'Trump is encouraging' domestic terrorists, Joe Scarborough says after landing on media hit list
As part of his plot to "kill almost every last person on the earth," authorities say a U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant and self-identified white nationalist compiled a hit list of prominent politicians and cable TV journalists.
Christopher Paul Hasson was taken into custody after federal investigators uncovered a cache of weapons and ammunition in his Maryland home. Hasson had been stockpiling the supplies since at least 2017, according to court documents, and had developed a spreadsheet with his alleged targets.
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Among them was former congressman Joe Scarborough, R-Fla., who now co-hosts an MSNBC show and has been a target of President Donald Trump's disdain. The list also included two of Scarborough's MSNBC colleagues, hosts Chris Hayes and Ari Melber, and CNN's Don Lemon, Chris Cuomo and Van Jones.
Since he took office, Trump has regularly called the work of mainstream journalism organizations "fake news" and accused political journalists, without evidence, of dishonest reporting. He has often referred to journalists as the "enemy of the people."
"It's exactly what Donald Trump is encouraging," Scarborough said during his show Thursday morning while addressing Hasson's alleged plot.
This is the second time in recent months that prominent politicians, Trump critics and TV journalists have been targeted by domestic terrorists. In the fall, a 56-year-old Florida man was charged with sending 13 homemade pipe bombs to Hillary Clinton, former president Barack Obama, CNN and others.
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