On Thursday's edition of MSNBC’s The ReidOut, host Joy Reid brought on MSNBC contributor and turncoat Republican David Jolly to once again lash out at Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, without evidence, accusing him of being a racist and attacking black people for political gain. Most telling was when Jolly claimed DeSantis was “dangerous on cultural issues.” The left will always attack who they are most afraid of.
Discussing recent polling by Quinnipiac which showed that DeSantis was neck and neck with former President Donald Trump, Reid used that as an opportunity to smear the Florida Governor.
“There's a hunger for him, he’s a certain kind of mean that they like,” Reid said, lashing out. “They like the fact that he's going after black history and you know attacking black people is sort of the easiest way to sort of get on first base with the MAGA faithful.”
Turning to Jolly, Reid asked him what he “make[s] of the fact that [DeSantis] seems to be putting the whole weight of his appeal on attacking black people and brown immigrants and gay people and trans people?”
Jolly responded by claiming “Ron DeSantis is tapping into the bloodstream of a party that wants to take America back 50 years and he's refusing to show leadership and suggest let's look toward the next 50.”
He went on to whine that “Donald Trump was uniquely dangerous because he would shred the constitution,” while “Ron DeSantis is uniquely dangerous on cultural issues.”
In a way this was a big endorsement of DeSantis and Jolly doesn’t realize it. The fact that leftists in the media believe DeSantis was dangerous on cultural issues means he’s incredibly effective in repairing the cultural rot that the radical left has caused in American society and they don't want to run against him.
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MSNBC’s The ReidOut
2/16/2023
7:35:10 p.m. EasternJOY REID: He's right now polling just behind Donald Trump in the latest Quinnipiac poll. So, there's a hunger for him, he’s a certain kind of mean that they like. They like the fact that he's going after black history and you know attacking black people is sort of the easiest way to sort of get on first base with the MAGA faithful, which we knew Donald Trump did as well. What do you make of the fact that he seems to be putting the whole weight of his appeal on attacking black people and brown immigrants and gay people and trans people?
DAVID JOLLY: Ron DeSantis is tapping into the bloodstream of a party that wants to take America back 50 years and he's refusing to show leadership and suggest let's look toward the next 50. There's no other way to approach this. Often overlooked is that one of the first things he did is eliminate majority minority districts. Set up his own election police force. And of the 20 people he arrested, 15 or 17 were African American.
He is somebody that now has attacked African American education, he's attacking any type of liberal arts education as he just did at new college down in the Sarasota area. It's a dangerous move. Donald Trump was uniquely dangerous because he would shred the constitution. Ron DeSantis is uniquely dangerous on cultural issues and his stride. His stride to take the nation back 50 years.
REID: And if you don't think that a constitutional amendment banning abortion would be part of it, it's all of the fever dreams that they can't enact through the electorate because people don't want any of these things so they're thinking we'll just impose it in the constitution.
