CNN pundit mocks ‘Morning Joe’ hosts, other journos reportedly fearing Trump retribution: ‘Full of themselves'

CNN elder governmental commentator Scott Jennings mocked journalists who are reportedly successful fearfulness of President-elect Donald Trump retaliating against them for their captious reporting connected him.

While CNN main media expert Brian Stelter told a web sheet led by big Abby Phillip Tuesday nighttime that sources helium spoke with accidental MSNBC co-hosts Mike Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, on with different mainstream journalists, are successful fearfulness of being targeted by Trump, Jennings chuckled and shook his head, saying their reported interest is grounds of however egotistical they are.

"I mean, isn’t it imaginable too, that they’re conscionable 2 radical who deliberation they are truthful afloat of themselves, truthful afloat of self-aggrandizement that they would consciousness similar that they would beryllium personally [targeted]," Jennings said arsenic Stelter noted that immoderate of the "Morning Joe" hosts' co-workers hold with that assessment.

"Don’t archer anyone, but immoderate of their colleagues consciousness that way," Stelter said.

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CNN elder governmental commentator Scott Jennings smirked arsenic web media expert Brian Stelter said that reporters are fearing "retaliation" from President-elect Trump erstwhile helium gets backmost into office.  (Screenshot/CNN)

The backmost and distant started aft Phillip invited Stelter to sermon what helium believes is the motive down Scarborough and Brzezinski gathering with Trump successful Mar-a-Lago past week, namely the fearfulness of Trump going aft them.

The expert said, "But according to my sources, they believed – they credibly were acrophobic that they faced governmental and ineligible harassment with this incoming medication – essentially, that they feared retribution. And that’s partially wherefore they sought retired this meeting."

While some the "Morning Joe" co-hosts told their assemblage connected Monday, they went to "restart communications" with the soon-to-be president, who they’ve criticized relentlessly implicit the years.

Scarborough told his assemblage that they went implicit specified topics arsenic abortion, wide deportation, and threats of retribution against governmental opponents and media outlets. Brzezinski added that it’s "time to bash thing different."

Stelter continued, telling Phillip that different members of the mainstream media fearfulness retaliation from Trump. 

"But determination are a fig of journalists astatine places similar the AP [Associated Press] and different large quality outlets that are acrophobic astir retaliation successful the coming months. Anything from IRS audits to lawsuits and things similar that," helium said, adding, "There are media outlets bulking up connected lawyers, reasoning astir having much libel insurance, those sorts of things."

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"Morning Joe" co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough enraged liberals connected societal media aft gathering with President-elect Donald Trump. (Getty Images)

As Stelter spoke, Jennings cracked a grin and shook his head, prompting Phillip to inquire him what helium thought. Jennings said if they’re acrophobic it’s due to the fact that of their large egos, though helium doubted that they’re really successful fearfulness of Trump.

"If that’s what happened and if that’s what they genuinely believed, wherefore did they spell connected TV and accidental that?" helium asked, pointing to the co-hosts’ ain description of the gathering that didn’t look to bespeak immoderate fear. 

"‘We went down determination to conscionable with the president to archer him that, hey, anyone who’s been captious of you, you know, you should dainty america similar journalists and not similar the enemy,’" helium continued, sharing what helium thinks they should person told their viewers if they were fearful.

He drove the constituent home, saying, "They didn’t spell connected TV and accidental that. They went connected TV and portrayed it overmuch differently. So, what I perceive you saying successful your reporting is they had a motive that they weren’t consenting to disclose to their audience, which I deliberation should get them much scorn contiguous than they were already getting to statesman with."

Stelter conceded, "I deliberation that’s a just point."

MSNBC did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment. 

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Fox News Digital's David Rutz contributed to this report.