Morning Joe co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough thought Donald Trump crushed it at the second presidential debate Sunday night. Though both have been critical of the Republican presidential nominee in months past, they had nothing negative to say about how Trump performed in the debate, especially considering he had a particularly tough 48 hours preceding it.
"This is the political reality: For the Republican base, Donald Trump delivered the attack against the Clinton machine that the Republican base in middle America [has] been waiting for, for years now," Scarborough said, applauding Trump's performance Sunday as his "most effective" yet.
Brzezinski agreed. "No Republican in America could have done what he did last night," Brzezinski said. "My god, it was epic. It was vintage Trump. He produced a day-long show that rocked the political world."
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Catch the entirety of Brzezinski and Scarborough's takes on the debate, below. Becca Stanek
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