"I owe Hillary Clinton an apology, many of us do, for blaming her for losing to someone like Trump,

[ehrnst]

for saying he should have been easy to beat. Clearly half of America has accepted what he is selling.”

-Joe Scarborough, 11/4/20

(seen on FB - will post a link when a transcript makes it searchable)

[The Magistrate]

1. Fuck Joe Scarborough, Sir

Twice.

[TwilightZone]

7. While I completely agree...

and I often wonder why we pay any attention to the guy, in this particular instance, I can't argue with his assertion.

If nothing else, this election has vindicated Hillary Clinton in a lot of ways.

[Blasphemer]

14. Yes, it certainly has... nt

[spicysista]

8. My sentiments, exactly!

[ehrnst]

27. Yeah, I think he's an ass, but I'll tip my hat to someone who admits they fucked up

and calls out those that won't admit it.

[Thomas Hurt]

2. yes, Joe Scarborough they are that fn stupid.

[mcar]

3. Wait, he really said that?

I agree with Magistrate, fck him.

[PTWB]

4. GOP has found their answer to their dying demographics.

And that answer is very scary. Authoritarian populism. They’re going to find someone who can deliver the message for more effectively and less divisively than Trump. And we have seen with our own eyes - a huge swath of apolitical non-voters eat that shit up and turn out in record numbers. And these folks transcend traditional racial and economic backgrounds.

There is a realignment afoot and it ain’t good.

[Hav]

17. Indeed, authoritarianism and racism on steroids

I was actually kind of shocked how far right Trump went in public towards the end of the campaign but that really seems to be the Repub's only option.
The one who could continue that and who would fit your description might be Cotton.

[PTWB]

19. There will be unknowns.

Expect someone like Cotton or Tucker Carlson.

[hamsterjill]

5. Hillary has no blame.

It was a sexist thing. End of story.

And she still won the popular vote by millions.

[ehrnst]

10. Indeed. (nt)

[Skittles]

13. I'm disgusted by people who said she was a "bad candidate"

she was NOT a bad candidate and she would have made a GREAT president

[qazplm135]

20. I think this election shows

Sexism was less a reason than we thought, there are simply a lot more people who like and admire Trump than we want to believe.

It may actually be more about him than we thought.

Obamaesque even in a perverted way.

[JI7]

21. No, it was still a factor, a lot of the attacks were directed at Harris this time

[qazplm135]

22. What do you think less of a factor means?

It doesn't mean no factor.

[MsJaneFuzzyWuzzy]

24. Could we say

that misogyny is one of the reasons these cretins like Trump so much?

[qazplm135]

25. I think he gives them license

to think what they want without judgment.

[ehrnst]

28. I think we got the culpability of sexism right. They've been directing it at Pelosi and Harris

just as frantically.

[hamsterjill]

29. I don't think they like and admire him

I think they see themselves in him. The hate, the racism, the sexism. They fantasize about being as rich as he is, etc. It’s not admiration but more like greed worship.

I live in Texas and I gotta tell you that nine out of ten Trump supporters are simply dumber than shit. Uneducated and unwilling to become educated about anything more than cars, video games and guns. The other one out of the ten is an uber rich person just sitting back and laughing at their good fortune.

[Cha]

6. They're all brainwashed by hate radio..

and fox propaganda. There's no helping them short of deprogramming.

[Mariana]

31. Don't forget their churches

in which they've been taught that loyalty to Trump is a tenet of their Christian faith. He got the same extraordinarily high percentage of white Evangelicals this time as he did in 2016. Chances are he got the majority of Christians overall again, too.

[Cosmocat]

9. I have been saying/posting that for four years

This was their usual way of effectively deflecting blame from how horrible Rs were, to make it about her.

She was a decent person, highly capable public servant and fine candidate.

[barbtries]

16. dragged over the coals for years on end,

unjustifiably. she was right about everything. it's tragic.

[UTUSN]

11. She's been taking whippings for 30 years. Last night her name was mentioned 2nd only to SHITLER.

[Leith]

12. Joe Scar certainly accepted what chump was selling

He had him on his show enough times. They even went to a New Year's Eve party at merde-lago.

"Someone like trump" my ass.

[Tanuki]

15. Joe's "apology" and $2.95 will buy her a cup of coffee at Starbucks.

[Silent3]

18. I never blamed Clinton for her loss in 2016...

...but I did think she had a couple of specific weaknesses, not her own doing, that made it tougher to complete:

1) Sexism

2) The decades the right wing had spent on smearing her

I had hoped that without those factors, Biden had a chance to do much better. Well, he's done a bit better, and still looks ready to just barely eke out a win, but not leaps and bounds better than Clinton.

And that's after these Trump supporters don't even have the "lets take a chance" and "shake things up" excuses... They've had four years to see how horrendous Trump is, and most of them still want the asshole. It's sick.

[Hav]

23. It was definitely tiresome to always hear she lost because she was so unlikable

when 3 million more voted for her.

[R B Garr]

26. At least Joe is taking responsibility here. He's

also back-handedly admitting he was duped by Trump.

[StevieM]

30. I would love to see that clip or transcript.

He has been so hard on her.