Scarborough: ‘We Hope Hegseth Gets Treatment … It Would Be Extraordinarily Reckless to Give Him the Nuclear Codes at This Point’

BRZEZINSKI And Molly I ░░░░░░░░ start with you your ░░░░░░░░ on this I think ░░░░░░░░ anyone who s lived ░░░░░░░░ life knows that there ░░░░░░░░ always be room for ░░░░░░░░ There should always be ░░░░░░░░ for change and renewal ░░░░░░░░ the same time I ░░░░░░░░ t think somebody like ░░░░░░░░ Hegseth with the challenges ░░░░░░░░ he faces should hold ░░░░░░░░ position of head of ░░░░░░░░ Pentagon SCARBOROUGH And and ░░░░░░░░ would you not think ░░░░░░░░ Democrats and Republicans in ░░░░░░░░ Senate are thinking the ░░░░░░░░ thing especially if yesterday ░░░░░░░░ goes out and says ░░░░░░░░ ve never had trouble ░░░░░░░░ Never had a problem ░░░░░░░░ with alcohol before Jong ░░░░░░░░ Well just to speak ░░░░░░░░ my own experiences I ░░░░░░░░ sober when I was ░░░░░░░░ teenager and I ve ░░░░░░░░ sober 27 years So ░░░░░░░░ for me as someone ░░░░░░░░ has you know written ░░░░░░░░ addiction and and has ░░░░░░░░ know lived firsthand experience ░░░░░░░░ do think that you ░░░░░░░░ it s a real ░░░░░░░░ And it s a ░░░░░░░░ issue for people who ░░░░░░░░ served in the military ░░░░░░░░ there are really like ░░░░░░░░ and important conversations we ░░░░░░░░ have about helping veterans ░░░░░░░░ it comes to substance ░░░░░░░░ and you know people ░░░░░░░░ prescribing for trauma I ░░░░░░░░ these are all really ░░░░░░░░ issues and they re ░░░░░░░░ that the VA struggles ░░░░░░░░ now And you ll ░░░░░░░░ there has been just ░░░░░░░░ ton of talk about ░░░░░░░░ the danger of fentanyl ░░░░░░░░ just addiction in general ░░░░░░░░ had this you know ░░░░░░░░ OxyContin situation that swept ░░░░░░░░ the country I mean ░░░░░░░░ is a real problem ░░░░░░░░ American life and there ░░░░░░░░ a lot of different ░░░░░░░░ to treat it and ░░░░░░░░ are a lot of ░░░░░░░░ theories out there And ░░░░░░░░ you know I do ░░░░░░░░ that this is a ░░░░░░░░ really really important conversation ░░░░░░░░ you know I I ░░░░░░░░ but you know we ░░░░░░░░ t we don t ░░░░░░░░ what his you know ░░░░░░░░ his situation is but ░░░░░░░░ know for me it ░░░░░░░░ more complicated than just ░░░░░░░░ I wasn t going ░░░░░░░░ stop drinking SCARBOROUGH Yeah ░░░░░░░░ I mean that s ░░░░░░░░ John Tower tried to ░░░░░░░░ and say I I ░░░░░░░░ t drink when I ░░░░░░░░ there Obviously according to ░░░░░░░░ News employees he s ░░░░░░░░ having drinking problems recently ░░░░░░░░ and so again we ░░░░░░░░ hope he gets treatment ░░░░░░░░ if if if in ░░░░░░░░ he does need that ░░░░░░░░ and and hopes he ░░░░░░░░ past this but right ░░░░░░░░ of course it it ░░░░░░░░ be extraordinarily reckless to ░░░░░░░░ him the nuclear codes ░░░░░░░░ this — at this point.”