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MSNBC host Joy Reid criticized former President Donald Trump’s agenda regarding what his advisors label “anti-white racism,” particularly in light of his upcoming speech in North Carolina focused on economic issues.
Reid argued that Trump’s “Project 2025” is an attempt to reverse racial progress in America, alleging that it aims to shift the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division away from addressing affirmative discrimination to protecting those who have historically had access and opportunity.
She claimed that this initiative, linked to Trump advisor Stephen Miller, seeks to nationalize a narrative against accountability for actual racism. Despite the project’s criticism, Trump has distanced himself from it, calling it “absolutely ridiculous.”
“Republicans like Vance and Trump advisor Stephen Miller, who is tangentially connected to Project 2025, have made it a point to block these disbursements,” Reid said.
The project’s plan is to “nationalize their long-term goal of putting a stop to what they call anti-white racism, which is just another way of saying we’re sick of America being held accountable for actual racism,” she said.
“They would force the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division to refocus, moving away from affirmative discrimination and ensure, quote, ‘lawfulness’ which essentially means protecting the people who’ve had access and opportunity all along.”
Reid, known for her controversial commentary, has previously made headlines for her provocative comparisons and assertions about political figures, including a recent remark equating Trump’s resilience after a shooting incident to President Biden’s recovery from COVID-19.
“These two men are both elderly,” Reid said. “Donald Trump is an elderly man who, for whatever reason, was given nine seconds to take an iconic photo op during an active shooter situation. Weird situation, we’ll figure that out one day. But his survival of that and bouncing right back and going right to his convention is being conveyed in the media world as a sign of strength.”
“This current president of the United States is 81 years old and has COVID. Should he be fine in a couple of days? Doesn’t that convey exactly the same thing? That he’s strong enough, older than Trump, to have gotten something that used to really be fatal to people his age.”
“So if he does fine out of it and comes back and is able to do rallies, isn’t that exactly the same? I mean, it’s not exactly the same. It’s not the same incident, but it’s an elderly man coming through out of an illness. It should.”
