Trump’s ‘Morning Joe’ town hall to compete directly with Cruz, Rubio on CNN

by Harper Neidig - 02/16/16 1:25 PM ET

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will participate in a town hall event Wednesday night moderated by “Morning Joe” anchors Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, an MSNBC producer announced on Twitter.

NEWS: Joe & Mika will moderate a town hall with Donald Trump airing in prime time tomorrow at 8pmET @MSNBC

— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) February 16, 2016

{mosads}The event will take place at the same time as a CNN town hall featuring fellow GOP presidential candidates Ben Carson, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz. CNN announced its event Saturday.

Scarborough had harsh words for CNN last week, after the network reported that the “Morning Joe” hosts were giving favorable treatment to Trump, and that MSNBC officials were concerned about the trend.

MSNBC also responded by issuing a statement that denied some of the accusations put forth by CNN, including that Brzezinski and Scarborough celebrated the New Hampshire primary results with Trump in his hotel room.

“It should be noted that Morning Joe is off to a great start in this election year,” the statement added. “In January, the show had 28% more viewers than CNN’s morning show last month. And thus far in February, more people are watching Morning Joe than CNN.”

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