Scarborough: You know who's to blame for that candidate punching that reporter? Donald Trump

I longer Scarborough can keep up the I'm-a-Republican-but-this-all-troubles-me-so-much schtick. Scarborough is first and foremost a creature of the Beltway culture. His party affiliation is hardly worth a footnote given that his job is to cater to mindset of the political class. Now, normal people (present company included) will offer no excuses for Greg Gianforte's assault of a journalist, regardless of how obnoxious the guy's behavior may have been, or how much we may think the journalism profession in general deserves one big body slam. There's no excuse for it. No one will make any. That's what normal people do. Creatures of the Beltway, on the other hand, say things like this: