Don Lemon accuses Morning Joe hosts of ‘forgoing’ morals with Trump meeting

Published January 13, 2025 12:31pm ET



Ex-CNN host Don Lemon accused the hosts of MSNBC’s Morning Joe of “forgoing” their morals and character after they visited President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, arguing they did not need to “smile” in his “f***ing face.”

Lemon’s criticism of co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski came after he also criticized former President Barack Obama and his viral laughter with Trump at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral, saying people “have a right to be concerned” over Obama’s behavior. He added that people such as Scarborough and Brzezinski, who deemed the president-elect as “fascist” in the past, should not be “grinning” with the same person they repeatedly warned the public about.

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