Morning Joe repulsed by Trump 'sickness' infecting GOP as Iowa voters head to polls

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough marveled at polls showing that Republicans were even more likely to support Donald Trump because of his alleged crimes.

The twice-impeached former president heads into the Iowa caucuses Monday with a formidable lead, despite having been indicted on 91 counts in four jurisdictions and being found liable for both fraud and sexual abuse, and polls show GOP voters simply do not care.

"I have to say, if foreign policy doesn't matter to Republicans that are voting," the "Morning Joe" host said, "[a] Des Moines Register poll also shows us that Donald Trump's crimes, possible crimes, possible conviction, 61 percent, don't matter if he is convicted. One in five say it'll make him more likely to support him. There you have 80 percent of Republicans saying, 'We don't care, and it may make us more likely to support him.' Shows you just the sickness, the corrupting influence Donald Trump has. Here we have a New York Times story talking about college-educated Republicans who went for DeSantis. They're so shocked and stunned by the Justice Department's overreach, that they're now saying, 'We're going to support Donald Trump,' even though he stole nuclear documents, even though he stole secret war plans on how we're going to attack Iran. Even though he stole assessments that show our weakness, even though he illegally shared secret war plans with members of his campaign staff. Even though, we believe, if you believe those that work for him, he then tried to obstruct justice and obstruct the fact that he had these documents."

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"So I could go on and on and on, but, you know what?" Scarborough added. "It's an excuse. Everybody has an excuse in the Republican Party on why they want to vote for Donald Trump. They don't even care if he is convicted. What does it say about the party?"

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