Scarborough: ‘You can’t be conservative and support Donald Trump’

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough said Wednesday that “you can’t be conservative and support Donald Trump,” with the former member of the GOP claiming that “lifelong Republicans” are telling him they look at Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) and “they’re like, ‘God, there’s a leader.'”

The commentary from the “Morning Joe” co-host comes as the president continues to dominate the political media landscape due to extensive coronavirus task force briefings given on a daily basis, which drew 6.5 million viewers in the 6 p.m. hour on Monday on Fox News alone.

“I don’t think the media should run the daily briefings, but it’s not because I’m afraid they’re helping Donald Trump,” Scarborough said Wednesday morning. “They’re not news.”

“But they’re actually hurting Donald Trump day in and day out. People see Cuomo — even lifelong Republicans tell me they look at Cuomo and they’re like, ‘God, there’s a leader,'” he added.

“He’s really damaging his political standing by going out every day and engaging in clownish behavior,” Scarborough later added of Trump. “And that’s, by the way, conservatives — well, not conservatives. You can’t be conservative and support Donald Trump. Trumpists are even saying that now.”

Trump’s approval rating on his handling of the coronavirus pandemic in a Monday poll by The Hill and HarrisX stands at 50 percent, with his overall approval at 48 percent.

MSNBC announced it will air “Morning Joe Special Report: Isolation Nation” on Thursday morning at 8 a.m. ET.

Guests are slated to answer “viewer questions about how the decisions our leaders make today affect the country’s future” and will include presumptive 2020 Democratic nominee Joe Biden, wife Jill Biden, former presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg and pop star Lady Gaga.