The ReidOut with Joy Reid

Joy Reid on Georgia voting restrictions: It doesn’t get much clearer who this law benefits and hurts

Here’s what Joy Reid had to say about new voting restrictions passed in Georgia: "It's just almost poetic how much the history this week rhymes. It doesn't get much clearer who this law is designed to benefit and who it's designed to hurt."

Joy Reid on new voting restrictions in Georgia: Republicans want to make it torture for you to vote in line

Here’s what Joy Reid thinks of the new voting restrictions passed in Georgia: "Let's be clear for everybody who's watching right now. What Republicans are saying is they're going to make it torture for you to vote in line by having fewer machines, beat-up machines ... where Black folks live, suburbs where Black people live. Make it impossible or torture for you to vote in line. And they’re going to make it impossible for you to vote by mail.”

‘Do you care more about the filibuster or democracy protection?’

Former Attorney General Eric Holder joins The ReidOut to talk about the nationwide effort by Republicans to suppress the vote and the need to pass H.R. 1: "This is all about power ... The Republicans understand the demographics are changing, the ideologies are changing away from them."

After spreading false election fraud claims, Powell claims ‘reasonable people’ wouldn’t believe her

Joy’s choice for the absolute worst: Ex-Trump attorney Sidney Powell's weekslong campaign to invalidate the results of the 2020 election was not based in fact, her lawyers said Monday. Joy’s message to Trump supporters: “Hey guys, I think she’s calling y’all suckers.” And lawmakers on the House Oversight and Reform Committee debated legislation Monday that would make Washington the 51st state. Mayor Bowser, who testified at the hearing, called Republican attacks against statehood ‘stupid’: “...

Malcolm Nance: Ron Johnson is ‘the executor of Donald Trump's big lie’

On Senator Ron Johnson defending the insurrectionists despite mounting evidence from a prosecutor that some committed sedition, Malcolm Nance says "What's going on is that Ron Johnson decided that he's going to be the executor of Donald Trump's big lie." 

Asian-American communities on edge after Georgia shootings

Joy talks to Michelle Kim and Georgia State Representative Sam Park on the recent Atlanta area shootings. On how little is known about some of the victims and what can be done by media and public officials, Kim says, "I do think that there needs to be much longer term commitment to building that relationship and trust to understand the needs of the community more deeply."

Katie Phang on Atlanta area shooting: ‘This was not a random, indiscriminate crime’

MSNBC Legal Contributor Katie Phang says the Atlanta area shooting is not a random, indiscriminate crime: “This man got in his car and he went to these locations to target Asian women. I think it was irresponsible for law enforcement to put into public consumption the idea that this guy had a sex addiction and had a bad day." And on Iowa legislators passing a bill allowing landlords to refuse fed housing vouchers, HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge says "As a lawyer, what I know that fair housing is...

The ReidOut Town Hall: Race and America's COVID crisis

Joy Reid is joined by Dr. Fauci and members of the Congressional Black Caucus to discuss the Covid-19 crisis and its impact on communities of color.

Senate Parliamentarian rules that minimum wage increase cannot be included in covid relief bill

The Senate Parliamentarian ruled that the minimum wage is "merely incidental" and cannot be included in the covid relief bill.

Ron Klain: 'We're fighting our guts out' to get Neera Tanden confirmed for OMB

On the confirmation of President Biden’s nominee for OMB Neera Tanden, White House Chief of Staff says ‘we’re fighting our guts out’ to get her confirmed. He cites Sen. Grassley coming out as ‘open minded’ on Tanden’s confirmation.

Biden cabinet members facing double standard in confirmation

Republicans are targeting some of President Biden’s cabinet nominees, most notably the nominees of color are facing outsize opposition. 

Dr. Pernell: ‘This pandemic has taught us that all lives still don't matter’

Public Health Physician Dr. Chris Pernell joins The ReidOut to talk about the racial inequities in vaccination rates: "What this pandemic has taught us is that all lives still don't matter ... We're not going to see those lives truly matter until all of the tools, access is prioritized." Michael Cohen thinks with New York County District Attorney Cy Vance bringing in prosecutor Mark Pomerantz to investigate Trump’s business, there will be an indictment against Trump ‘sooner than later.’

Next Friday: Joy Reid hosts ‘Race and America’s Covid Crisis’ town hall with Dr. Fauci and CBC

Next Friday, on a special edition of “The ReidOut,” Joy Reid is joined by Dr. Fauci and members of the Congressional Black Caucus to discuss the COVID crisis and its impact on communities of color. Watch “The ReidOut: Race and America’s COVID Crisis” Friday at 7PM Eastern on MSNBC.  Beto O’Rourke joins The ReidOut to talk about the latest in the Texas power outages, calling for Texas to be connected to the national grid. 

‘This is a wake up call’: Experts say climate change played a role in Texas storm

Author of the ‘Lone Star Nation’ Richard Parker says climate change absolutely played a huge role in the Texas storm, calling it a ‘wake up call’: "I think this is a catastrophe so big that it's going to require federal intervention."

