During his Thursday morning show, Joe Scarborough tore into the way that the media treats Donald Trump and Kamala Harris differently when it comes to policy.
Kamala Harris interviewed Stephanie Ruhle last night and discussed policy issues extensively. Soon after, her answers were questioned. This isn't uncommon; it should be the standard that all politicians running for major office are held to. But, Joe Scarborough wondered today, why isn't Donald Trump?
Speaking with Jackie Alemany from the Washington Post, the Morning Joe host asked, "What I find so striking, Jackie, is there are two standards. You've got Kamala Harris, and they're going, 'Oh, wait. What is the long-term impact of this, and why hasn't she called about the next round of qualitative easing?' While Donald Trump burps, and everyone laughs and goes, 'Oh, man, he tells it like it is.'"
Scarborough continued:
"He's the beneficiary of what the Bush brothers used to call 'the soft bigotry of low expectations.' People don't expect anything from Donald Trump, so he gets a free pass. Then you have people going on TV shows and writing editorials going, 'Oh, my god. When is Kamala Harris going to get out and talk to America on policy issues as much as Donald Trump?' And it is laughable, it is a joke."
There are absolutely two standards." Alemany responded. "My reading of the speech, as well, is that it was a direct rebuttal of this caricature that Donald Trump tried to paint of Kamala Harris as this, you know, bomb-throwing, fire-brand progressive, as he's called her, 'Comrade Kamala.' She used deliberate language to describe herself as a pragmatic and centrist Democrat."