Joe Scarborough: Autocrats Like Trump Create Conspiracy Theories

[clip starts TRUMP I ░░░░░░░░ there was tremendous cheating ░░░░░░░░ California there was tremendous ░░░░░░░░ in New York and ░░░░░░░░ places clip ends BRZEZINSKI ░░░░░░░░ right a false claim ░░░░░░░░ the President who lost ░░░░░░░░ 2016 popular vote by ░░░░░░░░ million with no widespread ░░░░░░░░ fraud SCARBOROUGH And of ░░░░░░░░ that was based if ░░░░░░░░ go back several years ░░░░░░░░ he talked to a ░░░░░░░░ who said he saw ░░░░░░░░ illegally voting in Florida ░░░░░░░░ in California And you ░░░░░░░░ this is a president ░░░░░░░░ conspiracy theories voter fraud ░░░░░░░░ sizes soup cans and ░░░░░░░░ does it because he ░░░░░░░░ again this alternative universe ░░░░░░░░ Yeah SCARBOROUGH And we ░░░░░░░░ actually had this written ░░░░░░░░ a couple weeks ago ░░░░░░░░ Applebaum has written about ░░░░░░░░ where you create an ░░░░░░░░ universe and you create ░░░░░░░░ strawmen and then you ░░░░░░░░ them down You talk ░░░░░░░░ you know teenage ninja ░░░░░░░░ turtles all going on ░░░░░░░░ And no I don ░░░░░░░░ have the information but ░░░░░░░░ were bad people dressed ░░░░░░░░ all black in these ░░░░░░░░ ll get the information ░░░░░░░░ you I can t ░░░░░░░░ you now I ll ░░░░░░░░ you later We ll ░░░░░░░░ you in a few ░░░░░░░░ This is what he ░░░░░░░░ And if you re ░░░░░░░░ why he creates these ░░░░░░░░ theories it actually happens ░░░░░░░░ is what autocrats do ░░░░░░░░ s what they re ░░░░░░░░ in right now Hungary ░░░░░░░░ s what they re ░░░░░░░░ in Poland It s ░░░░░░░░ they do in Russia ░░░░░░░░ Correct SCARBOROUGH They create ░░░░░░░░ in Poland right now ░░░░░░░░ tried Muslims as I ░░░░░░░░ before but ended up ░░░░░░░░ weren t enough Muslims ░░░░░░░░ It didn t really ░░░░░░░░ Of course that hasn ░░░░░░░░ stopped Orban in Hungary ░░░░░░░░ about a Muslim invasion ░░░░░░░░ there are hardly any ░░░░░░░░ there right So then ░░░░░░░░ turns to an attack ░░░░░░░░ homosexuality saying that it ░░░░░░░░ the threat to the ░░░░░░░░ and it s going ░░░░░░░░ destroy Poland Well that ░░░░░░░░ what Donald Trump s ░░░░░░░░ now He doesn t ░░░░░░░░ a list of accomplishments ░░░░░░░░ he can campaign on ░░░░░░░░ he s whipping up ░░░░░░░░ many conspiracy theories as ░░░░░░░░ even refusing to condemn ░░░░░░░░ conspiracy theorists even refusing ░░░░░░░░ push back on the ░░░░░░░░ that there is this ░░░░░░░░ cabal of what is ░░░░░░░░ pedophiles and cannibals and ░░░░░░░░ Trump is the savior ░░░░░░░░ stop these cannibals and ░░░░░░░░ from taking over And ░░░░░░░░ Trump won t push ░░░░░░░░ on that conspiracy theory ░░░░░░░░ ask why The reason ░░░░░░░░ it s the same ░░░░░░░░ with all autocrats they ░░░░░░░░ fear they create the ░░░░░░░░ and then as Ross ░░░░░░░░ said when they take ░░░░░░░░ of it then they ░░░░░░░░ done something as great ░░░░░░░░ FDR or JFK or ░░░░░░░░ Reagan something they accomplished ░░░░░░░░ of course the biggest ░░░░░░░░ here is we know ░░░░░░░░ Trump We know his ░░░░░░░░ We ve seen it ░░░░░░░░ the past four years ░░░░░░░░ question is why don ░░░░░░░░ Republican senators speak out ░░░░░░░░ this BRZEZINSKI This is ░░░░░░░░ part that s upsetting ░░░░░░░░ They just won t ░░░░░░░░ out Other than Mitt ░░░░░░░░ BRZEZINSKI They re complicit ░░░░░░░░ Other than Mitt Romney ░░░░░░░░ senators won t speak ░░░░░░░░ against these vile conspiracy ░░░░░░░░ BRZEZINSKI I m not ░░░░░░░░ how they can live ░░░░░░░░ themselves.”