MSNBC pulled “Morning Joe” off the air Monday morning, fearing one of its guests may make inappropriate comments on live television following the assassination attempt on President Trump.

The show will resume airing Tuesday.

Per CNN:

A person familiar with the matter told CNN that the decision was made to avoid a scenario in which one of the show’s stable of two dozen-plus guests might make an inappropriate comment on live television that could be used to assail the program and network as a whole. Given the breaking news nature of the story, the person said, it made more sense to continue airing rolling breaking news coverage in the fraught political moment.

“Given the gravity and complexity of this unfolding story, NBC News, NBC News NOW and MSNBC have remained in rolling breaking news coverage since Saturday evening,” a spokesperson for NBCUniversal News Group said in a statement to CNN. “As we continue to cover this story into the week, the networks will continue to cross simulcast, alternating between NBC News, NBC News NOW and ‘MSNBC Reports,’ so there is one news feed covering this developing situation.”

In the wake of the attempt on Trump’s life, some of the former president’s supporters have vehemently criticized the press and liberal media commentators for their hard-knuckled reporting, which has sounded the alarm on what four more years under the former president would look like.

Cesar Conde, the chairman of NBCUniversal News Group, made the decision in conjunction with Rashida Jones, the president of MSNBC, and hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, the person familiar with the matter told CNN.

“It’s a huge day in politics and MSNBC has pulled ‘Morning Joe’ off the air. They’re apparently worried the MJ crew might say something ‘inappropriate’ about the Trump assassination attempt,” Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York said.

From the New York Post:

MSNBC’s decision to yank “Morning Joe” shocked political observers, with some conservatives noting it that network bosses lacked trust in one of its most high-profile shows to sensitively cover a fraught situation.

“The fact that Morning Joe’s own network can’t trust its flagship brand not to spew reckless and inflammatory crap during breaking news tells you all you need to know about the credibility of the MSNBC lineup,” a veteran Republican consultant told Fox News Digital.

OutKick founder Clay Travis added: “D***. I’d quit if any of my bosses tried this.”

Trump, meanwhile, called for unity after the near-fatal attempt on his life moments after the start of the rally in Butler, Pa.

“In this moment, it is more important than ever that we stand United, and show our True Character as Americans, remaining Strong and Determined, and not allowing Evil to Win,” Trump posted on Truth Social.

Biden also called for a cooling of political rhetoric while addressing the nation from the Oval Office on Sunday.

Many other Republicans have blamed Dems’ own piercing comments about Trump for the act of violence — in which 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks took aim at the former president from a nearby roof while Trump spoke on a campaign stage.

 

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