Joe Scarborough calls Vance's search-history remark disgusting
Joe ScarboroughCo-host of MS NOW's Morning Joe
On Morning Joe, Scarborough calls Vance's remark about Talarico's search history disgusting and says Vance is reaching back years into Talarico's past.
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People who say the kinds of things James Talarico has said about transgender children and drag tend to have unusual internet search histories, so Talarico's search history would be disturbing to see.
“That is disgusting. You're disgusting because he's going back to a time five years ago, maybe six years ago, whatever.”
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JD Vance questions James Talarico's internet search history; Jake Tapper says Vance twisted Talarico's words
At the Republican National Committee's midterm convention in Dallas on September 10, 2026, and at a rally in Tyler, Texas, on October 13, Vice President JD Vance suggested that the internet search history of James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas, would be disturbing, pointing to Talarico's comments about transgender children. Asked about it by reporters on October 13, Vance said people who say what Talarico has said "tend to have some pretty unusual search histories," and added that he was "just guessing." At the Tyler rally he also told a supporter he loved him "in a totally platonic way," adding, "I'm the vice president, not James Talarico." CNN's Jake Tapper said Vance had twisted a Talarico statement expressing compassion for trans kids, and MS NOW's Joe Scarborough called the remark disgusting.
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MS NOW's 12-minute Morning Joe segment from October 14, 2026. The program plays Vance's Tyler rally remark and his answer to reporters, then Joe Scarborough responds.
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Morning Joe played Vance's Tyler rally remark and his answer to reporters, in which he said, "Maybe he doesn't. Just guessing."
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Scarborough said Vance was going back to the period when Vance had compared Trump to Hitler, and said of the remark, "It's always either projection or confession."
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The reference point is Vance's remarks about Talarico's internet search history and sexuality. Scarborough calls the remark and Vance disgusting, so we labeled it Condemned. The closest competing label is Challenged the characterization, because he also questions Vance's use of old statements; it loses because his main point is moral criticism of the remark.
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The Dispute Index. "Joe Scarborough calls Vance's search-history remark disgusting". First published: 2026-10-18. Last updated: 2026-10-18. https://disputeindex.com/events/6011-on-morning-joe-scarborough-calls-vance-s-remark