'Probably racist': Morning Joe skewers GOP response to 'generational shift' in 2024 race

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough called out the Republican Party's initial response to Vice President Kamala Harris taking over the Democratic presidential campaign.

President Joe Biden withdrew from his re-election campaign after weeks of pressure from other Democrats who were concerned about his age and fitness, and the "Morning Joe" host said the ascension of the 59-year-old Harris had delivered a jolt to a presidential race that featured a rematch between two candidates born in the 1940s.

"American politics has gotten a bit old of late," Scarborough said. "I remember, it may have been Teddy White who was looking at JFK from behind when he was president. He said, 'Oh my God, a young man's hair.'

"You see Kamala Harris, and you go, 'Oh my god, hair.' I mean, it's like, this race has just radically changed. Whether you're Democrat or Republican, so many people have said, 'Why is everybody so old that's running for president of the United States?' You look at Kamala Harris, and it's like a dramatic difference. She's, what, 19 years younger than Donald Trump?"

Scarborough highlighted a social media post by Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) claiming that Harris was unqualified to serve as vice president, let alone chief executive, because, the GOP lawmaker falsely said, she had benefitted from “diversity, equity and inclusion” programs.

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"This is a real generational shift," Scarborough said. "You have Republicans being total idiots, attacking her as being a DEI candidate. I will tell you, 99 percent of Americans don't even know what those letters stand for, but they know it is probably racist. It's just not the way to go."

"I will tell you, when I look at the vice president, I'm just looking at somebody that is a generation younger than Donald Trump," Scarborough added. "I think it is going to energize a lot of people that Democrats need to win this election."

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