'They all say he's bad': Morning Joe astonished by number of Trump appointees who hate him
President Joe Biden was joined by two of his Democratic predecessors for a fundraiser that raked in more than $26 million, and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough pointed out that Donald Trump would never be able to put together that sort of public display of support.
Former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton joined Biden at the star-studded event moderated by late night host Stephen Colbert in New York City, and The Atlantic's Mark Leibowitz told the "Morning Joe" host that he was struck by that show of unity around the president.
"There is a coherence of purpose when you see three presidents up there," Leibowitz said. "When you contrast that to, I mean, you will not see a living former Republican president or nominee anywhere near a Trump rally going forward. I mean, this is not a party that has a past, you know, before Donald Trump came on the scene."
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Scarborough agreed, saying that former Trump officials were among the ex-president's harshest critics.
"That's such a great point," Scarborough said. "Let me interrupt because you're making a great point, I want to ruin it right now. No, you just said, we have three Democratic presidents, you would never find a Republican president onstage with Donald Trump. You also won't find his own vice president of four years. You won't find his first, second or third secretary of defense. You won't find his secretary of states, you won't find his secretary of treasury. You won't find Elaine Chao onstage with him. You won't find any CIA directors on stage with him. You won't find 20, 25, 30 of his top people onstage with him because they all say he is bad for America. What a contrast, what a great point for you to bring up."
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