MSNBC pulled its left-leaning talk show “Morning Joe” from the air on Monday after an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump – and many Republicans have blamed charged rhetoric from the left for prompting the violence.
The progressive show – hosted by Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski – will not air Monday morning and will resume Tuesday, despite the start of the Republican National Convention.
A source familiar with the matter told CNN that the show was pulled to avoid one of the show’s dozens of guests from making an inappropriate comment while live that could paint the show and network in a bad light.
The source told CNN it made more sense to instead continue to roll breaking news coverage.
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