{"id":2323061,"date":"2024-08-12T11:59:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T15:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-scarborough-says-republicans-chose-their-fate-nominating-trump-over-haley-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-12T12:00:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T16:00:54","slug":"joe-scarborough-says-republicans-chose-their-fate-nominating-trump-over-haley-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-scarborough-says-republicans-chose-their-fate-nominating-trump-over-haley-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Scarborough says Republicans \u2018chose their fate\u2019 nominating Trump over Haley &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoe-scarborough-says-republicans-chose-their-fate-nominating-trump-over-haley-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2323061&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In \u200ca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australian-journalist-biden-making-world-more-dangerous-destroying-military-with-wokesters\/\" title=\"Australian Journalist: Biden Making World \u2018More Dangerous,\u2019 Destroying Military With \u2018Wokesters\u2019\">recent broadcast<\/a> of MSNBC&#8217;s *Morning Joe*, co-host Joe Scarborough criticized the Republican \u2063Party for its choice to nominate\u200c Donald Trump over Nikki\u200b Haley \u2064for\u2064 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-appears-to-be-a-popular-lead-for-2024-straw-poll-shows\/\" title=\"DeSantis Appears To Be A Popular Lead For 2024, Straw Poll Shows\">upcoming 2024 presidential election<\/a>, stating that \u2064the party &#8220;chose their fate.&#8221; Scarborough\u200b emphasized the enthusiasm he \u2062heard for Haley among various voter \u200bdemographics, suggesting\u200c that her appeal could\u200d have positioned Republicans \u200cmore favorably \u2062against potential Democratic candidates like Kamala Harris, especially after President Biden&#8217;s decision\u2062 not to seek re-election.\u2062 He and his co-host, Mika Brzezinski, pointed \u200dout that Trump&#8217;s \u2063disparaging \u2062remarks\u2014such as attacking the appearances of Democratic\u2062 Senator Jon Tester\u2014could backfire and ultimately aid the opposing party&#8217;s campaign. Timothy Carney, a guest contributor, noted that Trump&#8217;s criticisms often serve as a detrimental \u200bfactor for the GOP, underlining the weaknesses in Trump&#8217;s approach as a candidate. Scarborough expressed concern that\u2062 the GOP leadership&#8217;s decisions might not prioritize winning elections, questioning the overall electoral strategy \u200bof the party.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Joe Scarborough says Republicans &lsquo;chose their fate&rsquo; nominating Trump over Haley<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1727396\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>MSNBC&rsquo;s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/morning-joe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Morning Joe<\/a><\/em>  co-host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-scarborough\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Scarborough<\/a> contended that Republicans &ldquo;chose their fate&rdquo; by nominating former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> over another candidate, wondering when the party would focus on &ldquo;winning elections again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 presidential election has seen a major shakeup over the last few weeks after President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> bowed out of his reelection bid and endorsed Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>, with Harris seeing a spark in support against Trump in polling data. Scarborough referenced comments from the<em> Washington Examiner&rsquo;s <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/timothy-p-carney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tim Carney<\/a> on the 2024 election, in which he contended Trump made &ldquo;a dumb mistake&rdquo; when he said on Truth Social that Harris used <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>artificial intelligence<\/a> to show a crowd waiting for her when her plane landed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a gift to Harris and Walz. <br \/>What a dumb mistake by the GOP electorate. <br \/>What cowardice by the GOP leadership. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zJwfjq3QNC\">https:\/\/t.co\/zJwfjq3QNC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tim Carney (@TPCarney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPCarney\/status\/1822741686369366253?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;They chose their fate,&rdquo; Scarborough said on Monday. &ldquo;We warned about what they were doing. I will tell you that I heard, I know you heard, I know so many people heard real excitement about another woman who was running for president, another woman that was younger and also had a diverse background. And that was Nikki Haley. I can&rsquo;t count the number of people I heard talking about how excited they were about Nikki Haley, whether they were Republicans, independents, Democrats. I heard a lot of Democrats talking about Nikki Haley, being excited about her, much in the same way they&rsquo;re talking now about Kamala Harris.