Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski said Monday that people are too afraid to admit when Hillary Clinton does something wrong, like using a private server to send classified information or lying at Saturday’s Democratic debate.
"I feel like people like you sometimes have some sort of weird fear of saying that Hillary Clinton has done something completely inappropriate, perhaps against policy," she said in a diatribe against Bloomberg's Mark Halperin, who denounced the Sanders campaign for the ‘Datagate’ scandal.
"No, I'm serious. Everyone just, like, shuts down," she said. "Look at this. But then Bernie Sanders has some rogue person in his campaign -- "
Brzezinski agreed that it was wrong of the Sanders campaign to look at the Clinton campaign’s voter data, but called Halperin out for not treating Clinton the same way.
"May I ask you something, Mark? Is it inappropriate to get your own server in your own home and use your private server --- I’m just wondering was that inappropriate?" she said, referring to Clinton’s use of a private e-mail server to send classified information.
"But that’s -- " Halperin said.
"Yes or no," Brzezinski said.
"It was, of course," he admitted.
"Totally inappropriate," Brzezinski said, "Beyond inappropriate."
"You never heard me say what I think about her using a private server?" he said.
"Tell me. Tell me again. I missed it," Brzezinski said.
"Oh, I think it was totally, totally wrong, against policy, and it set a horrible example, and the Justice Department is continuing to investigate it as they should," he said.
Brzezinski then pushed Halperin to admit that Clinton lied about Donald Trump at Saturday’s Democratic debate.
"And did Hillary Clinton lie on stage on Saturday night about Donald Trump’s being an ISIS recruiter?" she said, using an acronym for the Islamic State.
Halperin was hesitant to say that Clinton lied, but admitted that she did not tell the truth.
"She was factually incorrect. I'm not sure I would say lie in that case, but she was wrong," he said.