MSNBC’s Morning Joe opened Thursday with a five-minute tirade from host Joe Scarborough, who erupted over House Speaker Mike Johnson’s response to a tearful Republican voter’s plea about the government shutdown.

The segment featured a viral C-SPAN clip showing Johnson taking a live call from “Samantha,” a mother and military spouse from Fort Belvoir, Virginia. She described living “paycheck-to-paycheck” while caring for “two medically fragile children” and a husband with PTSD after two tours of duty.

She warned Johnson that her family could miss a paycheck due Oct. 15 because of the ongoing shutdown. The Louisiana Republican offered sympathy but shifted blame to Senate Democrats, saying he was “so angry” that “military families are being put in this position.”

Scarborough cut in before

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