{"id":563,"date":"2026-07-31T17:10:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/longdistancemoversusas.com\/?p=563"},"modified":"2026-07-31T17:10:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:10:38","slug":"joe-scarborough-trumps-tech-takeover-shows-its-gop-practicing-socialism-not-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/longdistancemoversusas.com\/?p=563","title":{"rendered":"Joe Scarborough: Trump\u2019s tech takeover shows it\u2019s GOP \u2018practicing socialism,\u2019 not Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>MS NOW\u2019s Joe Scarborough pointed out the hypocrisy of what he called the \u201csocialists that nobody\u2019s talking about\u201d after the Commerce Department announced it plans to take a minority equity stake in seven companies that are developing semiconductor technologies. The \u201cMorning Joe\u201d co-host slammed members of his former party for criticizing a \u201cfringe\u201d group of Democrats embracing socialism while they\u2019re the ones actively \u201cpracticing\u201d it.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/longdistancemoversusas.com\/?p=561\">MaddowBlog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the department announced it had signed \u201cletters of intent to provide $874 million in federal incentives under the CHIPS and Science Act\u201d to seven companies on the condition that the government would receive equity in return.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Scarborough said the move was akin to \u201cDonald Trump nationalizing large parts of the tech sector,\u201d and he warned \u201csocialists are taking over some of the most important companies in America\u2019s economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The MS NOW co-host said there was \u201cgreat irony\u201d in a Republican administration carrying out such an action and noted it isn\u2019t the only evidence the party has strayed from its limited government roots.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have Republicans \u2014 small government Republicans \u2014 running up the biggest deficits, the biggest debt ever, crippling this country. Not future generations; they\u2019re going to cripple this generation with the biggest budgets ever, the biggest spending ever, the biggest socialized schemes ever,\u201d Scarborough said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat have conservatives like myself said forever about this?\u201d he asked. \u201cThe government should not pick winners and losers. The government should allow everybody an equal opportunity for their small business, for their startup, for their company to succeed. But Republicans, in the most socialist of ways, are picking winners and losers now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/longdistancemoversusas.com\/?p=559\">MaddowBlog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As Scarborough explained, this isn\u2019t the first time the Trump administration has interfered in the private sector. In August 2025, the president announced the government would receive a 10% stake in Intel in exchange for federal investment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst, they practice socialism with Intel,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd now the same thing here, \u2018Oh yeah, you can be involved in the CHIPS Act, but you\u2019ve got to engage in a little act of socialism with us and let us take over stakes in your company.\u2019\u201d He added, \u201cNow you have these same Trump socialism schemes spread as Republicans seize control of seven more private companies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMorning Joe\u201d co-host said the administration\u2019s actions show the hypocrisy of Republicans, who have used the rise of democratic socialists to hit Democrats ahead of the midterm elections.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey point at a radical fringe group in the Democratic Party and claim, \u2018Oh, this is what Democrats are doing. They\u2019re socialists,\u2019 and yet you actually have Republicans practicing socialism,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Scarborough said the plan deserves bipartisan condemnation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is outrageous. Every Republican, every Democrat, every small government conservative should be against this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/longdistancemoversusas.com\/?p=557\">Trump\u2019s Saudi nuclear deal is corrupt and dangerous. 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