As Twitchy recently reported, though he wasn’t mentioned by name, Joe Scarborough made it into the Kyle Rittenhouse court record with his claim from Monday morning that Rittenhouse drove across state lines (oh my!) and emptied 60 rounds from his AR-15, killing two and wounding a third.
The defense just cited my tweet, in which Joe Scarborough said Kyle Rittenhouse discharged the gun 60 times.
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) November 15, 2021
Scarborough was not amused.
Hey @JoeNBC Kyle's Defense attorney just called you out for being a moron IN HIS CLOSING ARGUMENT.
You should be embarrassed.
— Rekieta Law (@RekietaLaw) November 15, 2021
I’m embarrassed for him. He brought up a single question I asked in a 3 hour cable show in a closing argument? AND I corrected my question this morning, saying he fired his rounds in 60 seconds. I offered a second correction this morning on TV 10 hours before he put up the tweet. https://t.co/Z6H7uUikOf
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) November 15, 2021
Too bad you screwed up and made such a ridiculous claim in the first place.
That’s a mighty big L you have there.
— Sinatra 🥃 (@Sinatra_Says) November 15, 2021
JUST TAKE THE L
— karen D. 😬🦊🌷🌹☔ (@Karusarulady) November 15, 2021
If you want a free W, just admit this is a clear-cut case of self defense.
Be a winner, Joe.
— YOUTUBE.COM / VITOTWO (@VitoComedy) November 15, 2021
I'm listening to the clip again and you legitimately thought he fired 60 times lolhttps://t.co/auUzjPPxxz
— YOUTUBE.COM / VITOTWO (@VitoComedy) November 15, 2021
https://twitter.com/unclearirony/status/1460371471956684804
Or a big stack of cash
— Spaghetti Badger (@SpaghettiBadger) November 15, 2021
You should be embarrassed of this ratio
— Gyro (@realGyro) November 15, 2021
Yes, I’m sure on the morning of closing arguments of an enormously consequential trial, he made sure to tune in to your show to see if you were going to correct a flat-out wrong assertion.
— Nancy Reardon (@NancyReardon2) November 15, 2021
Should be embarrassed for yourself and the rest of the media for how this trial has been covered. Pretty much like the coverage of everything else over the last few years though so not surprising.
— M. Marine (@mbanderson83) November 15, 2021
https://twitter.com/LuciferDoberman/status/1460374001163796486
The videos have been out for a year and you still get the basic facts wrong, he's not the one who should be embarrassed
— Tony Po (@ATFignorer) November 15, 2021
Joe Scarborough went on national TV today to vehemently opine on a trial he proved he had not seen and knew nothing about — by asserting a claim anyone paying minimal attention knew was false — and now he claims he's "embarrassed" not for himself but those who pointed it out: https://t.co/EJmfMMUCB5
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 15, 2021
I'm absolutely convinced that those most shrilly and vehemently insisting that the only just outcome is a guilty verdict for Rittenhouse, and that anyone who disagrees is raaacist, has not watched most or any of the trial, because they keep proving it with basic errors like this.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 15, 2021
Glenn- Joe is merely acting like 99% of corporate media in this case.
— RidnDrty (@nypizzarules) November 15, 2021
Fact Onions. Layers of lies and as the truth comes out they back off a little a little a little, until all the truth is out, and by then, their audience is still running with the onion.
— Veronika Simms (@VeronikaSimms) November 15, 2021
Joe blow is one of the most embarrassing guys, at an embarrassing network, in a embarrassing media landscape. Joe blow is a paid media bomb thrower with no other discernible skills and no where else to go.
— Doug Bright (@DougBright1) November 15, 2021
https://twitter.com/LouisPapillion/status/1460380627094716417
Reportedly, the defense attorney didn’t even mention Scarborough by name — maybe he didn’t think anyone would recognize it.
Related:
Joe Scarborough’s claim about Kyle Rittenhouse is now part of the trial record as a defense example of media lies https://t.co/DKYr8A7AOg
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 15, 2021
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