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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Joy Reid is getting dragged on twitter and facebook for promoting that Biden should drop out.. [View all]True Blue American
(17,982 posts)139. I gave my reasons for turning Joy off
Some time ago. I did not turn her off, never had her on. I was watching my Ken Burns special. Watched it twice now. Will record the new one tonight.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Joy Reid is getting dragged on twitter and facebook for promoting that Biden should drop out.. [View all]
Kahuna7
Sep 2019
OP
Lots of people are calling for a boycott of her show. This is not what she expected, I'm sure.
Skya Rhen
Sep 2019
#1
She has made it clear she s not a Biden fan. I've stopped watching, not just because of that but
Thekaspervote
Sep 2019
#21
That was the headline on the MSNBC video when this OP was written and until very recently.
OilemFirchen
Sep 2019
#93
Turned off watching her several months ago when she made it clear her dislike
FloridaBlues
Sep 2019
#40
I watch her show every week, both hours from start to finish. BUT, I turned her off....
George II
Sep 2019
#9
Was that today? I know in her introduction she said she was going to do TWO segments...
George II
Sep 2019
#28
A lot of Democrats have been very frustrated about Pelosi's stand on impeachment
Perseus
Sep 2019
#96
You turned off too quick. She pushed back against the guest. He's the one who called for Biden...
brush
Sep 2019
#130
Why lie about it? Mostly everybody here can read. I CLEARLY said she's calling me
Kahuna7
Sep 2019
#94
Effie said you're touting your ignorance of who Tim Wise is. Your response was:
Garrett78
Sep 2019
#98
Especially if one of them suggested that the answer to repairing the legacy of slavery is...
Garrett78
Sep 2019
#116
It was indeed. The black members of DU don't educating about racism on TV, myself included.
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2019
#133
How are more people not outraged? How can people be more outraged that Joy Reid...
Garrett78
Sep 2019
#95
Privilege and white fragility still a lot of ordinarily loquacious tongues ...
EffieBlack
Sep 2019
#102
That and people have convinced themselves that only Biden can win, based largely on...
Garrett78
Sep 2019
#104
You are entitled to your opinion. Biden will do just fine handling dotard. It doesn't matter who
Thekaspervote
Sep 2019
#24
The point isn't that Trump will be more nasty with Biden. The point is that his camp will...
Garrett78
Sep 2019
#32
Trump surrogates will be out in force trying to suppress turnout regardless of who the nominee is
Thekaspervote
Sep 2019
#123
SC is the bellwether for the AA vote. Biden polls at 43% there which mirrors Ntl polls as well
Thekaspervote
Sep 2019
#129
Many are not paying attention at this juncture. And that's exacerbated by the size of the field.
Garrett78
Sep 2019
#50
She said on today's show that at the CBC conference yesterday, every black woman over 40...
hedda_foil
Sep 2019
#77
you should delete this post. Joy Reid did not say anything about Biden stepping down.
bigtree
Sep 2019
#53
Biden will handle dotard and repugs well. Even if he is not the nominee they will go after who ever
Thekaspervote
Sep 2019
#127
I agree. We need a true progressive atop the ticket, not someone who makes us nostalgic for Obama.
LonePirate
Sep 2019
#55
It's fine to be nostaligc of him. It's not fine when that's the only driving force behind a campaign
LonePirate
Sep 2019
#69
Some of the bold ideas are not feasible, others are plain bad. Prune and prioritize. Existing
emmaverybo
Sep 2019
#109
Nothing is feasible if you don't try and he proposed nothing new or inspiring.
LonePirate
Sep 2019
#111
Inspiring? We do not need to cancel 95 percent of student debt or put another 200 a month into
emmaverybo
Sep 2019
#118
It's post like this one which make me wonder what happened to the Underground portion of DU.
LonePirate
Sep 2019
#119
It is alive and well, as shown by the fact that there are very few posts like mine challenging
emmaverybo
Sep 2019
#120
She's been Bernie bashing for awhile now. Interesting to see she's going after Biden.
jalan48
Sep 2019
#58
No it doesn't wrongly malign her. She's the one who posted it. She didn't have to. nt
Kahuna7
Sep 2019
#74
All I can say to Joy and anyone else that bashes Biden, you better be careful what you wish for
world wide wally
Sep 2019
#71
It wouldn't surprise me if the lower rated MSNBC hosts wouldn't prefer Trump. He's been a....
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2019
#134
For everyone who's defending her, many times she has insulted Biden supporters...
Kahuna7
Sep 2019
#83
that's nonsense. It does not justify the lie that she called for Biden to step down
bigtree
Sep 2019
#84
She doesn't explicitly call for him to drop out, but she encourages "pundits" who do:
George II
Sep 2019
#101