Joe Scarborough: I’m Leaving The GOP [VIDEO]

The New York Daily News reports:

Joe Scarborough has left the party. The “Morning Joe” host and former Republican congressman announced on “The Late Show” Tuesday that he’s leaving the GOP. “I am a Republican but I’m not going to be a Republican anymore,” Scarborough told host Stephen Colbert. “I’ve got to become an Independent.” Colbert opened the segment by asking Scarborough why Republicans still support President Trump.

“I think it’s inexplicable. This is well before Donald Trump was elected President that my party has betrayed its core values. I remember back in December of 2015 when Donald Trump supported the Muslim ban. I said on the air, ‘It’s very simple. It’s black and white. I could never vote for anybody in my party who said they were going to ban people because of the god they worship,'” Scarborough said.

Scarborough served three terms in the US House as a Republican.