Yesterday, President Trump tweeted about MSNBC's weekend host Joy Reid. It wasn't a complimentary tweet, to say the least. It got me wondering why Trump was making this attack on Reid just now.
The simple answer is that I'm just not sure.
Many months ago, old nasty anti-gay statements by Reid were disclosed. First she said that her social media accounts were hacked so that the old tweets were newly inserted. When that was proven false, Reid sor of apologized for the old statements. Old anti-Semitic statements by Reid were also uncovered and we went through another version of her non-apology apology.
Since the uncovering of Reid's old bigoted statements, the really hasn't been much from her that merited attention. It's mysterious why Trump is raising Reid's profile by discussing her.
Of course, maybe he knew what she had on her show this week end. Reid had on one of the editors of Time magazine who denounced Joe Biden as being an inherent racist and who said Biden must drop out of the race. Maybe Trump's denunciation of Reid was designed to temporarily raise her audience so that they could see Biden called a racist. Who knows?
The simple answer is that I'm just not sure.
Many months ago, old nasty anti-gay statements by Reid were disclosed. First she said that her social media accounts were hacked so that the old tweets were newly inserted. When that was proven false, Reid sor of apologized for the old statements. Old anti-Semitic statements by Reid were also uncovered and we went through another version of her non-apology apology.
Since the uncovering of Reid's old bigoted statements, the really hasn't been much from her that merited attention. It's mysterious why Trump is raising Reid's profile by discussing her.
Of course, maybe he knew what she had on her show this week end. Reid had on one of the editors of Time magazine who denounced Joe Biden as being an inherent racist and who said Biden must drop out of the race. Maybe Trump's denunciation of Reid was designed to temporarily raise her audience so that they could see Biden called a racist. Who knows?
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