Joe Scarborough Insists the Democratic Party is ‘The Party of the NFL Now’

Joe Scarborough and the Morning Joe panel argued that the Democratic party is now the party of the NFL, the party of football, and not the GOP.

During his Wednesday speech at the Democratic National Convention , vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz — who coached high school football — referred to the audience as his “team” and detailed the path ahead in football terms.

“So let me finish with this, team,” he said. “It’s the fourth quarter. It’s the fourth quarter, we’re down a field goal, but we’re on offense and we’ve got the ball. We’re driving down the field, and boy, do we have the right team. Kamala Harris is tough, Kamala Harris is experienced, and Kamala Harris is ready. Our job, for everyone watching, is to get in the trenches and do the blocking and tackling.”

Scarborough noted that, as a former player and coach, Walz was “speaking my language.” He then claimed that the sports analogies made it clear that Democratic Party has become “the part of the NFL.”

Morning Joe guest Pablo Torre agreed.

“It’s the party of football!” Torre said. [ Mika Brzezinski ], this is something that I did not think was possible. I come from the world of sports. In my lifetime, I have not ever considered that the Democratic Party would be the party that has the most plausible claim to the largest organism in a culture war — which is football.

“For people who aren’t familiar… [in 2023], of the 100 most-watched television shows, 93 of them were NFL games . Three more on that list, college football games. Another one was the show that comes after the Super Bowl. So, when it comes to what they’re advocating — the [Democratic] Party — they’re advocating the biggest vector for what actual, normal Americans like to engage in!”

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