<div class="cli cli-embed cli-embed--header-media cli-embed--full-width js-no-inject"><div class="connatix-wrapper" style="width:100%;height:auto;display:block;position:relative"><div class="loading-message"><span class="loading-message__loading">LOADING</span><span class="loading-message__error">ERROR LOADING</span></div><div data-ready="true" class="connatix-player" style="position:absolute;top:0;width:100%;height:100%"><img class="connatix-thumbnail" aria-hidden="true" alt="" src="https://img.connatix.com/1d1c87b1-78ba-4951-8aa3-720da8cfae70/1_th.jpg?crop=400:225,smart&amp;width=400&amp;height=225&amp;format=jpeg&amp;quality=60&amp;fit=crop" style="position:absolute;left:0;top:0;width:100%;height:auto;aspect-ratio:16/9" width="100%" height="auto"></div></div></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text "><p><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/msnbc">MSNBC</a>’s Joe Scarborough on Wednesday expressed his fierce contempt for members of <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/fox-news">Fox News</a>’ live studio audience who watched Sean Hannity’s most recent interview with <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a>.</p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text "><p>During the town hall that aired on the conservative network Tuesday night, members of the audience cheered when <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-hannity-abuse-power-dictator_n_656fe51be4b01a04ad9106f4" target="_blank" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-internal-link" data-vars-item-name="the former president and Republican 2024 front-runner declared he’d only act like a dictator on “day one”" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="65706a79e4b0f96b99d966f9" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-hannity-abuse-power-dictator_n_656fe51be4b01a04ad9106f4" data-vars-target-content-type="buzz" data-vars-type="web_internal_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="0">the former president and Republican 2024 front-runner declared he’d only act like a dictator on “day one”</a> of a potential second term.</p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text "><p>Scarborough, the cohost of “Morning Joe,” was stunned and called the audience’s response a “sickness.”</p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text "><p>“There’s a sickness. There is a sickness among, unfortunately, some of our fellow Americans regarding authoritarianism and totalitarianism,” he said. “They want it because when he promised that he would be a dictator on day one, he got applause.”</p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text "><p>Scarborough described the idolatry of Trump among Republicans as “a personality cult.”</p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text "><p>He added, “It’s very bad for America, and make no mistake of it, a large chunk of those people in that audience cheering when Donald Trump said, ‘I’ll be a dictator on day one,’ well, they want that.”</p></div><div class="cli cli-embed cli-embed--full-width js-no-inject"><div class="js-react-hydrator" data-component-name="YouTube" data-component-id="8367" data-component-props="{&quot;itemType&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:9,&quot;contentIndexByType&quot;:2,&quot;contentListType&quot;:&quot;embed&quot;,&quot;code&quot;:&quot;<div style=\&quot;left: 0; width: 100%; 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One audience moment in particular from Sean Hannity’s town hall with the former president disgusted the MSNBC “Morning Joe” host.{ai:summary}<p>Scarborough criticizes Fox News audience's applause for Trump's statement about wanting to be a dictator on day one of his potential second term. He calls it a sickness and a sign of authoritarianism. #politics</p>