Joe Scarborough appears to imply he assumed Autism was at the root of the Newtown tragedy

Joe Scarborough, the host of MSNBC's "Mourning Joe" talk show, once again seems to have suggested that there is a link between Autism and violent acts.  Scarborough claims knowledge of Autism and specifically Asperger syndrome because his son has been diagnosed with the condition.

Previously Scarborough quite overtly suggested such a causal link between Autism and violent acts when discussing the Aurora, Colorado theater mass shooting of July 20, 2012.  In his broadcast shortly after that tragedy he stated, “You have these people that are somewhere, I believe, probably on the autism scale, I don’t know if that’s the case here, but it happens more often than not,”

Most recently (while discussing gun violence) in his broadcast on the morning of Friday, April 5, 2013 Scarborough seems to have implied that he assumed early on that the perpetrator of the Newtown, Connecticut mass shooting of December 14, 2012 would be found to have a "certain condition" that we are left to interpret to mean an Autism.  The suspect in that shooting, Adam Lanza, is purported to have been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome among other things.

Here is what Scarborough said, “The second Mika and I heard the news that there was a shooting in Connecticut, I said, ‘you watch. This kid is going to have a certain condition,' I won’t say it here on the air because people will kill me for saying it.”

Here is a link to the clip on youtube.com:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzE4Uj_ws4s

Read a bit more about how Scarborough has inaccurately suggested a link between Autism and violent acts to his massive television audience here: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/ass-burger-syndrome-joe-scarborough-falsely-links-autism-to-mass-shootings-again/

At one point it appears Joe Scarborough was convinced that Autism is caused by thimerosal in vaccines based on a discussion he had with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on June 22, 2005 as well.  Here is a bit of what Scarborough had to say back then, "There's no doubt in my mind — maybe it's two years from now.  Maybe it's five years from now.  Maybe it's 10 years from now.  We are going to find out Thimerosal causes, in my opinion, autism."

Here is a link to the full transcript of that discussion:  http://www.nbcnews.com/id/8243264/