"I had some friends that went to Paris over the holiday... and they said they were just viscerally embarrassed to be American," Brzezinski said.
The MSNBC star's co-host and fiancé, Joe Scarborough, perhaps realizing she wasn't speaking to the average American, tried to intervene with a joke, asking, and "Paris, Texas right?"
"Paris, France," she responded. "They said it was the first time that it was sort of chilling."
Brzezinski said her friends "didn't even want to share" that they were on vacation from the United States.
Daily Caller media reporter Amber Athey didn't appreciate the comment.
"Maybe Mika's friends should stay in Paris if they're too embarrassed to admit that they are American," she wrote. "We might be better off."
Last month, Brzezinski upset women who accused Mark Halperin of sexual harassment when she reported that she had tried to arrange a meeting so the now-disgraced political analyst could apologize.
Brzezinski said Halperin, who was fired from MSNBC after being accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women, was "more than willing to meet with his accusers and apologize with them face-to-face."
The MSNBC star said she "actually tried to offer him to them" but the women "don't want to talk to him."
Ten of Halperin's accusers, including Emily Miller, Katie Glenn, Dianna May, Ella Spektor McManus and Lara Setrakian, sent a letter to MSNBC following Brzezinski's comments. The letter, signed by "Ten victims of Mark Halperin," was posted on Facebook and states that Brzezinski was "inappropriate" for suggesting such a meeting and that she has a conflict of interest because of her "personal friendship" with Halperin.
"Sexual harassment and assault is illegal in the workplace, and represents a violation of the policies and standards of NBC News," the letter said. "It is an unethical and harmful request to ask that sexual assault victims confront their accusers in person and, in particular, on live TV."
The letter went on to ask that Brzezinski practice "higher standards of editorial judgment, compassion and human decency."
Brzezinski issued a statement after the backlash:
"We have been trying our best on Morning Joe to have an honest conversation about sexual harassment and sexual assault. The issue has hit close to home given that Mark Halperin was on our show. I have spent a lot of time talking to some of his accusers and to Mark himself. Often I bring up the issue on our show because I think it would be less than genuine to talk about the growing number of cases without recognizing that a former member of our team acted very badly.
"In our discussion about sexual harassment this morning, I said some things that hurt people. In the case of Mark, my goal today was to start a conversation about hearing from the men whenever we can, but I realize that it is not my place. It isn't my call to make, and for that I am truly sorry. As a victim of sexual assault, I understand that each individual's case is different. This is up to the victims, some of whom I've been in contact with. My hope is for all of us to come together to support the brave women who speak out and help make workplaces safer as we continue this difficult conversation in the months and years ahead."
Reader Comments
May 2018 be better (or at least, 'less worse') for you and us all.
R.C.
May 2018 be better (or at least, 'less worse' than 2017 was), for you and us all.
R.C.
They just keep goin' n goin' n going'...... it s pretty muddy in CA i read.
Being one of the former, I remain,
Respectfully Yours,
R.C.
I avoid nothing R.C. nor nobody
I'm not the only one to have this view. Upon hearing these, you simply look at your travel partner roll eyes and brace, pray the encounter won't be too traumatic.
Cringe factor goes up astronomically upon coming into contact with those from the land of the free.
They are usually either
- Morbidly obese, or;
- Loud, obnoxious and talk like they know everything.
LOL. (And nice to see that LS had one too.)
R.C.
The first thing I usually do upon revealing my passport is apologise profusely for the shame that is Brexit. I then proceed to make a couple of self deprecating jokes, sing some praises for the high culture and food in mainland Europe and voila! Get welcomed with open arms.
For the remainder of the holiday though, I do my best to avoid Brits... nothing worse than escaping England to get some breather from English culture only to end up abroad surrounded by drunk Brits talking about their tans all the while looking like lobsters. I go to Europe for the Europeans, Asia for the asians etc
Are you in need of some playtime?
R.C.
AND you are what to write such words BC??
... i wrote... they were embarrassed.
Isn't "what you know" included, by definition, in "who you are?" I would so maintain.
Thus, considering R's* above - and prior - posts, I would, and hereby do - (trumpet flourish) - proudly claim R* as a fellow AmeriCan in the now mostly 'former' country of AmeriCa, overrun with AmeriKants (plus imports from -.. countries X squared..-who are
mostlyuniformly effectively advised to become colonists in AmeriKan, rather than assimilate as per the melting pot of old.**)(Sarcasm and facetiousness throughout and presumably self-evident.)
R.C.
* (Quasi) interesting observation that we don't/can't give acronyms to fellow commentators who have a single name, (which is logical given chances for confusion.) ** All should hear/read the excellent statement by Jean Renaud Gabriel Camus regarding the truth that what both France and Europe are going through is intentional “Replacement Immigration” by ‘hostile human transplants of opportunity,’ (My phrase.), and literally declaring war on the process whose obvious intention is to subjugate the former sovereignty of France, (which was already partially given away to NATO, and even worse, the EU.); and which is just ‘one more brick in the wall’ (or at least foundation completion) of the change towards a One World Government from the top down.
Jean Renaud Gabriel Camus: France experiencing replacement migration - "cannot assimilate people who are hostile, demanding, conquering"
Jean Renaud Gabriel Camus is a French writer known for the idea of the Grand Remplacement (the "great replacement" in English), which says that replacement migration is taking place in France....RC
Maybe we are meant to understand this as a reasonable frame of mind (being embarrassed) because they voted for Trump
Maybe she meant her friends have some basic awareness and realise the impact that American foreign policy is having ... yes, the world really does hate America
So much not said ... how does she expect the situation change when, given her platform, she is so vague
I like the Southern accent. It's musical. You never hear it in mainstream American media anymore, and probably haven't done since The Dukes of Hazzard went off the air. LOL.
