CNN’s Byers and MSNBC’s Scarborough Fight on Twitter Over Trump Hotel Room Claims

[MrWendel]

http://www.mediaite.com/online/cnns-byers-and-msnbcs-scarborough-fight-on-twitter-over-trump-hotel-room-claims/

On Wednesday’s Morning Joe, hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski found themselves in a unique situation: having to explain their way through claims that they have been “supporters” of Donald Trump‘s. The real estate mogul, who finished first in yesterday’s New Hampshire Primary, ended a phone interview with the duo this morning, where he said “It was great seeing you, you guys have been supporters and I appreciate it.”

It resulted in some backpedaling by Scarborough and Brzezinski; Scarborough clarified on-air, “There were a handful of people who for six months have been saying what happened last night could happen, and the rest of the media world has been mocking and ridiculing what he’s done.”

But a few hours later, CNN’s Dylan Byers took to Twitter to mention this little bombshell from the campaign trail, claiming that sources indicate the Morning Joe duo watched election returns from The Donald’s New Hampshire hotel:

(More with tweets in link)

[Duckhunter935]

1. I have known that for some time

They are in the tank and I have tweeted to them many times just to get a room already.

[MrWendel]

2. If Trump...

didn't slip and say that they were in the tank for him on Morning Joe with would not be really a story. Trump slipped up and told the truth and Mika and Joe are backpedaling like crazy with damage control.