Torrential Downpour: Here’s the Worst Venom of the Week From Joy Reid’s Mouth

It was a horrendous week of vile bile from MSNBC’s ReidOut host Joy Reid as, across five shows, she accused Republicans of wanting to ban books for simply having a Black author, referred to Governor Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) as pro-COVID,” argued Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) helms a dystopian state, referred to Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) as “Bonnie and Clyde,” and argued the infrastructure law is meant to benefit white construction workers.

Reid had plenty of help as she had guests such as (but not limited to): Yamiche Alcindor, Michael Eric Dyson, Elie Mystal, and Stuart Stevens.

Below represents the worst quotes from The ReidOut spanning January 17 to January 21.

Pro-Death Youngkin Wants VA to Be ‘COVIDy Cesspool,’ Home for ‘White Supremacy’

“Well, the new governor of Virginia is trying to make it open for business for COVID. He’s making it a COVID petri dish.”

— Reid, January 17, 7:40 p.m. Eastern.

“Youngkin’s win and the damage that it will do is not limited to the state of Virginia. We’re going to be seeing a lot more of this rhetoric…as the midterms approach and Republicans declare their party open for business for COVID and white supremacy…I will start with you on this, Tim [Wise] — is this descent of the American right into essentially the death cult world…Why is that an attractive model of governing to essentially say, you can die here?”

— Reid to author Tim Wise, January 17, 7:53 p.m. Eastern.

“Youngkin’s biggest and most lethal project appears to be turning Virginia into a COVIDy cesspool like Florida…[F]rom living down to our worst fears about electing a MAGA in sheep’s clothing, for reciting an MLK quote that you don’t even understand, for your Toni Morrison bashing, for stirring the culture wars for political gain, but especially for putting health care workers, educators and children at risk, children who will grow up one day, Governor, and vote charlatans like you out, for all of these reasons, you are the Absolute Worst.”

— Reid, January 17, 7:47 p.m. Eastern.

“Glenn Youngkin is now officially the governor of Virginia…He was just Trump with better diction and a slightly paler shade of orange, but once you open it up, it’s all the same stuff, anti-truth, anti-education, and 100 percent pro-COVID…Virginia is really in trouble, girl, and not only because his inaugural celebration may or may not have…taken place in a Western saloon…Now, remember, this is the guy who promised to protect parents and children from the evil tentacles of Pulitzer Prize-winning literature by Toni Morrison, as if he ever stood a chance against Mother, against Mother Toni. Well, here he is doing Trump’s bidding, erasing history with the stroke of a pen.”

— Reid, January 17, 7:44 p.m. Eastern.

Smearing March for Life as ‘Anti-Choice Militants’ Led by ‘White Christian Men’

“Today, anti-choice militants took to the National Mall to champion the demise of those rights and they have reason to be optimistic. Not only does it look like the court will undo Roe in a few months, but Texas has already effectively banned abortion.”

— Reid, January 21, 7:45 p.m. Eastern.

“[T]here is this question of control and who gets controlled and who doesn’t and I feel like, whether it’s talking about the abortion issue, we’re talking about the cannabis issue, it’s kind of the same thing…[I]t’s white Christian men. Everyone else, under control and that theme seems to be pretty blanket throughout the Republican Party.”

— Reid, January 21, 7:51 p.m. Eastern.

Fretting ‘Emotional,’ ‘Optimist’ Biden Is Dealing With GOP ‘Running on Lies’

“We all watched him…get frustrated at times, really get genuinely sad about the pandemic but not really lose his stride, not insult people, not lash out…[H]e, in some ways, felt like an American who is trying to connect with other Americans who were frankly exhausted, who were frankly living through a pandemic and are feeling very gloomy. I think that that was part of the emotional connection.”

— PBS’s Washington Week moderator Yamiche Alcindor, January 19, 7:07 p.m. Eastern.

