year,” Scarborough said, later adding, "But when it comes to these election challenges, they were 63-and-0 against Donald Trump in 2020 and, here we are, back at that 7-2 count for whenever Donald Trump steps over the line and does something that is going to completely interfere with free democratic elections. It’s usually 7-2. Of course, Alito and Thomas, perfectly fine with them destroying democracy. And yes, I just said that, if Donald Trump wants to destroy democracy, they’re all in.”
Elsewhere in the conversation, the former GOP congressman offered praise for some of the other SCOTUS judges while speaking with conservative pundit David French.
“Though, I will say Amy Coney Barrett and John Roberts once again proving themselves to be conservative, the kind of conservative you and I are,” he added. “The conservative with a small c, the conservative that actually reads the Constitution, understands the Constitution, understands that states are supposed to run elections, understands that a White House is not supposed to seize voter rolls, and if states don’t give them those voter rolls, and they’re going to tell, you know, the United States Post Office how to run state elections.”