Joy Reid: Trump's defense 'a blizzard of lies, conspiracy theories, whataboutism, and BS'

Here’s what Joy Reid thought of the Trump defense in the impeachment trial: "This was not a defense. It was literally just a blizzard of lies, conspiracy theories, whataboutism, and frankly, BS. It was a stand-in for a Trump tweet storm, which of course, he can no longer do because Twitter banned him."

‘A+++’: Rep. Adam Schiff says House Managers ‘couldn't make a more persuasive case’

Congressman Adam Schiff says the House Managers ‘couldn’t make a more persuasive case’ in the Impeachment trial and ‘the facts are on their side.’

‘It was bad’: Sen. Chris Coons calls Trump defense the ‘Four Seasons Landscaping of the legal profession’

Senator Chris Coons calls the Trump defense in the impeachment trial bad: “This was the Four Seasons Landscaping of the legal profession."

'It will lift millions out of low wages, poverty': Rev. Barber makes the case for $15 minimum wage

Rev. Barber of the Poor People’s Campaign joins The ReidOut to make the case for the $15 minimum wage: "The truth of the matter is it will lift millions of people out of low wages and poverty. 62 million people work for less than a living wage."

‘Joe knows us’: Polls show broad support for Biden, his policy proposals

Congressman Clyburn joins The ReidOut to talk about the first few weeks of the Biden Administration and how President Biden has enjoyed broad support for his proposals. Michael Eric Dyson and Leslie Odom, Jr. join to talk about Odom’s new film ‘One Night in Miami.’ On his role as Sam Cooke, Odom said "Getting cast in the role, I went back to those early days of training of listening to mom and dad's records. I tried to sound as much like Sam Cooke as I possibly could."

Pete Buttigieg: I want the United States to be leading the world in high speed rail

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg joins The ReidOut to talk about the future of high speed rail in the United States and having racially equitable transportation policy. 

Sen. Warnock: Covid relief needs to be urgent, quick, and equitable

Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock says that covid relief needs to be urgent, quick, and equitable: "It is important that we get the people of Georgia aid and that we get it as soon as possible."

‘Non-democratic’: Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the filibuster ‘has got to go’

Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says it’s not a question of if the filibuster is going away, but when: "The filibuster is non-democratic. It has been used to the disarray of Congress. And certainly it hasn't been anything that's been helpful to the American people.”  

BLM Movement Co-Founder on Biden’s Executive Orders: It’s a nod but more to do on racial equity

Black Lives Matter Movement Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors calls President Biden’s executive orders on racial equity ‘a nod’ but "there's so much more to do and we will push this administration to do it."  

House delivers impeachment article against Trump to Senate

The House delivered its article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, kicking off preparations for the upcoming trial.  

Joy Reid: McConnell wants to ‘rinse and repeat,’ use filibuster on Biden like he did with Obama

On Sen. Mitch McConnell wanting to prevent Senate Democrats from getting rid of the filibuster, Joy says: "The guy who made it his number one priority to block President Barack Obama's agenda and use the filibuster at levels rivaled only by Southern Dixiecrat filibusters of civil rights legislation during the 50s/60s wants to make sure he can rinse and repeat with Biden."

DNC Chair Jaime Harrison: We’re going to invest in a 50 state strategy

In a ReidOut exclusive, DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison tells Joy Reid that he wants the party to invest in a 50 state strategy to be prepared for the next races. 

Joy Reid: Take these last four years of Trump 'as a warning'

Even though the Trump presidency is coming to an end, Joy says, “As rotten as Trump is, and he is rotten, he can happen again. I don’t know who needs to hear this, but this is who we are. Let’s just take these four years as a warning.”

Joy Reid: Martin Luther King Jr’s words still relevant in 2021

Joy notes the annual tradition of politicians, ‘some of whom to have been the enemies of non white Americans,’ quoting Martin Luther King Jr’s ‘I have a dream’ speech. Joy says, “Those politicians would do better to pay attention to the later King, who painted a much less rosy picture of America.”

Rep. Jeffries: ‘Most bipartisan impeachment in U.S. history’ lays the foundation for Senate trial

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries calls the second impeachment of President Trump the ‘most bipartisan impeachment in U.S. history’ and that it lays the foundation for a bipartisan conviction in the Senate. 

How Republicans fanned the flames before the Capitol Hill insurrection

Rep. Ayanna Pressley: ‘Trump is a threat to the American people, clear and present’

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley joins the Reidout to talk about the Capitol Hill insurrection and the question of impeachment: "This was an attack led and coordinated by white supremacists. It was a violent mob, an attempted coup, to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power ... Donald Trump is a threat to the American people, clear and present."

Joy Reid: Twitter is shutting Trump ‘the hell up’ with permanent suspension

Twitter has permanently suspended President Trump’s account. Joy says Twitter has accomplished something '3 wives,' 'and his entire White House staff have failed to do: shutting him the hell up.'

Retired Capitol Police Officer: If that was a Black organization, they would have never gotten to the steps

Joy talked to Retired Capitol Police Officer “Butch” T. Jones about how a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol: "There was no reinforcement ... I think if that was a Black organization, they would have never gotten to the steps."

