Tapper tells 'Morning Joe' hosts that Biden made targeted effort to convince Scarborough he was fit for office

CNN's Jake Tapper told MSNBC big Joe Scarborough connected Wednesday that erstwhile President Joe Biden made a targeted effort to merchantability the MSNBC big connected his re-election run during a speech connected "Morning Joe."

Tapper described Biden to Scarborough arsenic "a predominant spectator of the show," and past referenced a 2023 Washington Post file by David Ignatius, wherever the columnist wrote that the erstwhile president should not tally for re-election. "And past [Ignatius] came connected this amusement and you guys had a robust speech astir this," Tapper said, noting the MSNBC big agreed astatine the clip that determination were concerns astir the erstwhile president moving for re-election but besides that determination were nary alternatives. 

Tapper and Alex Thompson, an Axios reporter, joined "Morning Joe" to sermon their caller book, "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again," which details the erstwhile president's determination to tally again and the cover-up of his diminution portion successful office. 

"Joe Biden saw that. Joe Biden said to staffers that helium wanted to person you that you were wrong, and helium focused connected you similar you were a constituency, similar you were farmers successful Iowa, similar you were the Kiwanis Clubs successful New Hampshire. And helium made definite that you thought differently," Tapper told Scarborough.

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Jake Tapper tells Joe Scarborough that Biden made an effort to person the MSNBC big helium was acceptable to tally for re-election. (Screenshot/MSNBC)

Scarborough said helium indispensable person spoken to Biden connected his "good days" arsenic MSNBC's Willie Geist said that it was precise imaginable Scarborough got to spot the erstwhile president erstwhile helium was well-rested and prepared. 

"It was a run though, for Joe, it was a campaign. The Biden radical wanted to marque definite that Joe [Scarborough] saw Biden astatine his best," Tapper added. 

Tapper asked the MSNBC big what clip of time helium saw Biden, and Scarborough said it was a luncheon meeting.

"There you go," Tapper responded. "Middle of the day."

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Scarborough was confronted with a viral clip of himself deeming the erstwhile president the "best Biden ever" connected Tuesday, and yet stood by his comments during a speech with Mark Halperin connected his show, "Next Up with Mark Halperin." 

"I've said it for years now, he's cogent. But I undersold it erstwhile I said helium was cogent, he's acold beyond cogent. In fact, I deliberation he's amended than he's ever been, intellectually, analytically, due to the fact that he's been astir for 50 years," Scarborough said during a March 2024 "Morning Joe" broadcast. "Start your portion close present due to the fact that I’m astir to archer you the truth. And f-you if you can’t grip the truth. This mentation of Biden, intellectually, analytically, is the champion Biden ever." 

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MSNBC's Joe Scarborough issued a full-throated defence of President Biden successful absorption to concerns astir his quality to service successful March 2024.  (Screenshot/MSNBC)

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Scarborough argued to Halperin, "He stumbled and bumbled around, Mark. I mean, yeah, helium surely did. Donald Trump did, different politicians did, and it’s really the aforesaid lawsuit arsenic a batch of times erstwhile I’ve gone successful and talked to Donald Trump."

"Put into due context, I'm conscionable not going to freak retired and melt down connected 1 oregon 2 clips present and there," the "Morning Joe" big added. "And again helium bumbled around, and helium stumbled around, but helium has for rather immoderate time. That didn't look to maine to get successful the mode of Joe Biden being capable to analyse the astir important issues."