In a revolting but not-all-that surprising move, MSNBC "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough actually declared on Thursday that Republicans do not care about elderly people - even Vietnam and World War II veterans - dying from the coronavirus.
Scarborough even made up quotes from Republican lawmakers, such as "Yeah, sure, senior citizens are going to die, but what the hell? We really got to get Wall Street moving again."
It began with a clip of Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) on with Tucker Carlson on Wednesday sharing his concern over the long-term economic effects of shutting down the country and pushing for the reopening of the economy.
Hearing this, an infuriated Scarborough snipped, "It’s just one of the dumbest things I’ve actually heard him say and he’s said so many stupid things over the past year, it’s hard to count."
That's when his temper tantrum began:
"...the Republican Party claims to be the party of life, if you’re talking about the unborn. But if you’re the born, my god, watch out. If you’re especially in the Greatest Generation, if you’re a World War II veteran in your 90s, if you’re a Vietnam veteran in your 60s. If you’re a Korean War veteran in your 70s or 80s, well, the hell with you....there’s a growing list of Republican senators, Republican congressmen and women, White House officials, in the Republican Party, that are saying, 'Yeah, sure, senior citizens are going to die, but what the hell? We really got to get Wall Street moving again. We've really got to get Boeing corporation moving again. We've really got to get these Fortune 500 companies moving again.'"