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Joy Reid Blasted Over Comments on Thanksgiving: ‘Our Birth Was Violent’

by Savannah Rychcik
November 25, 2022 at 10:45 am
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Joy Reid Blasted Over Comments on Thanksgiving: ‘Our Birth Was Violent’

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 28: Joy Reid speaks onstage during the 2019 Global Citizen Festival: Power The Movement in Central Park on September 28, 2019 in New York City. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Global Citizen)

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MSNBC host Joy Reid’s take on Thanksgiving sparked backlash on Twitter.

During her show this week, Reid sought to set the record straight on the holiday.

“For millions of Americans it’s a day of cherished traditions. And as Americans we certainly value those traditions,” Reid said.

She continued, “But it’s also important to unpack the myth of Thanksgiving. It is a holiday riddled with historical inaccuracies, built on this myth that the indigenous welcomed their colonizers with open arms and ears of corn; a simplistic fairytale interpretation of a 1621 encounter between indigenous tribes and English settlers that erases the genocide that followed.”

Reid suggested it is the “truth that Republicans want banned from our textbooks, because here’s the secret they want so desperately to keep: We are a country founded on violence.”

She argued, “Our birth was violent. In 1619, a ship with more than 20 enslaved Africans landed in Virginia ushering in two centuries of American slavery that left millions in chains or dead.”

The host went on, “When those humans in bondage were finally free, a terrorist organization that was a card-carrying member of polite society — the Ku Klux Klan —picked up where the Civil War ended using violence to maintain white supremacy.”

Watch Reid’s comments below:

Joy Reid says Thanksgiving is a "myth": "We are a country founded on violence. Our birth was violent…" pic.twitter.com/uH334hdXnn

— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) November 24, 2022

Reid’s remarks sparked backlash on Twitter.

Radio host Dan O’Donnell tweeted he is “thankful for Joy Reid, who makes the case that liberals hate America far better than any conservative ever could.”

This Thanksgiving I’m thankful for Joy Reid, who makes the case that liberals hate America far better than any conservative ever could. https://t.co/171fkoZArG

— Dan O'Donnell (@DanODonnellShow) November 24, 2022

Another tweet declared “MSNBC’s hate filled, racist, homophobic host Joy Reid is also a Thanksgiving denier!”

Turns out MSNBC's hate filled, racist, homophobic host Joy Reid is also a Thanksgiving denier! https://t.co/EdO9CMSFUy

— MARK SIMONE (@MarkSimoneNY) November 24, 2022

One user suggested Reid is a “woman who can’t deal with how many Americans can’t afford to buy a turkey this year so she attacks the entire holiday. She must be a miserable guest on Thanksgiving!”

This is a woman who can't deal with how many Americans can't afford to buy a turkey this year so she attacks the entire holiday.

She must be a miserable guest on Thanksgiving!

Joy Reid calls out 'the myth' of Thanksgiving https://t.co/aqK3dZF568 #FoxNews

— Stacy Washington (@StacyOnTheRight) November 24, 2022

Check out more tweets below:

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone except Joy Reid. ?? pic.twitter.com/MDxnijhlnh

— Julie Gunlock (@JGunlock) November 24, 2022

Joy Reid is nothing but a house puppet for white democrat liberals & ⁦@MSNBC⁩. Watch what happens when she disagrees once with her ⁦@MSNBC⁩ master. Her skin lightening makeup and blonde hair won’t help. Ask #TiffanyCross ⁦@thereidout⁩ https://t.co/5b0cIovKT3

— Vernon Jones (@VernonForGA) November 24, 2022

Millions of Americans are spending this blessed day with family, graciously thanking God for all they have and for the sacrifices made by their ancestors. Then there are a few ungrateful, spoiled-rotten millionaires who can’t ruin it for the rest of us. https://t.co/GKU12CggeX

— David Asman (@DavidAsmanfox) November 24, 2022

Joy Reid is a first-generation American. She has no business lecturing anyone on the meaning of Thanksgiving. https://t.co/oxZKfoRZDC

— Eduardo Neret (@eduneret) November 24, 2022

WATCH: MSNBC Race-Hustler Joy Reid's Hate-Filled Rant Totally Misses the Purpose of Thanksgiving https://t.co/qpQkkBWk6k

— RedState (@RedState) November 24, 2022

Similarly, in 2019, Reid called the holiday “problematic.”

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