MSNBC host Joy Reid said on Tuesday that it would look “real weird” if Black people do not vote for presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in the presidential election this November.
“Given just the stratospheric entrance of Vice President Kamala Harris into the presidential campaign, and she has now secured enough delegates to become the nominee, you’re going to look real crazy being on the other side of that line, particularly as a person of color, but really as anyone who claims to have any connection to the culture,” Reid said in a video posted on her TikTok account.
“You’re going to look real weird and real lonely on that side,” she added. “You’re really going to look crazy being on that side given the cultural phenomenon of Vice President Kamala Devi Harris. She’s about to make history. She’s about to become the first woman president.”
Reid also commented on Amber Rose, who spoke at the RNC last week.
“The door needs to close behind Amber [Rose], and she looked crazy over there. But shut the door behind her,” Reid said.
“She’s racially ambiguous. I don’t want to say she’s Black because she has said she’s not, so I don’t want to say this Black woman,” Reid said following Rose’s speech. “This woman who is of whatever race that she has claimed, she’s said she’s not Black, but [the RNC] brought somebody whose whole career is based in Black culture.”
“Her whole culture came from Black culture, even though she said she’s not a Black person herself, and the fact that she is now the person they’re using to try to recruit young people of color and to say that this is the person who is the endorser of Donald Trump who you should trust when she won’t even claim the culture that brought her to the table, I’m dubious that this will work,” Reid said.
In response, Rose hurled the phrase “race baiting” back at X.
“Hi @JoyAnnReid I’ve never said I wasn’t Black. I said I identify as biracial,” Rose responded. “I’m not going to invalid my White father to make you feel more comfortable. Stop being a race baiter ur president does enough race baiting for all of us.”
Now that President Biden dropped out of the race, he has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to take his place.
In a social media post on Tuesday, Harris said, “I am proud to have earned the support needed to become our party’s nominee.”
Harris has gathered support from more than half of the nearly 4,000 delegates headed to next month’s Democratic National Convention.