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2544660&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=803a02823f1c1d3ec0e18f7f84db27d1\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Carney wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newt-gingrich-says-he-will-not-accept-joe-biden-as-president\/\" title=\"Newt Gingrich Says He \u2018Will Not Accept Joe Biden As President\u2019\">recent op-ed<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/columnists\/3116585\/trump-incoherence-bigger-asset-than-media-bias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Trump&rsquo;s criticisms against Harris are typically &ldquo;an asset&rdquo; to the Harris campaign<\/a>. He explained the former president is &ldquo;often incoherent, irrelevant, or factually sloppy&rdquo; when criticizing Harris or Democrats and that this is a &ldquo;great weakness&rdquo; that can help the Democratic Party in November.<\/p>\n<p><em>Morning Joe<\/em> co-host Mika Brzezinski also criticized Trump for his comments on Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jon-tester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jon Tester<\/a> (D-MT), arguing the former president &ldquo;attacked him for his physical appearance.&rdquo; Trump said during a campaign rally in Montana that Tester had &ldquo;the biggest stomach&rdquo; he had ever seen.<\/p>\n<p>Carney similarly took issue with Trump&rsquo;s comments on Tester and wrote, &ldquo;This is why Democrats wanted Trump to be the nominee.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is why Democrats wanted Trump to be the nominee. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D2B61Zir9D\">https:\/\/t.co\/D2B61Zir9D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tim Carney (@TPCarney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPCarney\/status\/1822741435021500710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since stepping in for Biden as the Democratic Party&rsquo;s 2024 presidential nominee, Harris has seen a boost in support against Trump in polling data, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3115243\/harris-outperforms-biden-leads-trump-4-points\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>with one poll<\/a> showing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> getting 52% of support from registered voters and Trump getting 48%. Many polls previously favored Trump against Biden, with many questioning Biden&rsquo;s electability after the first presidential debate at the end of June.<\/p>\n<p>The second debate is set to be held on Sept. 10, which will be hosted by ABC News. Trump has stated he would prefer for Fox News to host the debate, but he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3113466\/trump-warms-to-debate-original-format\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>has nevertheless stated that &ldquo;we&rsquo;ll be debating&rdquo; Harris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1727396\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1727396\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Scarborough, co-host of MSNBC&#8217;s Morning Joe, argued that Republicans &#8220;chose their fate&#8221; by selecting former President Donald Trump instead of another candidate like Nikki Haley. He questioned when the party would prioritize &#8220;winning elections again.&#8221; The 2024 presidential race has experienced significant changes recently, particularly after President Joe Biden announced he would not seek reelection and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, who has gained traction in polls against Trump. Scarborough referenced comments from Tim Carney of the Washington Examiner, who criticized Trump for a remark on Truth Social about Harris allegedly using artificial intelligence to create an image of a crowd waiting for her arrival. Scarborough noted that many people expressed enthusiasm for Haley\u2014Republicans, independents, and even Democrats\u2014similar to the excitement now surrounding Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Carney pointed out in a recent op-ed that Trump&#8217;s attacks on Harris often backfire and can actually benefit her campaign because his criticisms tend to be incoherent or factually incorrect. Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski also condemned Trump for making derogatory remarks about Senator Jon Tester\u2019s appearance during a rally in Montana. Carney echoed this sentiment by stating that such behavior is why Democrats preferred Trump as the nominee.<\/p>\n<p>Since stepping in as the Democratic nominee following Biden&#8217;s withdrawal, Harris has seen an increase in support against Trump; one poll indicated she received 52% from registered voters compared to Trump&#8217;s 48%. Earlier polls had favored Trump over Biden but raised concerns about Biden&#8217;s electability after his first debate at the end of June. The second debate is scheduled for September 10 and will be hosted by ABC News; although Trump expressed a preference for Fox News to host it, he confirmed he would participate against Harris regardless<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2323062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ScarboroughTrumpHaley.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5742,33540,3756,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2323061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-haley","tag-joe-scarborough","tag-republicans","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ScarboroughTrumpHaley.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2323061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2323062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2323061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2323061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2323061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}