Joy Reid Compares Republicans to Apartheid South Africa

Alex Christy | July 11, 2020
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[See NewsBusters for more.] On her Saturday morning show, MSNBC's Joy Reid alleged that the Republican Party is turning into the National Party, the party of apartheid in South Africa. According to Reid and the assembled panel, this can be seen in President Trump running ads highlighting the consequences of defunding the police.

Reid's comments came in response to former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci claiming that it is "clear" that defunding the police does not actually mean eliminating the police, despite that being the meaning of the word and some people really do mean eliminating police departments. He claimed that in order for Trump to win in November, "he has to go full-on racism, full-on racist, nativist tropes and you'll see more ugly, disparaging ads like that."

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