"Scarborough Has Hissy Fit, Asks GOP Rep 'You Dare Come On My Show and Say' I'm Politicizing Newtown?
By Noel Sheppard | December 21, 2012 | 10:26
Joe Scarborough had quite a hissy fit on the MSNBC program bearing his name Friday.
In the middle of a discussion with Congressman Tim Huelskamp (R-Ks.) about the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, Scarborough barked at his guest, "Do you dare come on my show and say I am using the slaughter of 20 little 6 and 7-year-old children, I'm using that for political purposes?" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
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JOE SCARBOROUGH: Do you believe I have a constitutional right to have an assault weapon? Do you think that James Madison, when he drafted the Bill of Rights, meant for me to have the ability to have an assault weapon? Is this a constitutional issue for you?
CONGRESSMAN TIM HUELSKAMP (R-KANSAS): I think it's an issue of the Second Amendment says we have a right to protect ourselves. The Supreme Court has upheld that. But gosh, let's step back. Let's not build on the tragedy in Connecticut and use that to actually push a political agenda.
SCARBOROUGH: Use that? To push a political agenda? Let me ask you…
HUELSKAMP: Oh, absolutely. This president and his folks are using this to push …
Notice that Huelksamp said "This president and his folks." He didn't say Scarborough.
But Morning Joe's host wasn't listening:
SCARBOROUGH: …let's talk about September 11th, Congressman. Were there some changes made in this country because of the tragedy of September 11th? Was that just using a tragedy, 3,000 deaths, to try to make Americans safer?
Actually, there were many in this country who claimed that was exactly what President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney did. The common liberal media meme for years has been that the previous administration used 9/11 to create the Department of Homeland Security, enact the Patriot Act, create a terrorist detention center in Guantanamo Bay, perform renditions, and start a war in Iraq.
Surely Scarborough should be aware of this.
Apparently in his desire to defend himself from a nonexistent attack he forgot:
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