Joy Reid Makes Bizarre Statement On Harris’ VP Pick
MSNBC’s Joy Reid shared her surprise over Vice President Kamala Harris’s choice of running mate in a video posted online earlier this week, using a colorful metaphor to describe one of the top contenders on the shortlist.
In a TikTok video, Reid discussed Harris’s decision to select Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate for the 2024 ticket instead of other top contenders like Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly. Reid mentioned that she initially thought Harris would choose Kelly, whom she described as the “most conventionally safe pick,” before humorously referring to him as “super white.”
“Let me give you my quick take. I gotta be honest and keep it real this is not the pick that I expected that she would make. It did come down to the final three, as we understand it. And I thought she would go astronaut — keepin’ it real. He, to me, would’ve been the safest, most conventionally safe pick,” Reid said. “White, super white, like mayonnaise sandwich on Wonder bread white. From a border state, he could have made a strong argument for her handling of the border. Very empathetic wife, Gabby Giffords, who was a victim of gun violence. So a huge advocate on that issue. He has a twin, like it would’ve been a cool story to tell. He’s an astronaut. I mean what’s cooler than an astronaut, right? It would’ve been a cool story to tell at the convention, so I thought that would have been the easy way to go.”
Joy Reid refers to Sen Mark Kelly as a “mayonnaise sandwhich” because he’s White.
Joy Reid is incredibly racist.
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Reid described Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as the “riskiest choice” Harris could have made, suggesting that his selection would have “angered many groups” within the party.
“He would have angered so many groups, from educators who oppose his positions on vouchers, to environmentalists who would have been angry about his positions pro-fracking, and of course pro-Palestinian protesters,” Reid said. “Shapiro is the one who, I think, would have caused the most anger because it would have distracted the whole conversation right back to talking about Gaza and campus protests. That would have been like the center of attention.”