Rev. Warnock on Loeffler contesting Electoral College: ‘Georgians need a Senator, not a sycophant’

Reverend Warnock joins The ReidOut to talk about his campaign to unseat Sen. Loeffler. On Loeffler planning to contest the Electoral College certification, Warnock says ‘Georgians need a Senator, not a sycophant.’

House approves bill to up Covid relief checks to $2,000

Rep. Jayapal on Trump derailing covid relief talks: Democrats wanted $2000 checks ‘a long time ago’

Here’s what Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal had to say about Trump derailing covid relief talks asking for more in stimulus checks: "The president is being disingenuous at best, cruel at worst. 250 days ago, I introduced a bill with Rashida Tlaib and others for $2000 in survival checks … We were pushing for more money the entire time."

Trump pardons George Papadopoulos and former congressmen Duncan Hunter, Chris Collins

President Donald Trump announced a series of pardons including George Papadoupolos and Alex van der Zwaan, two people convicted in the special counsel’s Russia inquiry. He also pardoned former congressmen Duncan Hunter and Chris Collins.

Kamala Harris on Trump’s refusal to concede: ‘We need to govern’

On President Trump and members of the GOP’s refusal to concede in the election they lost the presidency, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris says, “I have to believe at some point that reality will set in and that everyone will understand that we need to govern.” 

‘The vaccination is broadly safe’: Dr. Vin Gupta debunks GOP conspiracy theories on the vaccine

GOP suddenly outraged by foul language, silent on Trump’s vulgarity from the past four years

We’re introducing a new segment on The ReidOut: 'What The Duck?!' We're documenting what lame duck Trump and his Republican 'lemmings' do on the way out of the door. Tonight, Republicans are suddenly outraged by foul language. But they should check a president from the past 4 years.

Anjanette Young on wrongful police house raid: ‘They didn’t care about what was happening to me’

Anjanette Young, who was handcuffed by the Chicago Police during a wrongful house raid, says that she wants to see accountability for what happened: "It didn't feel like any man in there cared anything about me as a woman or a female … They didn’t care about what was happening to me.”

Fmr. Commissioner of NJ Dept. of Health: ‘No chance’ for you to get covid-19 from vaccines

There’s been mistrust on the effectiveness of the covid-19 vaccine, including high amounts of mistrust from Black Americans. Former New Jersey Dept. of Health Commissioner Shereef Elnahal says that’s ‘earned mistrust’ unfortunately, and that’s important to clear up some facts: “There's no chance for you to get covid-19 from any of the vaccines being presented ... Because the virus isn't in the vaccine."

‘I believe in science’: NYC Nurse first to get vaccinated for covid-19 in United States

New York City ICU nurse Sandra Lindsay was the first person to get the covid-19 vaccine after FDA authorization in the United States. On The ReidOut, she says “As a nurse, my practice is guided by the science. I believe in science ... I hope that me taking the vaccine today is an inspiration to you."

Supreme Court rejects Texas effort to overturn election in blow to Trump legal blitz to stop Biden

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said it would not consider a lawsuit filed by Texas that sought to overturn Joe Biden's election victory in four battleground states.

106 House Republicans, 17 State AGs back anti-democracy lawsuit to try and overturn 2020 election

106 House Republicans signed a court filing supporting the Texas lawsuit that seeks to overturn the 2020 election results by overturning millions of votes in four battleground states that President-elect Joe Biden won.

Joy Reid says GOP efforts to subvert the election is ‘not about fraud’

On recent efforts by the Republicans to subvert the election, Joy says “Let's be clear: this isn't about fraud. These Republicans are simply saying, in effect, they do not and will not accept that Black voters should be allowed to cast votes, however legal those votes may be, to overrule the desires of a majority of white voters."

‘Not nearly enough’: Former HHS Secretary concerned about vaccine doses reaching public

Asked if passing on additional doses of the coronavirus vaccine was a ‘foolish’ mistake by the Trump Administration, Former Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius says “We have some doses coming from Pfizer, but not nearly enough … We are going to find this rollout slower than we like.”

‘Escalation of months of hateful rhetoric’: Armed protesters at Michigan secretary of state's home

Dozens of armed people gathered outside Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson's home over the weekend, threatening violence in an effort to overturn the presidential election results in the state. Benson says, “This is the escalation of the months of hateful rhetoric and combined with the efforts to misinform the public about the reality of the election, which was incredibly safe and secure."

'He's not even talking about it': Joy blasts Trump for his response to the deadly pandemic

Nearly the same number of Americans are dying from covid everyday as the 9/11 attacks. Joy asks, “Where is the outrage? … And the person who swore to protect and defend this country as President of The United States, Donald Trump, is not only not doing a damn thing to try and protect you and your family. He’s not even talking about it.”

Chuck Rosenberg on Sen. Perdue: ‘If he’s trading on insider info, it’s not just a problem. It’s a crime’

On Sen. David Perdue’s stock trading under scrutiny, Chuck Rosenberg says "If he's trading on inside information ... that's not just a problem, that's a crime."