MSNBC’s Joy Reid made picking this week’s Liberal Media Scream easy when she ranted about Republicans, claiming they love cruelty and act as the “grim reaper.”
At the end of her Friday show, Reid charged Republicans with “cruelty” for not spending more on school lunch programs.
Then she turned to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision blocking President Biden’s unconstitutional extension of a moratorium on rental evictions: “Yay! Three-and-a-half million Americans could now end up in the street thanks to Justices Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh, a decision they probably cooked up while sitting in the comfort of their million-dollar suburban homes.”
From the “The Absolute Worst” segment at the end of The ReidOut Friday night, picking up after Reid talked about a Wisconsin county that rejected federal school lunch money:
JOY REID: Maybe they were inspired by the resident grim reaper of the South, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is refusing to apply for up to $820 million in food assistance for more than two million kids. To put that in terms that y’all can understand, that means that the parents of kids who qualify for free or reduced lunches in Florida are missing out on an extra $375 during a pandemic. And DeSantis does this while flinging open the door to a variant that’s targeting children with a ferocity we’ve never seen. Along those same lines, take a look at what Laura Ingraham recently said about people struggling during the pandemic.
LAURA INGRAHAM ON FNC, AUG. 13: What if we just cut off the unemployment? Hunger is a pretty powerful thing. I don’t mean physical hunger, because people who truly are in need, need help. I’m talking about people who can work but refuse to work.
REID: I’m sorry. What? [impersonating Scrooge] ‘Are there no workhouses? Are there no orphanages?’ What is wrong with these people? Oh, wait. I know. They love cruelty. They savor it. Cruelty is the point. Want another example? Just take a look at the conservative-led Supreme Court. Last night, that conservative majority cleared the way for evictions to resume across the country. Yay! Three-and-a-half million Americans could now end up in the street thanks to Justices Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh, a decision they probably cooked up while sitting in the comfort of their million-dollar suburban homes. So on this Friday evening, I toast these Republicans as the absolute worst because it takes a particular type of person to look someone in need in the eye and then just turn your back on them and say ‘Go hungry. Stop being so greedy. Why do you want food?’
Brent Baker, vice president of research and publications for the Media Research Center, explains our weekly pick: “Reid keeps showing how nasty she is, presuming the most vile instincts of anyone not as far left as she is. Reid has contempt for anyone concerned about wisely spending taxpayer money, presuming every recipient of federal largess is deserving. But she has no such concern for the plight of housing providers who weren’t getting rent they were due, seemingly OK with subverting the constitution to allow people to escape their obligations.”
Rating: FOUR out of FIVE screams.
