Schumer Defends Cuomo Ordering Nursing Homes to Accept Coronavirus Patients Despite Reversal

Elizabeth Matamoros
May 19, 2020 4:00 PM

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) on Tuesday defended New York governor Andrew Cuomo's (D.) controversial order requiring nursing homes to admit coronavirus-infected patients despite Cuomo's reversal of the decision last week.

Biden Set to Face Hard-Hitting Questions From Character Witness Mika Brzezinski

(Updated) Former VP to address Tara Reade allegations with MSNBC host who defended Al Franken, Mark Halperin, Chris Matthews

Andrew Stiles and David Rutz
April 30, 2020 7:34 PM

Former vice president Joe Biden is finally ready to talk about Tara Reade, the woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her in 1993. Five weeks after Reade's allegation was made public, Biden will appear on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Friday and is "expected to be asked" about his former Senate staffer, according to New York Times media columnist Ben Smith.

Ousted Sen. McCaskill Falsely Claims GOP Senator Hasn’t Held Hearings on Coronavirus

David Rutz
March 11, 2020 5:55 PM

Sen. Ron Johnson (R., Wis.) pushed back forcefully Wednesday after former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D., Mo.) falsely claimed he hadn't held Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearings to address the Wuhan coronavirus.

Clinton Aide: Hillary Would Be President if Hulu Doc Came Out Before Election

David Rutz
March 10, 2020 11:05 AM

Longtime Hillary Clinton aide Phillipe Reines said his boss would have been elected president if the new Hulu documentary about her life came out before Election Day in 2016.

Biden: ‘Amazing’ That Sanders Would Criticize My Old Statement

Former VP immediately criticizes Sanders over 27-year-old gun vote

Graham Piro
January 22, 2020 10:45 AM

Joe Biden said he finds it "amazing" that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) used decades-old statements to criticize Biden's entitlement spending record before criticizing Sanders's record on gun control in the 1990s.

MSNBC Anchor: ‘Bleak’ Future for Children, Grandchildren of Trump’s Defenders

Graham Piro
January 16, 2020 9:50 AM

Morning Joe co-anchor Joe Scarborough said on Thursday that history “will be bleak” for the children and grandchildren of President Donald Trump’s defenders.

Pelosi Claims, Without Evidence, McConnell May Have ‘Russian Connections’

Graham Piro
January 14, 2020 4:50 PM

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) on Tuesday floated a conspiracy theory that Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) may have Russian connections.

Morning Joe Hits Bloomberg for Gun Control, Soda Tax

Cameron Cawthorne
November 8, 2019 10:45 AM

Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough and MSNBC political analyst Elise Jordan took likely Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg to task for his gun control and soda tax proposals.

Morning Joe Panel: Warren ‘Only Thing That Can Keep Trump in Office’

Graham Piro
October 11, 2019 9:45 AM

A panel on MSNBC's Morning Joe expressed skepticism about Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D., Mass.) ability to defeat President Donald Trump in 2020.

Weld: Trump Committed ‘Treason’

'The only penalty for treason is death'

David Rutz
September 23, 2019 9:40 AM

Republican presidential candidate Bill Weld said President Donald Trump had committed treason and suggested he should get the death penalty during an interview Monday.