“Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough weighs in on the New York Congressional primaries that saw pro-Israel candidates swept out of office by candidates endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Scarborough argues the victories are not about anti-semitism and instead reflect the growing opposition to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

JOE SCARBOROUGH: A lot of things going on here. And Jonathan, we’re going to have you put on your daily news hat here. I personally thought when Mamdani came out and endorsed all these people, I thought, too soon. Because even if you win in those cases, and he did, and he should be saluted. It’s an extraordinary political machine there. He’s going to build a lot of power as a kingmaker in New York City. A lot of scar tissue when you’re mayor of New York City with a lot of people, even if you win those races. But he’s proven himself to be a brilliant political operator. I’m sure he’ll sort through that. I just, I just, you know, hearing a lot of people say, talking about the anti-Semitism in New York City. And last night proved the anti-Semitism in New York City. And this is Mamdani’s fault. This is so-and-so’s fault. It’s this is this left. No, no, no. It’s not. It’s really not. If you want to blame anybody for what happened last night, my opinion, if you want to blame anybody, Jonathan, I think you have to blame Benjamin Netanyahu. Four years of maximalist aims. Four years of ahistoric goals in the Middle East. That anybody, anybody from Dr. Brzezinski to even me could have told anybody over the past 20 years, it’s not going to work. And I’ve said it all along. There’s always blowback in the Middle East. This idea that you’re going to be able to brutalize children and women in Gaza with bombing that looks indiscriminate on TV day in and day out for years. That you’re going to be able to level half of Lebanon. That you’re going to be able to continue to allow thugs to run wild in the West Bank. And brutalizing Palestinians. Brutalizing Christians in Bethlehem. Brutalizing Christians across that area along with Palestinian Muslims. Especially Palestinian Muslims. Blowing up Catholic churches in Gaza. Of course, I’m saying things that would relate to some of these people who are so shocked that Israel is in such low standing in America right now. Forgive me for a quick digression. But I was always instinctively pro-Israeli. An anti-Palestinian growing up. You know why? Because when I was a young child, one of my first memories was the 72 Munich Olympics. When Palestinian terrorists killed Israelis. And it was shocking. And we saw time and time again terror attacks throughout the 70s. That shaped an entire generation’s views on that conflict. Well, what’s shaping the views now? Images out of Gaza. Images out of the West Bank. Images out of Lebanon. Famine out of Gaza. And an American president who tells Netanyahu go. You understand. Until his war in Iran goes horribly wrong. So you can blame all of this on Benjamin Netanyahu. And yes, if you go back to the horrors of October 7th, blame the funding for that on Benjamin Netanyahu as well. Because he forced the Qataris to continue funding Hamas. Weeks before the October 7th attack. So again, everybody is going to want to blame somebody else for this. The guy on the left is the reason why Israel’s standing, not only in New York City, but across America is lower than it has been since 1948. And you’re starting to see that in elections. Not only on the far left, but on the far right.

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