Scarborough: If Trump Loses, Marco Will Have ‘Diminished’ Himself Hitting Him

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SCARBOROUGH: “I have to say though really quickly, before we dive into everything and also that Mitt Romney press conference. Dude, if you’re going to get into the pool, jump in. OK? You stand at the side — jump in or just go and put the towel on and go back in. But anyway, it was just kind of depressing. And I know everybody is saying Marco hit him, hit him, hit him, hit him. You know, I’ve always said Marco was too young and inexperienced and was not ready to run for president. But that’s in 2016. I’ve said stay in the Senate, be governor, run in 2020 and you’ll probably be ready. I just — I mean, I’m just afraid for his sake and his supporters sake that all of this — you know talking about Trump wetting his pants, talking about — I mean, what happens if Trump runs and Trump loses to Hillary Clinton? There’s Marco who has really diminished himself. You know what I’m saying?”
GEIST: “Yeah, why —“
SCARBOROUGH: “It’s just doesn’t seem worth it. Because, he’s totally going against his brand. It’s like, we’re chainsaw repair, we’re a chainsaw repair shop, we’re chainsaw repair shop — oh, you need your nails filed? Come on in. Beautiful.”
GEIST: “In less four years from now he’s able to say, let’s say for argument say Hillary Clinton is president, Marco Rubio runs again. He can say, listen the Donald Trump thing was a unique phenomenon it was once in a lifetime, we’ll never see it before, we’ll never see it again, I did what I had to do to fight this guy who is fighting on ground we’ve never fought before. But I thought aside from John Kasich, it was kind of an embarrassing night for everybody.” [crosstalk]