Simply whenever you thought Joe Scarborough might need hit all-time low in his pro-Biden toadying, he is managed to plumb new depths. It is one factor to attempt to spin issues to Biden’s finest benefit. It is one other to outright lie. Which is what Scarborough and Jen Psaki—Biden’s former spox who’s about to launch her personal MSNBC present—did on as we speak’s Morning Joe.

Scarborough and Psaki tried guilty the Trump administration for the practice derailment and poisonous spill in East Palestine, Ohio.

Psaki was first up:

We’re right here due to all of the deregulation of the practice business in the course of the Trump administration. And since practice, the practice business and the practice lobbyists spent nearly $500 million over the course of a decade, attempting to stop regulation that will make it safer, that will make trains safer, proper. And make one of these accident we noticed final week, stop one of these accident from taking place. 

Scarborough piled on:

Let’s underline the actual fact, and simply say it very slowly so our associates in, in Trump’s orbit can perceive it. It was Donald Trump who really took off a number of the security guidelines, a few of these security laws that really made this, this form of, of, of practice transport extra harmful.They deregulated it. That is on them.”

We’ll paraphrase Scarborough, and say this very slowly in order that Joe and Jen can perceive. The pair of them have been mendacity. Because the Nationwide Assessment has written [emphasis added]:

“This wasn’t even an instance of deregulation; it was merely not adopting a further regulation. Regardless, even when the rule had been adopted, it could not have utilized to the East Palestine practice, a indisputable fact that the chairwoman of the NTSB has acknowledged.”

As for that NTSB chairwoman—a BIDEN APPOINTEE—here is what Glenn Kessler, the Washington Submit‘s “reality checker”—hardly often known as a Trump fan—has written in a column entitled: “To this point, Trump’s rollback of laws can’t be blamed for Ohio practice wreck:”

“NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy stated on Twitter that the repealed rule was not related to the accident. “The ECP braking rule would’ve utilized ONLY to HIGH HAZARD FLAMMABLE TRAINS. The practice that derailed in East Palestine was a MIXED FREIGHT TRAIN containing solely 3 placarded Class 3 flammable liquids vehicles,” she wrote: “This implies even when the rule had gone into impact, this practice wouldn’t have had ECP brakes.”

So do not take our phrase for it, Scarborough, you shameless hack. Take heed to the liberal Washington Submit and Biden’s personal appointee. Your pathetic try and blame Trump for East Palestine is a lie.

Here is the transcript.

MSNBC
Morning Joe
2/27/23
6:06 am ET

MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Let’s get to our prime story this morning. President Biden says he does not have plans to go to the location of that practice derailment and poisonous chemical spill in Ohio. He made these feedback to reporters on Friday whereas defending his administration’s dealing with of the state of affairs in East Palestine.

JOE BIDEN: You recognize, we have been there two hours after the practice went down, two hours. I’ve spoken with each single main determine in each United — in each Pennsylvania and in, and in Ohio. And so the concept that we’re not engaged is simply merely not, not there. And initially, there was not a request for me to exit, even earlier than I used to be heading over to Kyiv. So I am holding very shut tabs on it. We’re doing all we are able to.

JOE SCARBOROUGH: Once more, as he stated, Jen, he was requested two hours, or, or, or they checked in two hours afterwards. And the administration has been on the bottom just about ever since. And so, when you’ve got just like the Home Oversight committee launching an investigation into Pete Buttigieg and his response, that is as soon as once more the Republicans simply entering into a multitude that they’ve made for themselves as a result of, after all, each Democrat and each newspaper and each fair-minded particular person, they are going to have a look at the practice derailments in the course of the Trump administration the place folks died, and Trump did not even take into consideration going on the market.

JEN PSAKI: Precisely. I imply, we’re right here due to all of the deregulation of the practice business in the course of the Trump administration. And since practice, the practice business and the practice lobbyists spent nearly $500 million over the course of a decade, attempting to stop regulation that will make it safer, that will make trains safer, proper. And make one of these accident we noticed final week, stop one of these accident from taking place. 

However a pair issues I believe are true. I imply, one, I noticed — so we noticed from there, I believe, the president is somewhat bit defensive, proper? I am positive his workforce within the White Home is like, ah, there is not any motive to be defensive. We have achieved lots of stuff right here, proper? 

And that is as a result of he is clearly pissed off in regards to the critique. There’s some good motive for that, due to the deregulation, however there’s additionally this factor hanging on the market of why he hasn’t gone but, proper? And so, whereas he stated he wasn’t going to go, I am somewhat — you realize, they consider that sort of factor in a White Home daily.

MIKA: Precisely.

PSAKI: I think there is a motive he hasn’t gone, however I, I would not rule out him by no means going. As a result of if it is nonetheless an issue on the finish of the week, they’ll need to assess that.

MIKA: Completely.

SCARBOROUGH: Yeah, and it is so essential to underline the actual fact, once more, let’s underline the actual fact, and simply say it very slowly so our associates in, in Trump’s orbit can perceive it. It was Donald Trump who really took off a number of the security guidelines, a few of these security laws that really made this, this form of, of, of practice transport extra harmful.

MIKA: Proper.

SCARBOROUGH: They deregulated it. That is on them.