MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough lashed out at the Washington Examiner over a headline that read, “@JoeNBC compares @realDonaldTrump to ‘short, fat, little man behind the curtain.’ Scarborough tweeted back that this was “anger-inducing clickbate” [sic] and “A better one would be ‘JS Compared Trump to Wizard of Oz'”:
Nice headline. A better one would be “JS Compared Trump to Wizard of Oz”. But that would be accurate, instead of anger-inducing clickbate. https://t.co/xGmkrjK3d4
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) May 22, 2019
Except, the Examiner’s headline was 100% accurate and it’s clear that Scarborough meant for it to be derogatory, not just that Trump was the “man behind the curtain.” Here’s what Scarborough said:
“The question is, will those voters discover that this billionaire, that this plutocrat is nothing more than the short, fat, little man behind the curtain in ‘The Wizard of Oz.”
And here’s the video with Scarborough acting out the “fat, little man” pushing buttons and Mika Brzezinski calling Trump a “fat, little man” in case the point wasn’t clear:
Of note, this is the second time Scarborough has referred to Trump as “the fat little guy behind the curtain.” From January:
Calling out #Pence & #Potus “It’s all the little fat guy behind the curtain in ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ except he’s no wizard, he’s a shameless reality TV game host turned demagogue and our country is in a shutdown because of it.” @JoeNBC https://t.co/LgG7A4PMma @RawStory
— Charles Adler (@charlesadler) January 7, 2019
Or was he misquoted then, too?
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