*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==