Joe Scarborough tore into Supreme Court Justices
Samuel Alito and
Clarence Thomas on Tuesday, accusing the conservative pair of being “all in” on what he called President
Donald Trump’s efforts at “destroying democracy” after they broke with the rest of the court in a major mail-in ballot case.
The
Morning Joe host seized on Monday’s 7-2
ruling blocking the Trump administration’s plan to change how the U.S. Postal Service handles mail-in ballots, with Alito and Thomas the only justices
prepared to let the rules take effect immediately.
“To have the postal service interfere. But this is, you know, we go back, the Supreme Court does some things, dragging their feet, that has been absolutely maddening over the last year,” Scarborough said.
He pointed to Trump’s unsuccessful legal challenges following the 2020 election before turning his fire directly on the two justices: “But when it comes to these election challenges, they were 63-and-0 against Donald Trump in 2020 and, here we are, back at that 7-2 count for whenever Donald Trump steps over the line and does something that is going to completely interfere with free democratic elections. It’s usually 7-2. Of course, Alito and Thomas, perfectly fine with them destroying democracy.”
He added: “And yes, I just said that, if Donald Trump wants to destroy democracy, they’re all in.”