MSNBC commentator Joy Reid said that “people of color” would look “really weird” if they didn’t vote for Democratic front-runner Vice President Kamala Harris in November’s election.
Reid, who recently criticized TV personality Amber Rose’s racial identity during her speech at the Republican National Convention (RNC), promoted the idea on TikTok that it was “crazy” for black people and those closer to the “culture” not to support Harris.
“Given that Vice President Kamala Harris entered the presidential race with such a flourish and secured enough delegates to be the nominee, it would seem really crazy to be on the other side of that line, especially as a person of color and as someone who claims cultural connection,” Reid said in a video on Tuesday.
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“It would seem really weird and lonely to be on the other side,” the MSNBC host continued, “and it would seem really insane to be on the other side when you consider what a cultural phenomenon Vice President Kamala Devi Harris is. She’s about to make history. She’s about to become the first woman president.”
Harris, who is of Indian and African-Jamaican descent, has garnered support from many minority groups, but not all of them. Rose, who is mixed race, It took Republican National Convention Stage On July 15, she announced that she supports former President Donald Trump, after having long believed “left-wing propaganda.”
Reid was outraged by Rose’s speech and responded by attacking her racial ambiguity.
Fox News report Regarding Reid’s controversial remarks:
She is racially ambiguous. [b]She said it wasn’t, so I said, “This is [b]”Women Shortage” This woman is saying that whatever race she claims to be, she is not. [b]There is a shortage [the RNC] We brought in someone who has been based here his whole career. [b]There is a lack of culture.
Her culture is all [b]She said she had no culture [b]I doubt this will work, given the fact that she herself is being used to recruit young people of color, and the fact that she won’t even claim the culture that called her to the table, despite saying she is a supporter and trustworthy person of Donald Trump.
Rose responded to Reid’s comments with an X, writing in a now-deleted post, “Hi @JoyAnnReid I never said I wasn’t [b]I said I’m mixed race. I’m my own [w]”Please meet my dad and give him more reassurance. Stop the racism. Your president has racized all of us enough.”
Reid doubled down on his attacks on the reality TV star in a recent TikTok video.
“We need to close the door behind Amber. [Rose]and she looked like she was going crazy over there, but then she closed the door behind her,” she said.
