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MSNBC's Joe ScarboroughCharles (Joe) Joseph ScarboroughScarborough: 'You can't be conservative and support Donald Trump' Scarborough defends 'MyPillow guy' appearance at coronavirus briefing: 'I salute him' for making masks Trump reviews Pelosi on morning TV: 'She wasn't bad' MORE said Wednesday that "you can't be conservative and support Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpMichael Cohen to be released early from prison amid coronavirus pandemic: report Biden assembling White House transition team Top Republicans call on Trump to fund WHO pending director-general's resignation MORE," with the former member of the GOP claiming that "lifelong Republicans" are telling him they look at Gov. Andrew CuomoAndrew CuomoOvernight Health Care: Trump guidelines on reopening to let governors make decision | Trump approach garners mixed reviews | Senate adjourns without deal on small business loans 14 things to know about coronavirus for today Age must not be used as primary criteria to deny treatment MORE (D-N.Y.) and "they're like, 'God, there's a leader.'"

The commentary from the "Morning Joe" co-host comes as the president continues to dominate the political media landscape due to extensive coronavirus task force briefings given on a daily basis, which drew 6.5 million viewers in the 6 p.m. hour on Monday on Fox News alone.

"I dont think the media should run the daily briefings, but its not because Im afraid theyre helping Donald Trump," Scarborough said Wednesday morning. "Theyre not news."

"But theyre actually hurting Donald Trump day in and day out. People see Cuomo even lifelong Republicans tell me they look at Cuomo and theyre like, 'God, theres a leader,'" he added.

"Hes really damaging his political standing by going out every day and engaging in clownish behavior,"Scarborough later added of Trump. "And thats, by the way, conservatives well, not conservatives. You cant be conservative and support Donald Trump. Trumpists are even saying that now."

Trump's approval rating on his handling of the coronavirus pandemic in a Monday poll by The Hill and HarrisX stands at 50 percent, with his overall approval at 48 percent.

MSNBC announced it will air Morning Joe Special Report: Isolation Nation on Thursday morning at 8 a.m. ET.

Guests are slated to answer "viewer questions about how the decisions our leaders make today affect the countrys future" and will include presumptive 2020 Democratic nominee Joe BidenJoe BidenBiden assembling White House transition team Manchin to back Biden for president Joe Biden must pick a progressive black woman as VP if he wants to win MORE, wife Jill Biden, former presidential candidate Pete ButtigiegPete ButtigiegScarborough: 'You can't be conservative and support Donald Trump' Democrats must stick with Biden (because they are stuck with him) Trump sparks debate over merits of voting by mail MORE and pop star Lady Gaga.

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