Mika Brzezinski, co-host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” says she did not anticipate the severity of the controversy sparked by a meeting she and her co-host and husband Joe Scarborough had with President-elect Trump late last week.



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Mika Brzezinski defends Trump meeting: ‘I’ve been surprised at the backlash’

Mika Brzezinski, co-host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," says she did not anticipate the severity of the controversy her and Joe Scarborough's meeting with President-elect Trump sparked.

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Like most of the mainstream media, MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” hosts, Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, called Donald Trump “Hitler” for years.
	Now they’re attempting to build a civil relationship with the president-elect, including by sitting down for a meeting with him — and “The View’s” Sunny Hostin could not be less thrilled.
	“The bottom line is that America needs a free press that is willing to speak truth to power, right now, more than ever…

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‘Morning Joe’s’ civil sit-down with Trump leaves ‘The View’ hosts FUMING

The Mar-a-Lago get-together, she told co-hosts Joanna Coles and Samantha Bee, was “the right thing to do.”

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Mika Brzezinski Tells The Daily Beast Podcast ‘As Much As I Can’ About That Trump Date

Mika Brzezinski revealed new details about the reasoning behind her and her husband and Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough's controversial meeting with Trump

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‘People are Really Scared’: Mika Brzezinski Defends Meeting with Trump in New Podcast

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Mike Brzezinski said she was "surprised at the backlash" to the meeting she and "Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough had with Donald Trump.

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Mika Brzezinski appeared on today's The Daily Beast podcast with Samantha Bee to discuss her and Joe Scarborough's recent meeting with Donald Trump. Brzezinski largely reiterated the same talking point she's delivered throughout the week: "Why wouldn't I?" She frames...
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Samantha Bee Defends MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski and 'Morning Joe'

"Morning Joe" co-host Mika Brzezinski said during a podcast on Wednesday that she was surprised by the backlash she and co-host Joe Scarborough were getting for meeting with President-elect Trump, attributing the furor to people being "scared.""I’ve been surprised at the backlash, and the way I look at it is, people are really scared," she said on "The Daily Beast Podcast." "It’s one of the reasons we went in there, is people are really scared a…

Mika Brzezinski defends Trump meeting: ‘I’ve been surprised at the backlash’

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