Most regional British accents I like too: Geordie, Yorkshire, Glasgow, Scouse. Edinburgh.
Birmingham not too good.
Interestingly, most Americans do NOT realize that they speak English with an American Accent. Rather they believe that English folks are the ones with the accents...typical AmeriKant unawareness.
R.C.
This guy was quintessentially German: tall, blonde, blue eyes, good physique AND OBNOXIOUS with that annoying accent they have.
Being the Brit I am, I was strolling down the street one evening looking for a bar to get my daily fix... this being Europe I was intending on finding somewhere with seats outside so I can drink, people watch and you know, curse my life!
So anywhose, I walk by this group of 3 sat outside a cafe/bar drinking some cocktails... 1 guy and 2 girls. Admittedly I stop as the ladies were appealing to the eye. I approach and start jabbering away... this being a holiday, fear was also left back home.
After some exchange of pleasantries, I invite myself to join them and aptly take one of the seats.
I soon discover they are all Germans. 2 were on an exchange program and the guy was visiting.
I go to my usual modus operandi... apologise for the shameful acts of Britain but to my surprise, the guy takes it a step further. He starts talking about how Germany is clearly the best country in Europe, economically, culturally, the whole nine yards. I swear to God, had it not been for his perfect genes, I'd have told him a thing or two about the 2 world wars and how Germany fared in those plus not to mention how Germany is America's little poodle... but alas, politeness won over.
Needless to say, this encounter proved ultimately unfruitful and despite my eyes getting quite a 'sightful' of perfectly shaped human beings, after a few drinks, I continued on my way.
Unless "they start it", of course. LOL...[Link]
I'm hoping HFL's link - haven't seen it yet - is Python also.
Thanks.
R.C.
NRN*
*Something I place in texts meaning 'No Reply Necessary' (by recipient; here, BC,) - but always certainly allowable, as I've never desired to be a censor.
RC
Nevermind.
R.C.
*I erred one time, but I was mistaken.
RC
Indeed, once had been gone over a year from here (surfing and working in Southern California, 81 & 82) and after 15 months I wrote all my friends and family a hand written 18? page letter summarizing all of the crazy stuff that had happened in that time.* So I photocopied the letter adding a custom page to each, and what did I get? A lot of gripes about not handwriting the same information 20 times. It STILL ruins my day. (Joking.)
R.C.
*Back then, due to the Bell monopoly, long distance calls were so expensive, that when you got a call from home, your first concern - and rightly so - was, 'who died?'
This ended with the Great Bell Monopoly breakup (back when the government cared far far more for the people.) Bell was broken into 18? Baby Bells, and long distance prices went way down. Note this change: since then, the FCC has reapproved countless mergers so that now instead of over 20 comm. companies competing, we have five? What a (non) surprise.
RC
I ain't no Hawaiian so I can't say.
This was seen after my conclusion about your location, infra, and it only confirms my prior guess, below.
R.C.
And yeah, like the French or any European can say they are any better!! Look at Macron/Merkel!
As long as we're speaking nationalities (a concept the NWO hopes to eviscerate), I'm confident where the following folks are from:
LM: Canada.
Baybars: Canada. All best wishes. Are you OK?
HFL: UK, England.
Rocky: US somewhere.
Lon Sabbatical. I just learned UK. Like BC, I'd figured US (true)...say...Mississippi. (Joking.)
Nedlud: (Tho not above, I believe he once wrote he was from Nebraska? And I'd thought he was from the UK..)
Uncertain:
But BC? My guess: US. Where? California?
HashAttacki2: America. West Coast or Florida?
Griffin: US, Midwest?
Clint Westwood: I'd guess California, perhaps LA/Hollywood, or a Western State.
I'd be interested to hear as I've had many surprises on where folks are from.
As above, May 2018 be better (or at least, 'less worse' than 2017 was), for each and all of you and us.
R.C.
Alan Reid ... Canadian Rockies ... HRU Alan?
Mr Kitty (Meowgi) US NY State
Benor Canada/Hoĺland
Stay away from White Sands!
1. I've never looked closer. I thought your avatar picture was of a guinea pig! (Sorry! And I'm a feline aficionado!)
2. So where are you from, IOF? I'm in a guessing mood so I'll say USA, New England... Maine? NH? (Freedom's remnant outposts being up thereabouts and what not.)
R.C.
Many roads lead to Roma
Nope. Though i like to think of myself as 'Global' (so Californian too sort of...)
(btw... HFL is from London... Its totally separate from the UK!)
My friends who’ve surfed/lived in Oz have often said it’s the Southern Hemisphere’s California.
I know California quite well, having begun there and moved here with Space Program and returned for years at a time to surf, ski, work, etc.
But in your reply to R’s N.M. reply, (Thanks, Rocky! ) you say ‘mate’, so my guess for your location is ANZAC Land. If so, it's my turn to say 'mate.'
R.C.
We're the original 'mate' mate!
*Who plays with dolls, at least in dreams? Question withdrawn.
RC
R.C.
Rocky, stay away from White Sands
... is it the Lake? Or demographics? Or is the white sand an easy landing pad?
Look above you re mentioned re: whitesands.