‘Morning Joe’ Co-Host Mika Brzezinski Thinks She Knows Why Trump Is Touting Anti-Malarial Drug - It’s Because of ‘Financial Tie’

“Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski said Monday that President Donald Trump is promoting the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine because of a “financial tie.”

Host Joe Scarborough also repeatedly asked on his MSNBC program why Trump was pushing “an unproven drug” as a potential cure for the coronavirus.

Referring to an “unscheduled” Sunday news conference with Trump and members of the coronavirus task force, Brzezinski claimed that the president was gagging his chief medical advisor, Dr. Anthony Fauci.

“Dr. Fauci wasn’t allowed to talk about what he feels is important to say about this drug that the president keeps pushing. A lot of people would say, follow the money. There’s got to be some sort of financial tie to someone somewhere that has the president pushing this repeatedly.”

Scarborough agreed, going so far as to say that hydroxychloroquine is ineffective, despite rising anecdotal evidence that it is bringing life-saving... (Read more)

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