MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, self-described 'small gov’t conservative,' says GOP needs to be 'destroyed'

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, despite curiously describing himself as a "small government conservative," said recently that he hopes the Republican Party gets "destroyed."

"I'll just lay it out," Scarborough said during an interview with hosts Saagar Enjeti and Marshall Kosloff for the Realignment podcast. "I hope this Republican Party has no future. I hope it's destroyed."

The "Morning Joe" host — who served in Congress as a Republican in the 1990s before becoming a TV personality — grew increasingly hostile toward the party following the election of President Donald Trump. As an outspoken Trump critic, Scarborough fittingly pinned most of the blame for his animosity for the GOP on Trump's sway over the party.