Joe Scarborough Breaks Out a Multitude of Comedy Voices to Mock ‘Performatively Outraged’ JD Vance at Trump Trial
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and Willie Geist had a grand old time on Tuesday mocking the pants off Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and J.D. Vance (R-OH) for their grandstanding on behalf of former President Donald Trump.
Outside the New York City courtroom where Trump is on trial for allegedly falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels, Vance and Tuberville took to the cameras to defend Trump’s honor (and say some things Trump isn’t allowed to say due to his gag order). Tuberville even claimed that Trump was suffering through “mental anguish” inside the “very depressing” courtroom.”
But the real venom was aimed toward Vance, and Scarborough not only derided Vance for being “performatively outraged,” as Geist put it, but he also insulted the senator with voices of different characters:
Geist: [B]ut also just the ongoing, debasement of these men. I mean, he was the leader of young men for his whole life as a head football coach. J.D. Vance is a United States Marine, for God’s sake, where it’s all about honor. And you just watch them performatively outraged on behalf of the man, I guess, who they want to be, the vice president or close to power or something. It’s very sad.
Scarborough: Yeah, yeah. You know, it’s different stories for both of these men. Tommy Tuberville wasn’t exactly sure who fought in World War II and what World War II was fought for. But J.D. Vance, I mean, we could get the get the clips, J.D. Vance, you know, was wearing his little Silicon Valley vest talking about, [Fancy Tech Bro Voice] “I like San Francisco,” you know? I mean, he was the elite elite. He was the toast of the town. [Gullible Midwestern Voice] “Oh, please tell us how poor white people live in Ohio!” And he’s like, [Silicon Valley Vest-Wearing Country Club Voice] “Well, yeah, so, could you give me some more chardonnay, please?” And, he did that routine, made a lot of money doing that. And then he decided he wanted to run for Congress.
But before he did, and I just have to remind people of this, because nobody remembers his stuff. J.D. Vance said in 2016 that if you loved Jesus, you couldn’t support Donald Trump. He didn’t say that, like in 2002 in Silicon Valley, or [Finance Bro Voice] “I would say buy! Sell!” He said that in 2016 — if you love Jesus, if you were a Christian, you cannot support Donald Trump. Now furiously on the vice presidential treadmill, he has changed his mind and has decided that this is the most noble of men in his porn star trial, in a “very, very depressing courtroom.” And if Tommy Tuberville would like a list of really great interior decorators across Alabama, northwest Florida, I could give him some people.
Watch the video above via MSNBC.
