The spectacle of the media elites eating humble pie is the kind of show you almost want to pay to see.
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski—sorry, “Mourning Joe” and his frosty co-anchor—might as well have filmed their trek to Mar-a-Lago in black and white for full dramatic effect. After years of pearl-clutching over Trump, the dynamic duo slunk down to Florida, not to “speak truth to power” but to grovel at the feet of the man they’ve made a career out of hating. Why? Because their ratings are circling the drain, and Comcast’s rumored plans to unload MSNBC are looming large.
Their Monday performance—a laughable hostage video masquerading as journalism—was a pathetic attempt to justify the visit. Scarborough and Brzezinski didn’t march into Trump’s gilded compound as champions of free speech; they crawled there as two people trying to cling to relevance.
And let’s be honest, their leftist pals aren’t mad about the Mar-a-Lago meeting because they believe their own “Trump is LITERALLY HITLER™” rhetoric. They’re mad because Joe and Mika have cracked the veneer of the NeverTrump industry, exposing it for what it is: a lucrative grift built on empty outrage.
Trump’s victory is so complete, Morning Joe has fully surrendered. Both hosts went to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring. Astonishing.
pic.twitter.com/iDcbuP7Gep— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) November 18, 2024
The best part? The same brand of ritual humiliation played out on The View. Sunny Hostin was dragged into her own hostage moment, forced to recant her legal fairy tales about Matt Gaetz. Watching her grimace through the apology was like watching someone gargle vinegar—equal parts painful and satisfying.
For someone who once worked as a federal prosecutor, you’d think she’d know that baseless accusations against a sitting congressman could land her in hot water. But no, Sunny charged ahead, only to have ABC’s legal team step in and slap together a retraction faster than Whoopi Goldberg can cut to commercial.
NEW: The View host Sunny Hostin fumes as she is forced to read a legal note just minutes after presenting the Matt Gaetz allegations as a “fact.”
Hostin: They discussed the fact that once [Gaetz] finds out that she’s 17, he stops having s*x with her.
Hostin 3 min later: Matt… pic.twitter.com/USvYjnWqKZ
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 20, 2024
This all reeks of a larger shift. For years, the left-leaning media has thrived on the Trump hysteria economy, raking in ratings and cash by labeling him everything from a Russian puppet to the reincarnation of Mussolini. But that game is up. Trump’s enemies have thrown everything at him—impeachments, investigations, hit pieces, riots, and even assassination attempts—and none of it has stuck. The public’s collective eye-roll has reached seismic levels, and now the grifters are left scrambling for their next act.
The irony here is delicious. These self-righteous pundits, who spent years demonizing Trump and anyone who supported him, now find themselves groveling before the same man they called unfit for office. The jig is up, folks. Hating Trump might still get you a few high-fives on Twitter, but it’s no longer the cash cow it once was.
TV RATINGS: CNN, MSNBC plummet after election, note @GriffJenkins:
MSNBC – 54%
CNN – 46% pic.twitter.com/LTYQ3VEXgL— TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) November 17, 2024
And you know what? It’s about time. The media’s Trump obsession has long since passed the point of parody, and watching it implode is the cherry on top of the 2024 political sundae. The grift is done. The world is, indeed, healing.
