President Trump has repeated a debunked conspiracy theory that falsely claims Joe Scarborough committed murder in 2001 against a woman who worked in his office when he was a Florida congressman.
Representative Liz Cheney, the No. 3 Republican in the House, presented a pointed message on Wednesday to the party's leader:"Stop tweeting about Joe Scarborough."
T.J. Klausutis' heartfelt plea to Twitter to remove Trump's tweets has so far been unsuccessful. The death of Klausutis was ruled accidental from an undiagnosed heart condition, a fact that the president continues to ignore. But other Republican lawmakers have so far been mum, refusing to rebuff the president's assertions. Flanked by Cheney just minutes before her off-the-cuff remarks to reporters, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy declined to address the murder conspiracy touted by Trump.
Most recently, Trump has relentlessly attacked"Psycho Joe Scarborough" over the baseless theory that he played a role in his former staffer's death, even as the pandemic's death toll in the U.S. crept toward 100,000 people. The president first referenced the conspiracy in a November 2017 tweet but has ratcheted up his rhetoric this month to essentially outright accuse the T.V. host of murder.
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