Overview
- Joe Scarborough partially uttered the F-word on MS NOW’s Morning Joe while accusing Speaker Mike Johnson and others of lying in their defense of President Trump.
- The segment followed a video from six Democratic lawmakers with military or intelligence backgrounds urging troops and intelligence personnel to refuse illegal orders.
- President Trump responded on Truth Social with posts calling the lawmakers traitors who should be put on trial and wrote, “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!”
- Johnson said Trump was defining the crime of sedition and called the Democrats’ video wildly inappropriate, while White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt warned it could inspire chaos and incite violence.
- Mika Brzezinski quickly noted on air that Scarborough only said “half” the expletive, as the host continued mocking Johnson’s comments and religious framing.