News anchor Joy Reid courted controversy during MSNBC’s live coverage of the US election results when she unleashed a tirade when Florida failed to pass an abortion amendment.
The host raged against the Southern state in a fiery moment on the show.
Florida’ Amendment 4 ballot measure would have meant abortion rights being put into the state’s constitution, but the measure did not pass.
Reid accused Florida of having an “extreme right-wing, fascist type government” as she lashed out at the amendment’s failure.
Joy Reid branded Florida ‘fascist’
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“It’s a pure Project 2025 in miniature in Florida,” Reid said on an MSNBC election panel.
“That kind of extremist right-wing, fascist-type government in Florida – does that make it a more attractive place?” she asked.
Kamala Harris, Donald TrumpReuters“Or does it make it more like some of the other Southern states that don’t get investment?”
Project 2025 is a term coined to a supposed conservative policy blueprint for the next Republican president.
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Donald Trump has distanced himself from the initiative.
Her meltdown is doing the rounds on X, and social media users are hitting out at her remarks.
The MSNBC panel watched on as Joy Reid made the comments
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“She’s an embarrassment to America”, one user angrily stated.
“Meltdown continues”, another added.
She also criticised white women in North Carolina, saying they failed to show support for Harris.
The swing state went to Trump, giving him 16 Electoral College votes.
“Black voters came through for Kamala Harris – white woman voters did not,” Reid said on MSNBC.
“That is what it appears happened in that state.”