Joy Reid—Then & Now

Interesting controversy over the weekend. It turns out MSNBC’s Joy Reid, who does have a past, has a past of homophobia. Well, perhaps that isn’t surprising to some. (Not Glenn Greenwald.) But, I admit that I have not paid much attention to her over the years. It has been just over the last year or so. Joy Reid’s tweets, on Twitter, against Bernie Sanders are notable because she is a mouthpiece for employer Comcast and appears to be totally against progressives. (Like was privately said of castaways by contestant Kathy Vavrick–O’Brien, on CBS’s Survivor: Marquesas, going back all the way to 2002, “Who knows how much of it is real?” Yes—this is the feeling I get from U.S. politicians and beltway pundits in Washington, D.C.) But, hey, this is Joy Reid! I think Joy Reid knows what she is doing. What about you? What do you think?

.@JoyAnnReid pulls nonsense out of thin air to attack @BernieSanders’ so-called “physical dismissal of women in his presence.”

cc: @janeosanders pic.twitter.com/ok2BFhM35c

— The Young Turks (@TheYoungTurks) December 1, 2017

Joy used to love Bernie: pic.twitter.com/0W29LV3kmM

— beth hates Pai, so (@bourgeoisalien) December 1, 2017

Bernie and his followers are like that college friend who stays at your place for weeks, pays $0, eats your food & trashes your aesthetic.

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 12, 2017

MSNBC Host Joy Reid Wrote Numerous Anti-Gay Articles on Her Old Blog https://t.co/Af4dE3rOMh pic.twitter.com/jznlHnIWO4

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) December 3, 2017

That @JoyAnnReid wrote multiple homophobic columns about Charlie Crist ("Miss Charlie") is completely unsurprising. She also repeatedly claimed Chelsea Manning leaked not out of conscience but due to emotional problems over gender and sexuality https://t.co/2iFkIs0lX2 https://t.co/mlIEPtk2ZB

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 3, 2017