Meacham on Coronavirus: We’re in an ‘Age of Xenophobia,’ Blame Might Be Cast on a’ Group of People’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT SCARBOROUGH You ░░░░░░░░ if I m going ░░░░░░░░ and I have to ░░░░░░░░ brain surgery I don ░░░░░░░░ care whether somebody likes ░░░░░░░░ Joe or not BRZEZINSKI ░░░░░░░░ SCARBOROUGH I want the ░░░░░░░░ brain surgeon The purge ░░░░░░░░ Republicans are talking about ░░░░░░░░ Trump going through throughout ░░░░░░░░ government right now Jon ░░░░░░░░ we ve really heard ░░░░░░░░ over the past week ░░░░░░░░ purge looks at an ░░░░░░░░ and says not Is ░░░░░░░░ the official who will ░░░░░░░░ make sure that people ░░░░░░░░ Wisconsin Michigan Pennsylvania North ░░░░░░░░ and Florida and the ░░░░░░░░ of the country do ░░░░░░░░ die from this virus ░░░░░░░░ Is this a person ░░░░░░░░ s going to be ░░░░░░░░ Mike Pence and kowtow ░░░░░░░░ the president every three ░░░░░░░░ And when this I ░░░░░░░░ hoping this is a ░░░░░░░░ up call for the ░░░░░░░░ and for the President ░░░░░░░░ in a lot of ░░░░░░░░ loyalty to him doesn ░░░░░░░░ have to come first ░░░░░░░░ if it s about ░░░░░░░░ if it s about ░░░░░░░░ disease if it s ░░░░░░░░ safety MEACHAM Yeah The ░░░░░░░░ and pull in our ░░░░░░░░ has been between political ░░░░░░░░ and a more professionalized ░░░░░░░░ service has come out ░░░░░░░░ a progressive instinct that ░░░░░░░░ actually want government to ░░░░░░░░ an instrument a competent ░░░░░░░░ And seems to me ░░░░░░░░ my greatest anxiety aside ░░░░░░░░ the impact of the ░░░░░░░░ itself is we re ░░░░░░░░ in an age of ░░░░░░░░ And it is not ░░░░░░░░ to imagine a scenario ░░░░░░░░ blame is cast HAASS ░░░░░░░░ s right MEACHAM On ░░░░░░░░ country or group of ░░░░░░░░ if this becomes worse ░░░░░░░░ It s happening in ░░░░░░░░ SCARBOROUGH And what about ░░░░░░░░ Cotton Didn t Tom ░░░░░░░░ to Harvard HAASS I ░░░░░░░░ so SCARBOROUGH I think ░░░░░░░░ is a Harvard guy ░░░░░░░░ well educated Tom cotton ░░░░░░░░ couple of days ago ░░░░░░░░ a conspiracy theory that ░░░░░░░░ Chinese made this virus ░░░░░░░░ in a lab You ░░░░░░░░ Rush Limbaugh presidential Medal ░░░░░░░░ Freedom honor it s ░░░░░░░░ to say it s ░░░░░░░░ most reckless thing he ░░░░░░░░ done but saying that ░░░░░░░░ this is just a ░░░░░░░░ and made up to ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump he said ░░░░░░░░ yesterday I can t ░░░░░░░░ keep up with it ░░░░░░░░ every day is a ░░░░░░░░ dangerous conspiracy theory I ░░░░░░░░ this is this is ░░░░░░░░ stuff folks Don t ░░░░░░░░ about your ratings for ░░░░░░░░ week Don t try ░░░░░░░░ don t try to ░░░░░░░░ up some of whoever ░░░░░░░░ wearing tinfoil hats in ░░░░░░░░ audience but that s ░░░░░░░░ s happening Still these ░░░░░░░░ theories are still saying ░░░░░░░░ that are going to ░░░░░░░░ extraordinarily dangerous for this ░░░░░░░░ We need to all ░░░░░░░░ together.”