The Propaganda FilesJoe Scarborough
Co-host of Morning Joe and a former Republican congressman from Florida. Left the Republican Party in 2017 to become an independent.
The receipts (7)
'Best Biden ever', later admitted wrong
Said Biden was intellectually the best version of himself; in May 2025 he said on air he had been obviously wrong.
Source: The Propaganda Files →'We are reflexively anti-Trump'
Told Katie Couric 'The entire mainstream media, we are reflexively anti-Trump on all things.'
Source: The Hill →Left the Republican Party
Announced he was leaving the GOP to become an independent.
Source: USA Today →'The GOP must dump Trump'
Wrote in The Washington Post that the GOP must replace Trump as its nominee.
Source: The Washington Post →Friendly coverage of Trump in 2016 primaries
CNN reported unease at NBC over his promotion of Trump: he gave Trump debate advice, called him 'a masterful politician', and Trump thanked the hosts as 'supporters' (Scarborough disputed that label).
Source: CNN →$4,200 to Republican Derrick Kitts
OpenSecrets data cited by TPM show he gave $4,200 to Oregon Republican Derrick Kitts in March 2006; Kitts appeared on his show a month later.
Source: Talking Points Memo →Republican congressman
Represented Florida's 1st district as a Republican from 1995 to 2001 and signed the Contract with America.
Source: Wikipedia →