MS Now Host Sums Up How Gross Trump’s Lindsey Graham Eulogy Was In Just 1 Sentence - HuffPost

What the report says

HuffPost reported that MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” hosts reacted with visible discomfort Wednesday after airing portions of President Donald Trump’s remarks at the funeral for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican. The service was held Tuesday at Washington National Cathedral, according to the article, and the segment centered on whether Trump’s comments amounted to an appropriate eulogy.

Co-host Joe Scarborough, a former Republican congressman who described Graham as a friend, initially suggested there might be more affectionate parts of the speech before the program played additional clips. In one excerpt cited by HuffPost, Trump began by saying Graham was liked by many in both parties, then undercut the thought by noting that not everyone liked him and describing him as “a tough cookie.”

Another clip focused on the fraught start of Trump and Graham’s relationship during the 2016 Republican presidential primary. Trump recounted publicizing Graham’s personal cellphone number after Graham criticized him, then framed the episode as part of the beginning of a later friendship, while joking that Graham kept calling him for years afterward.

HuffPost said co-host Mika Brzezinski responded by face-palming and questioning whether the remarks were really a funeral eulogy, while Scarborough appeared uneasy and moved the discussion along to Financial Times columnist Ed Luce. The report matters less for a new policy development than for the public scrutiny of political rhetoric at memorial events, especially given Graham’s long role in Republican politics and his complicated evolution from Trump critic to close ally.