During Friday's broadcast of "MSNBC Live," anchor Hallie Jackson brought up a tweet from Donald Trump, Jr. about the coronavirus to Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA), who ended up suggesting he might have a "serious altercation" with the president's son if he ever said that around him.
Doing her best to throw Garamendi a bone, Jackson said, "The president's son....was on this morning and suggested, or said outright that Democrats are taking a pandemic seemingly hoping, I'm quoting, quote, it comes here and kills millions of people so it can end the president's streak of winning. He called that a new level of sickness. I want to give you an opportunity to respond to that comment from Don Junior."
Garamendi responded with, "He should not be near me when he says that."
When Jackson asked "Why not?" Garamendi declared, "There would be a serious altercation. That's totally outrageous. I can assure you there's not a Democrat or Republican in I can assure you there’s not a Democrat or Republican in Congress that wants anybody to be sick.”
He later added, "Don Jr. better not get any place close to me. It would not be a healthy situation."