‘I count eight’: Gaetz’s history of insulting GOP senators may come back to haunt him

Sharing a clip from MSNBC colleague Ari Melber’s show, the co-hosts of “Morning Joe” counted off eight sitting Republican senators who have been targeted by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) with insults who could hold his fate in their hands.

Co-host Willie Geist kicked off the segment, telling the panel, “Matt Gaetz is not popular among his colleagues on Capitol Hill. He made a habit of insulting lawmakers, his colleagues, including those who will vote on his nomination.”

“Here is that montage we were talking about from our friends at ‘The Beat with Ari Melber.’ It shows Gaetz trashing his Capitol Hill colleagues while in office,” he added before the Morning Joe producers rolled the clip of the embattled lawmaker smirking on his podcast.

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Gaetz is then seen attacking Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Susan Collins (R-ME), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), John Thune (R-SD), John Cornyn (R-TX), John Barrasso (R-WY) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) that included calling them “fools” and accusing them of “corruption.”

Following the clip, host Scarborough held up his hands and proclaimed “I counted eight,” as other panelists laughed and Geist quipped, “We are counting on our hands and we had to go to a second hand.”

“And those are recent insults!” Scarborough interjected.

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