MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said on Wednesday that he'd rather be in Donald Trump's position with a week to go until Election Day than Hillary Clinton's position.
The "Morning Joe" anchor suggested that while the Republican presidential nominee "may still be humiliated," it was "about momentum" in the campaign's final days.
"If I've got the momentum and I'm chasing somebody and it's bad story, after bad story, after bad story - because we've seen structurally how things have changed so quickly," Scarborough said.
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"If you said, I get to run the last week of a campaign and I get to choose her position or Trump's position, I take his. Because you've got the momentum, you've got the wind at your back."
Still, Scarborough mocked left-leaning voters scared that Trump could win the election, saying that Hillary Clinton "still is the favorite."
"Just relax. Don't go under your bed and get in the fetal position and get your Cheetos out," he said. "It's going to be okay. I think Hillary is still going to win. Don't freak out and start spitting your Cheetos through your nose, it's going to be okay, just relax."
Political pundits, including Scarborough and co-host Mika Brzezinski, have argued that the presidential race has been upended by the FBI's announcement last week that it is continuing to investigate Clinton's use of a private email server.
While some polls show that there has been little shift nationally in the race following the FBI's announcement, recent surveys show the race tightening in key battleground states like Florida.