(Daily Beast) MSNBC host Joy Reid on Tuesday faced accusations of Islamophobia over remarks she made during her Monday evening broadcast comparing radicalized Trump supporters to “the way Muslims act.”
Reid, who recently took over the 7 p.m. weeknight slot vacated by anchor Chris Matthews’ sudden departure, devoted one segment’s panel discussion to President Donald Trump’s unwillingness to denounce his supporters’ violence in protests in Kenosha and Portland. After noting how Trump liked a tweet praising vigilante kid Kyle Rittenhouse and cheered on pro-Trump demonstrators in Portland shooting protesters with paintball guns and mace, Reid — a former columnist for the Daily Beast — attempted to make a point about the president radicalizing his base.