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‘Morning Joe’ Congratulates BuzzFeed Editor For Being Sued By Trump [VIDEO]

Amber Athey Podcast Columnist
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MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski congratulated BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith Wednesday morning for being sued by the president.

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President Trump’s lawyer is suing BuzzFeed for publishing the full, unverified Russia dossier compiled by Christopher Steele. The dossier contains salacious allegations about the president, and BuzzFeed admitted that they had not tested the veracity of its claims before publishing. Nonetheless, they claimed that printing the full document was in the public interest.

The MSNBC anchors treated the lawsuit as a badge of honor, joking with Smith that he is a “winner.”

“We need to congratulate Ben Smith — when he walked on the set I heard everyone congratulation you, Ben Smith, for being sued by the president,” Scarborough exclaimed. “Good on you, son. That’s good stuff.”

Smith downplayed the merits of being sued, stating, “it’s just from his personal lawyer.”

“It’s OK, you’re a winner too,” Brzezinski reassured him. “My lord.”

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