Scarborough Eviscerates Pence for Praising Arpaio: VP Is ‘Beneath Contempt’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT clip starts ░░░░░░░░ chanting Build that wall ░░░░░░░░ that wall Build that ░░░░░░░░ Pence Oh we ll ░░░░░░░░ the wall Don t ░░░░░░░░ about it clip ends ░░░░░░░░ All right Vice president ░░░░░░░░ Pence s tough talk ░░░░░░░░ immigration rallied the crowd ░░░░░░░░ Phoenix last night during ░░░░░░░░ event on tax reform ░░░░░░░░ Pence gave special recognition ░░░░░░░░ controversial former sheriff and ░░░░░░░░ U S Senate candidate ░░░░░░░░ Arpaio clip starts Pence ░░░░░░░░ I just found out ░░░░░░░░ I was walking through ░░░░░░░░ door that we were ░░░░░░░░ going to be joined ░░░░░░░░ by favorite A great ░░░░░░░░ of this president a ░░░░░░░░ champion of strong borders ░░░░░░░░ the rule of A ░░░░░░░░ friend of this president ░░░░░░░░ tireless champion of strong ░░░░░░░░ in the rule of ░░░░░░░░ he spent a lifetime ░░░░░░░░ law enforcement sheriff Joe ░░░░░░░░ I m honored to ░░░░░░░░ you here clip ends ░░░░░░░░ That is beneath contempt ░░░░░░░░ do wonder how low ░░░░░░░░ Pence will stoop to ░░░░░░░░ to the lowest common ░░░░░░░░ I won t say ░░░░░░░░ the right because there ░░░░░░░░ nothing conservative about Arpaio ░░░░░░░░ was convicted of contempt ░░░░░░░░ court after he refused ░░░░░░░░ stop racially profiling Latinos ░░░░░░░░ Arizona And before being ░░░░░░░░ by President Trump while ░░░░░░░░ sentencing a lot of ░░░░░░░░ yesterday reacted to those ░░░░░░░░ inane comments David French ░░░░░░░░ it quote as the ░░░░░░░░ of Mike Pence Joe ░░░░░░░░ simply wrote come on ░░░░░░░░ Brett Hume called it ░░░░░░░░ BRZEZINSKI There you go ░░░░░░░░ This is a guy ░░░░░░░░ would torture kill allow ░░░░░░░░ allow sexual assaults to ░░░░░░░░ kill allow rapes allow ░░░░░░░░ assaults to continue would ░░░░░░░░ harass Americans of Hispanic ░░░░░░░░ Chapter and verse one ░░░░░░░░ the most contemptible examples ░░░░░░░░ someone in office and ░░░░░░░░ the most contemptible examples ░░░░░░░░ someone in office and ░░░░░░░░ the best they can ░░░░░░░░ undermine values What would ░░░░░░░░ Mike Pence to say ░░░░░░░░ Jordan I don t ░░░░░░░░ you really have to ░░░░░░░░ at this point in ░░░░░░░░ Pence s career of ░░░░░░░░ an apologist in some ░░░░░░░░ the worst impulses of ░░░░░░░░ American president That ship ░░░░░░░░ a long time ago ░░░░░░░░ Arpaio is a man ░░░░░░░░ claimed there was a ░░░░░░░░ assassination attempt on his ░░░░░░░░ Got a man arrested ░░░░░░░░ imprisoned for four years ░░░░░░░░ state had to pay ░░░░░░░░ man who was wrongly ░░░░░░░░ a million bucks from ░░░░░░░░ dollars That is the ░░░░░░░░ of man Joe Arpaio ░░░░░░░░ SCARBOROUGH Mika we ve ░░░░░░░░ it time and again ░░░░░░░░ politics where Mike Pence ░░░░░░░░ he s playing it ░░░░░░░░ politically Do you know ░░░░░░░░ is playing it smart ░░░░░░░░ The ambassador to the ░░░░░░░░ Nations BRZEZINSKI Yes SCARBOROUGH ░░░░░░░░ look at Nikki Haley ░░░░░░░░ they say to themselves ░░░░░░░░ I want to be ░░░░░░░░ to the Republican Party ░░░░░░░░ that is somebody who ░░░░░░░░ tough and independent and ░░░░░░░░ will not scrounge around ░░░░░░░░ the gutter.”