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Byron Donalds Makes Joy Reid MELT DOWN In Chaotic Back-And-Forth: ‘It’s MY Show!’
Joy Reid, the far-left host for liberal news network MSNBC, had a massive meltdown during a conversation with Florida Rep. Byron Donalds during a segment on her program in which she attempted to confront him on comments he made about the Jim Crow era. Donalds made the controversial remarks during a campaign event in the City of Brotherly Love (Philadelphia) where he said that at least during the Jim Crow era the Black family was together.
For those who might not know what the Jim Crow era is, it’s the period in American history when segregation was codified as a means to stop Black people from achieving upward mobility after the end of slavery in the U.S.
“During Jim Crow, more Black people were not just conservative—Black people have always been conservative-minded—but more Black people voted conservatively,” Donalds stated at the event, according to The Daily Beast.
Donalds has insisted that critics—of which there are many—are taking him out of context, and that he wasn’t being wistful when he made those remarks. He reiterated that point to Reid.
Democrats, President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign, and some members of the media “want to twist my words for political purposes,” Donalds claimed on The ReidOut.
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“The overarching issue is talking just about Black families and why you’re seeing a trend of Black people leaning towards Republicans in this election cycle, and probably in election cycles to come,” he said during the program with Reid.
“Part of that is when you’re raising families, raising kids, et cetera, you’re thinking of all the public policy issues, all of the economic issues, and it’s leading people to have divergence in political thoughts. That was the only point. The stuff that comes up about Jim Crow and twisting my words saying I was being nostalgic or Jim Crow was good for Black people, that’s all political spin. It’s a lie. It’s gaslighting and that’s truly unfortunate,” Donalds added.
That didn’t seem to be a good enough answer for Reid, who went on to ask what Donalds meant by making mention of Jim Crow laws in such a manner, to which the congressman responded he was making a reference to marriage rates.
Joy Reid is Monica McNutt and Byron Donalds is Stephen A Smith. Rinse and repeat. You can’t reason with Black Girl Magic Delusion. pic.twitter.com/AzLixgJM8L
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“If you’re going to use the chronological timeline of America before the Great Society and Lyndon Johnson’s time period, you had unfortunately the Jim Crow era in America. During that time period, the marriage rate of Black Americans was significantly higher than any other time since then in American history,” he responded.
“So it is a divergence if you’re talking about marriage rates in the Black community. They have plummeted,” the Florida congressman continued. “What we have seen recently in America, which is a very good thing—we should all celebrate—is marriage rates in the Black community are rising again. That’s good for Black families. That’s definitely good for Black children. It’s something I want to see, I’m sure you want to see it as well.”
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It didn’t take long for the conversation to take a turn and get heated after Reid asked if Donalds believed there was a “specific period between 1867 and 1967” when there was a “golden era” for Black families.
Donalds replied by claiming that Reid was “gaslighting,” clearly offended by how Reid phrased the statement.
“I never said that! You’re saying I said it was better back then. I never said that,” he fired back.
A bit later, Reid described in detail the 1943 lynching of a Black boy in Florida—which his father was essentially powerless to stop—and read an excerpt from her book about Medgar Evers, another lynching victim.
“So, the man in the home during Jim Crow had no rights, could not protect his wife from rape, could not protect his son from lynching,” she said during the conversation. “So, again, why would you quote that era and say that at that time, the family all being in the home together was something we should think of as a good thing?”
Donalds, after calling the events that Reid cited “disgusting and disgraceful,” claimed once more that he was just talking about marriage rates for Black people at that time.
As the discussion continued, Reid began talking over Donalds in an attempt to prevent him from engaging in the conversation, accusing him of trying to “filibuster” on the show. The last question Reid asked before the conversation came to an end was whether or not Donalds’ own marriage — his wife is white — could have happened during the Jim Crow era.
“No, it could not, Joy, and we all know that, Joy,” he admitted, concluding the segment. “That’s why I’m blessed to live in America today as opposed to America during that time. But we cannot ignore the realities of not having fathers in homes. That is important to our Black people today and all people today as we move forward toward a better America.”
