<p><img src="https://static6.businessinsider.com/image/5ff730fad184b30018aad83c-1619/joe-scarborough-capitol-police-rant.jpg" border="0" alt="joe scarborough capitol police rant" data-mce-source="William B. Plowman/NBC/NBC Newswire/NBCUniversal via Getty Images" data-mce-caption="MSNBC 'Morning Joe'"></p><p></p><bi-shortcode id="summary-shortcode" data-type="summary-shortcode" class="mceNonEditable" contenteditable="false">Summary List Placement</bi-shortcode><p>Joe Scarborough, the host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," tore into Capitol Police during his show on Thursday morning, accusing them of holding off in their use of force against pro-Trump rioters while cracking down hard on Black Lives Matter protesters over the summer.</p><p>"If these insurrectionists were Black, they would have been shot in the face," he said.</p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation=""><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Joe Scarborough went off on Capitol police live on MSNBC: You opened the fucking doors for em! <a href="https://t.co/4Ydd4Au8HN">pic.twitter.com/4Ydd4Au8HN</a></p> philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1347175550255853569'ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2021</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>Many of the rioters who breached the Capitol on Wednesday afternoon were allowed to leave the building without being arrested, despite the numerous officers attacked, lawmakers' offices ransacked, and various objects stolen from the complex.</p><p>"And my god, if these insurrectionists were Muslim, they would have been sniped from the top of buildings," Scarborough continued. "So I wanna know from the Capitol Hill police, what is it' Is it just white people'</p><p>"Or is it Donald Trump supporters' Why do you scream at people walking across the street three blocks away from the Capitol'" he added, referring to when BLM protesters were <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/police-dc-use-tear-gas-clear-protesters-trump-photo-op-2020-6">hit with tear gas and rubber bullets to clear the way for President Donald Trump's infamous June photo-op in front of St. John's Church</a>.</p><p>Scarborough then turned his rant up a notch with some profanity on-air.</p><p>"Why are you not as bad asses around the Capitol, but then Trump supporters come in, and you open the f---ing doors for 'em!" Scarborough said.</p><p>One of the show's panelists was heard muttering "Oh my god" when Scarborough dropped the F-bomb on live TV.</p><p>"You opened the doors for 'em!" Scarborough went on. "And let them breach the people's house. What is wrong with you'"</p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-scarborough-rant-capitol-police-opened-the-doors-video-2021-1#comments">Join the conversation about this story »</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-symphony-seas-worlds-largest-cruise-ship-deals-with-waste-2020-3">How waste is dealt with on the world's largest cruise ship</a></p>
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