Within the aftermath of the Annunciation Catholic College capturing in Minneapolis, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski went after Republicans for his or her historical past of resisting extra gun management, and ignored the truth that Democrats run Minneapolis and have had full management of Minnesota’s state authorities as just lately as 2024. Scarborough additionally bizarrely pined for a want record of gun restrictions that Democrats have lengthy wished to enact nationally though they don’t have anything to do with the circumstances of the Minneapolis capturing.
The present started with a clip of the precept of Annunciation Catholic College asking for each prayers and actions in response to the lethal assault, main Brzezinski and Scarborough to start out mocking Republicans for expressing condolences:
BRZEZINSKI: The principal of Annunciation Catholic College following yesterday’s lethal capturing in Minnesota whereas younger college students have been actually praying in mass. That’s simply, at this level, “ideas and prayers”? No.
SCARBOROUGH: Properly, you understand, folks that do not wish to transfer their toes — that do not wish to do the work required to cease this killing will all the time say, “hopes and prayers, hopes and prayers,” however, Mike, as Mika simply mentioned — we talked yesterday whereas this was occurring — these younger kids, these younger infants have been praying and hoping for the beginning of an exquisite new yr, and but we have simply seen it — we have seen it means an excessive amount of — this has occurred a lot. It has been occurring for 15, 20 years, and — and, sure, you understand, Mom Teresa mentioned, “Pray as if there is no such factor as work, and work as if there is no such factor as prayer.” It is about time members of Congress and folks in Washington, D.C., begin doing this and cease this insanity.
A couple of minutes later, Scarborough complained about “bullshit excuses” as he put the onus on Republicans to vary their views on the difficulty:
SCARBOROUGH: I imply, we have now legal guidelines which might be on the e-book that proceed to permit crackpots to enter gun shops, get high-powered rifles and go and shoot up faculties — go and shoot up church buildings — go shoot up nation music live shows — and appears to me Washington is much too — far too comfy doing that, letting that occur, and all of the bullshit excuses and all this bullshit requires this, that or the opposite. The children have been hoping and praying. So hope, pray, and act.
BRZEZINSKI: Yeah.
SCARBOROUGH: However Republicans will not try this third half in Congress. They simply will not do the third half.
The MSNBC host’s complaints about unlawful weapons, background checks, and folks below 21 shopping for AR-15s fly within the face of the gunman being a 23-year-old man who handed a background verify and legally bought his weapons. Scarborough even appeared to recommend that folks must be required to get a background verify to obtain a gun from a detailed relative like an uncle.
For his half, present common Mike Barnicle declared that it was “really warped” that America has so many weapons, and, throughout an interview with Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), wished to know the way she will keep away from screaming at Republicans on the Senate flooring.
Transcript follows:
MSNBC’s Morning Joe
August 28, 2025
6:00 a.m. Jap(…)
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: The principal of Annunciation Catholic College following yesterday’s lethal capturing in Minnesota whereas younger college students have been actually praying in mass. That’s simply, at this level, “ideas and prayers”? No.
JOE SCARBOROUGH: Properly, you understand, folks that do not wish to transfer their toes — that do not wish to do the work required to cease this killing will all the time say, “hopes and prayers, hopes and prayers,” however, Mike, as Mika simply mentioned — we talked yesterday whereas this was occurring — these younger kids, these younger infants have been praying and hoping for the beginning of an exquisite new yr, and but we have simply seen it — we have seen it means an excessive amount of — this has occurred a lot. It has been occurring for 15, 20 years, and — and, sure, you understand, Mom Teresa mentioned, “Pray as if there is no such factor as work, and work as if there is no such factor as prayer.” It is about time members of Congress and folks in Washington, D.C., begin doing this and cease this insanity.
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6:07 a.m.
SCARBOROUGH: And that is regular? No, there’s nothing regular about this, and it isn’t an awesome thriller. It is simply not an awesome thriller. I imply, we have now legal guidelines which might be on the e-book that proceed to permit crackpots to enter gun shops, get high-powered rifles and go and shoot up faculties — go and shoot up church buildings — go shoot up nation music live shows — and appears to me Washington is much too — far too comfy doing that, letting that occur, and all of the bullshit excuses and all this bullshit requires this, that or the opposite. The children have been hoping and praying. So hope, pray, and act.
BRZEZINSKI: Yeah.
SCARBOROUGH: However Republicans will not try this third half in Congress. They simply will not do the third half.
BRZEZINSKI: They will inform you now is just not the time to speak about it.
SCARBOROUGH: And it retains occurring — it retains occurring. I imply, I imply, what number of mass shootings do we have now? It retains occurring the place crackpots get ahold of a gun, and so they have extra energy of their hand than cops do exterior. Is that basically what they need?
BRZEZINSKI: It is an American drawback.
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MIKE BARNICLE: One merchandise that’s for positive is there are extra weapons in America — because the mayor of Minneapolis identified — there are extra weapons floating round the US of America than there are folks dwelling in the US of America. There’s one thing really warped about that concept.
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BARNICLE: What’s it about this challenge that stops folks from doing the widespread sense factor?
SCARBOROGH: By the best way, it isn’t even the variety of weapons — it is the unlawful weapons — it is the ghost weapons — it is the unlawful switch of weapons. You recognize, these folks do not even need you to have the ability to monitor the place AR-15s are being bought. There are folks that may drive round — and so they do drive across the neighborhoods — and so they open up the again of their vehicles, and there are loads of AR-15s and different weapons of struggle in again of their vehicles, and so they promote it. One gang to a different gang — one particular person to a different particular person — one mentally deranged particular person to a different mentally deranged particular person.
And so, “Oh, my uncle simply wished handy me a gun, and I must undergo all of this?!” Yeah, perhaps, perhaps, perhaps till we get our arms across the unlawful switch of weapons — the truth that for many gun shootings, solely what, three, 4 % of these gun shootings are literally shot by the individuals who legally personal the weapons. Yeah, perhaps we must always try this.
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In the event you see one thing, say one thing — preemptive motion making it tougher for 18-year-olds to stroll into gun retailers, get AR-15s. I imply, making it tougher for folks to get weapons of struggle till they’re screened — we’re not speaking about making them unlawful though about two-thirds of Individuals can be wonderful taking — making military-style weapons unlawful. That is not even what we’re speaking about now. But when you are going to promote a weapon of struggle to an 18 or 19 or 20 or 21-year-old, you understand, really work out — because the First Woman says — you understand, let’s do some preemptive screening to make it possible for we’re not going to have a tragedy like this occurring.
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7:13 a.m.
(throughout interview with Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN))
BARNICLE: How do you could have the self management to return to the ground of the US Senate and never scream on the people who find themselves against widespread sense laws? Scream at them?
