‘Morning Joe’ Gushes Over AOC: ‘Authentic,’ ‘Articulate,’ ‘Very Effective at Hearings’

SCARBOROUGH: “Rev, nobody ever said that Congress was a meritocracy. I understand that AOC may be more progressive than a lot of people. I also understand that she’s one of the most articulate, exciting people in the Democratic field. She goes out with Bernie Sanders — “
BRZEZINSKI: “She’s good at hearings, too.”
SCARBOROUGH: “Yeah, she just draws so many people. Very good, very effective in hearings. We’ve seen a lot of people. Nancy Pelosi was a progressive. When Nancy became leader, she realized she needed to represent the entire caucus. AOC certainly could do that as well. After the election, she was going around talking to people who voted for her and Donald Trump saying, ‘I want to understand what why did you do that, you know, what don’t I understand?’ I just — listen, Democrats, I mean, and we’re going to talk to Dave Weigel about this in a second, their approval rating is just absolutely disastrous. They don’t need to keep getting people, like, in retirement, you know, past retirement age, being the voice. They need somebody young like AOC. And again, it’s not about ideology. You know, they — she can carry the message forward for a Democratic Party that really needs to reach out to younger Americans.”
SHARPTON: “They need to reach out to younger Americans, and they need to reach out in an authentic way. I think that what makes AOC effective is not only that she’s younger, but that she comes off authentic without saying, ‘I’m trying to kick the older crowd aside,’ because it was very important she did that tour with 83-year-old Bernie Sanders, while some of the younger members of Congress are saying the old guard needs to retire. She’s showing a balance and a maturity as a young person and a message that penetrates.”
SCARBOROUGH: “And by the way, what a great message to have. You’ve got all these Ivy League boys, you know, that are in the Trump Administration, that went all to — no offense to Ivy League boys here or anywhere, but all these all these guys, billionaire Ivy Leaguers, right, attacking her, going, ‘Oh, she’s an elitist.’ She’s like, ‘I was like a bartender or a barista,’ or whatever she was. She’s like, ‘What are you talking about? I had to work my ass off to, like, stay one step ahead of creditors and debtors. I know you!’”
SHARPTON: “And she talks as one who had to work her way.”
SCARBOROUGH: “Right.”