‘Morning Joe’ Blasts Bill Clinton Sex Scandals: ‘This Is Why We Have Trump’ (Video)

On the set of “Morning Joe,” Monday, co-host Mika Brzezinski took on a big target — Bill Clinton.

The co-host of the popular MSNBC morning program said that if the media drumbeat surrounding sexual harassment continued, a reckoning with the former president was overdue and that covering up for him was part of how we ended up with Donald Trump in the White House.

“[Bill Clinton] continues to flourish today and his wife ran for president even though these women who accused him were attacked in the media, were maligned or settled and that’s a different standard than we’re holding other people who are accused of the same behavior or worse and this is why we have Trump. It’s all connected,” she said.

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In addition to his very well-documented behavior with Monica Lewinsky in the Oval Office, Juanita Broaddrick, a registered nurse, accused Clinton of raping her in 1978 when he was serving as Arkansas Attorney General. Bill Clinton is also known to have paid an $850,000 settlement to Paula Jones after she accused him of exposing himself to her in a hotel room in 1991.

“Bill Clinton’s behavior was accepted, it was pushed under the rug,” said Brzezinski, who also used the monologue to applaud U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) for telling the New York Times last week that Bill should have resigned the presidency for his transgressions.

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“I applaud Kirsten Gillibrand for finally saying what is true. We are in this situation because we have been hypocritical on both sides of the aisle,” said Brzezinski. “And whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican, sexually harassing someone who is 22 years old when you’re in power is just wrong and you should go.”

Brzezinski was a consistent critic of both the Clintons and Democratic leadership during the 2016 campaign. The relationship was so bad that then-DNC chief Debbie Wasserman Schultz pressured Brzezinski in emails, warning her to tone it down.

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