CNN’s Dylan Byers reports:
Hello! @JoeNBC & @morningmika hung out in Trump's hotel room last night during primary returns, 2 sources tell me > https://t.co/Yr1oqeeTHh
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) February 10, 2016
According to Byers, he has two sources that back up his reporting:
Trump also told the hosts “it was great” seeing them the previous evening. Scarborough and Brzezinski visited Trump’s hotel room on Tuesday night while the New Hampshire primary results were rolling in, according to two sources with knowledge of their visit. Scarborough and Brzezinski did not respond to a request for comment.
Joe Scarborough denied the allegation:
Your sources are wrong, and your sources are CNN reporters. You spread a different lie about us every day. https://t.co/gBcBZ51kDw
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) February 10, 2016
Did CNN hire you just to lie about Morning Joe? The obsession is unhealthy. I love CNN media "reporters" https://t.co/gBcBZ51kDw
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) February 10, 2016
@DylanByers Troll CNN reporters. I understand you guys resent that we double your audience every day, but enough of the lying.
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) February 10, 2016
But that’s wasn’t good enough denial for Byers:
@JoeNBC would you like to state on the record that you guys were not in Trump’s hotel room last night?
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) February 10, 2016
Then go on rec and say I’m wrong. This game of not responding/staying off-rec then issuing ad hominems doesn’t work https://t.co/oCXLuNoduy
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) February 10, 2016
We’ll update this post if/when Joe Scarborough tweets his answer.
Also of note, Donald Trump referred to Scarborough and Brzezinski as “supporters” when he phoned in to “Morning Joe” this morning:
Donald Trump to "Morning Joe" crew: "You guys have been supporters." https://t.co/6sIaJz2F97
— Romenesko (@romenesko) February 10, 2016
Scarborough and Brzezinski denied that, too. From Byers’ piece:
“When you say supporter, you’re obviously talking about how actually … there were a handful of people who for six months have been saying what happened last night could happen and the rest of the media world has been mocking and ridiculing exactly what he’s done,” Scarborough said.
Brzezinski, who’s more liberal than her Republican co-host, was quick to point out that she hasn’t always agreed with Trump.
“It’s not like Donald and I have the same worldview,” she said. “But we knew that he could do this from the get-go, so I think the sense is that we believed that his talents actually could follow through and translate into something while everyone else underestimated him.”
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