Citation From the April 7, 2022, edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe
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RON DESANTIS (FLORIDA GOVERNOR): I think Disney has gotten over its skis on this, and look, there’s policy disputes on this and that’s fine, but when you are trying to impose a woke ideology on our state, we view that as a significant threat. This wokeness will destroy this country if we let it run unabated.
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JOE SCARBOROUGH (CO-HOST): Yeah, it will destroy, you know, because we are talking about 0.003% of the population. This will destroy our country. I look at people on both sides. Seriously? Just both sides, nonstop talk, nonstop talk about 0.003% of America’s population.
MIKA BRZEZINSKI (CO-HOST): And this is how Democrats will lose.
JOE SCARBOROUGH: Seriously, this will destroy our country. We are hearing it on both. Yes, it is whataboutism, because the incredible focus on these issues, it's just fodder for people like that.