“I think this is a window into who President Biden is at his core. He ran as someone who had these relationships…He was an optimist in this situation and he’s clearly had to deal with the realism of the Republican Party being completely in the hands of former President Trump…Republicans are being very, very successful in running on lies. They’re very successful in passing laws that are going to make it harder for people to vote, including specifically black people, black women.”

— Alcindor, January 19, 7:29 p.m. Eastern.

Falsely Claiming ‘Gorsuch Loves COVID’ So Much He Put Sotomayor’s Life at Risk

“Gorsuch loves COVID, which makes him the perfect, perfect Republican. He thinks very little of coronavirus precautions…He could not be bothered to extend a lifesaving courtesy to his co-worker and it is as serious as life and death, because diabetes is a huge risk factor…[F]or having zero, zero problem risking the life of your colleague, because you just don’t feel like putting a mask on, you, Neil Gorsuch, are both a rotten co-worker, dangerous to be near in a pandemic, and tonight’s  Absolute Worst.”

— Reid, January 18, 7:57 p.m. Eastern.

‘Baby,’ ‘Bull Connor’ DeSantis Will Ban Teaching of Slavery, ‘Make It Illegal’ to Vote

“During his annual state of the state address…DeSantis declared Florida to be the freest state in the nation, begging the question, does he understand the meaning of the word free? What he has made clear by his utter disregard for Floridians’ safety…is that COVID has been given free rein…[H]is recent actions have shown that he is, as Washington Post columnist Paul Waldman aptly describes it, creating a paradise of authoritarianism…He’s also cracking down on schools and businesses, limiting their ability to teach about America’s history and historic racism, for fear of causing white people to feel discomfort and if you try to protest…he passed an anti-rioting law saying it’s okay for someone to mow you down with their car[.]”

— Reid, January 20, 7:33 p.m. Eastern.

“I await DeSantis declaring Republicans — Republicanism to be the state party of Florida and make it illegal to vote for anybody else. I mean, I think there’s no limit to what he might do[.]”

— Reid, January 18, 7:31 p.m. Eastern.

“[H]e’s trying to make it illegal…to teach history that would make white people uncomfortable. Does that law include saying you can’t make black people feel uncomfortable or indigenous people? The history of indigenous and African-Americans could make one uncomfortable? Is that illegal too, or is it just white people?”

— Reid to Florida State Senator Shevrin Jones (D), January 20, 7:36 p.m. Eastern.

“DeSantis is pushing a bill prohibiting schools and businesses from making white people feel discomfort when teaching students or employees about historic racism…Ron is worried that white people are too sensitive to learn that slavery actually happened…I’m sorry if learning the facts of America’s history causes you psychological distress…[H]ow would this even work in schools?…Like, what about business? Would you have to prohibit them from holding any kind of racial sensitivity training…or what if like a small business wanted to have a Black Lives Matter sign[?]…[W]hat he’s saying is that he believes that the white citizens of Florida are too snowflaky, too sensitive, too scared, and not strong enough to handle actual facts about history…Ron DeSantis, for being a big old snowflake and a big old baby, and trying to legislate people’s feelings, because it’s all feelings, not facts, you, sir, are the Absolute Worst, and also a snowflake. Here’s a bunny to make you feel better.”

— Reid, January 19, 7:57 p.m. Eastern.

“Chairman Ron DeSantis is doing everything he can to prevent people from voting or to outright intimidate them if they try. His latest authoritarian idea is to create…a literal personal police force to oversee state elections….The Junior Don has…meddle[d] in the state’s congressional redistricting process…cutting in half the number of majority African-American districts, splitting up Hispanic voters…and giving Republicans an eight-seat advantage. I guess, when President Biden spoke of whether Republicans wanted to be Bull Connor, DeSantis was at home raising his head: Me, me. I want to be Bull Connor…There’s also Virginia, which seems intent on turning itself into Florida north, now that Trumpy Wolf in sheep’s clothing Glenn Youngkin is in the governor’s mansion.”

— Reid, January 18, 7:19 p.m. Eastern.

Smearing Ginni Thomas as ‘Crazy Person,’ KKK Member

“Justice Clarence Thomas last fall…