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'''Charles Joseph "Joe" Scarborough''' (born April 9, 1963) is a [[leftwing]] [[conspiracy theorist]] who hosts a show part-time on [[MSNBC]]. He served as a U.S. [[Representative]] from [[Florida]]'s 1st congressional district from 1995 through 2001.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2001-05-25-scarborough.htm</ref> He resigned when the body of a girl who worked for him, Lori Klausutis, was found dead in his congressional office.<ref>https://heavy.com/news/2017/11/lori-klausutis-joe-scarborough-murder-florida/</ref> He went on to host MSNBC's Morning Joe and The Joe Scarborough Show on ABC Radio Network. Previously he hosted "Scarborough Country" in primetime on MSNBC. Scarborough pushes wild conspiracy theories such as the [[Trump-Russia collusion hoax]] and [[Jeffrey Epstein]]'s murder by [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref>https://twitter.com/JoeNBC/status/1160184410588758018</ref> Scarborough previously had been a staunch defender and advocate for Jeffrey Epstein.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihavoqep4XA</ref>
Scarborough called for U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] to resign in 2017, in line with [[anti-Trump]] liberals (although he did call out other liberals reporting fake news about Trump earlier, although this is likely just a pretense to make him look balanced<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihavoqep4XA</ref>).<ref>Chumley, Cheryl K. (June 6, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/6/joe-scarborough-makes-deranged-case-trump-go/ Joe Scarborough’s deranged case for Trump to go]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved June 7, 2017.</ref> He also defended [[CNN]] after a damaging scandal in which it promoted a retracted anti-Trump [[fake news]] story in order to increase its ratings.<ref>Bowden, Joe (June 27, 2017). [https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/339780-scarborough-knocks-trump-while-defending-cnn Scarborough defends CNN against Trump: CNN 'has more integrity']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 28, 2017.</ref> In July 2017, Scarborough showed how liberal he had become by finally leaving the GOP.<ref>Multiple references:
*Manchester, Julia (October 12, 2017). [https://thehill.com/media/355234-scarborough-formally-leaves-gop-registers-as-independent Scarborough formally leaves GOP, registers as independent]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
*Rodriguez, Katherine (October 12, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/10/12/joe-scarborough-leaves-republican-party-registers-independent/ MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough Leaves Republican Party, Registers as Independent]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 13, 2017.</ref> In 2017, Scarborough responded to a false story by ''The Hill'' by saying that "despite the stupidity of my former party, there is no inner liberal inside of me. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)
My party just went bats*** crazy."<ref>Beck, Conor (November 28, 2017). [https://freebeacon.com/politics/joe-scarborough-slams-hill-false-story/ Joe Scarborough Slams ‘The Hill’ for False Story]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved November 28, 2017.</ref> In July 2018, he stated that the GOP "no longer deserves to survive."<ref>Wise, Justin (July 20, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/international/398012-scarborough-gop-no-longer-deserves-to-survive Scarborough: GOP ‘no longer deserves to survive’]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved July 20, 2018.</ref> In December 2018, he claimed Trump was "the worst president in modern times, and perhaps ever."<ref>Bowden, John (December 26, 2018). [https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/422866-scarborough-trump-on-track-to-be-worst-president-of-modern Scarborough: Trump on track to be ‘worst president of modern times’]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved December 26, 2018.</ref> Scarborough previously had been a staunch defender and advocate for Jeffrey Epstein.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihavoqep4XA</ref>
==Transitioning==