Lifelong Democrat Joy Reid Says She’s ‘Barely Hanging On’ With Party Too Scared To Embrace ‘Effective Fighter’ Progressives Like Jasmine Crockett
Joy Reid has been voting Democrat her whole life, but she revealed on Tuesday that she’s “barely hanging on” with the party while defending others like Karine Jean-Pierre, who have ditched Dems.
Reid appeared on The Breakfast Club Tuesday, where she discussed her ousting from MSNBC earlier this year and her disappointment in the current state of the Democratic Party. The former ReidOut host argued Democrats are too scared of progressives like Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) to fight President Donald Trump’s “fascism.”
Reid told Charlamagne Tha God that she’s “barely hanging on” with Democrats at the moment.
“I’ve been a Democrat since I was old enough to vote, but I’m barely hanging on, honestly, because at this point the party is not bigger than the future of my kids,” Reid said. “You know what I mean? Like, I have three children. I have a daughter and two sons that have to live in this country as Black people. And fascism don’t work for me, you know? And I’m not willing to cede the country to Trumpism and MAGA simply because I’m clinging to this party.”
Reid called out Democrats upset with Jean-Pierre over her announcement that she is leaving the party not long after her time as a press secretary in former President Joe Biden’s administration.
“People are getting all mad at Karine Jean-Pierre for saying…I’m mad at that because I’m like, at this point it isn’t, who cares what the party label is? Give me an effective fighter,” she said.
Reid argued progressives like Crockett are the most effective fighters, but they are being ignored by the party’s mainstream wing. Crockett bowed out of the bid this week to become the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee.
“It was clear by the numbers that my style of leadership is not exactly what they were looking for, and so I didn’t think that it was fair for me to then push forward and try to rebuke that,” Crockett explained to reporters.
Reid said Democrats should start emphasizing effective leadership over everything else.
“If Jasmine Crockett is the most effective fighter, give me Jasmine Crockett. And I really don’t care what you have to move around or who you have to disappoint in order to give me her. Just give me her because we need a leader,” she said.
At another point in the interview, Reid suggested Democrats may be too “orderly” to properly oppose the Trump administration.
“They prioritize whose turn it is. Like, Democrats are very orderly,” Reid said. “They’re almost too orderly for fascism. In fascism, you can’t be orderly because the other side is messy.”
Watch above via The Breakfast Club.
