MSNBC’s Joy Reid is once again stirring controversy, this time attacking white women voters for their unexpected support of President-elect Donald Trump in the 2024 election. In a heated rant posted on TikTok, Reid criticized white progressive women for their role in Trump’s victory, claiming that Black women were no longer interested in “saving America” after seeing this demographic’s impact on the election.
Reid, known for her polarizing views, took aim at the women who supported Trump, particularly white women, accusing them of failing to uphold progressive ideals. In her video, she said, “I just want to give some free advice to the White progressive women who may be thinking about marching against the Trump victory… probably don’t send any of those invites to any Black women. I’m just going to tell you right now they’re not coming.”
She continued to assert that Black women, who have long been a cornerstone of the Democratic Party’s support base, had “resigned” from their mission to “save” the country or the party. According to Reid, Black women had distanced themselves from efforts to “save America” and were instead focusing on priorities within their own communities. “Like, I’m pretty sure Black women have resigned from the ‘Save America’ coalition,’ ‘Save Democracy’ coalition and definitely the ‘Save the Democratic Party’ coalition,” she claimed.
Reid’s comments reveal a growing rift within the left-wing coalition, as many Black voters, particularly women, seem disillusioned by the direction of the Democratic Party. Her frustration also extended to white women voters, especially in battleground states like North Carolina. Reid blamed white women for Vice President Kamala Harris’ failure to win the state, despite efforts to highlight reproductive rights and other progressive causes. She said, “It’s a state where women lost their reproductive rights, where there was a very heavy push to get women to focus on not putting back into the White House the person who was responsible for taking those rights away.”
Rather than recognizing the agency of white women who voted for Trump, Reid dismissed their votes as a betrayal of gender solidarity. “This will be the second opportunity that White women in this country have had to change the way that they interact with the patriarchy,” she said. “If people aren’t receptive to it… there’s really not much more that you can do.”
Reid’s comments echo similar remarks from ABC’s “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin, who targeted “uneducated white women” for their support of Trump. Hostin’s argument suggested that these women, in her words, were “uneducated” and aligned themselves with Trump despite his perceived misogyny, a sentiment that has become all too familiar in left-wing discourse.
The left’s growing frustration with white women voters is indicative of a deeper division within the party. As more women align with conservative candidates like Trump, progressive figures like Reid and Hostin seem to be increasingly alienating these voters by casting them as enemies of the feminist cause. Rather than engage with these voters or understand their concerns, many on the left have opted to shame them for not adhering to a strict progressive agenda.
This rhetoric is only likely to further drive a wedge between the two parties, with conservative values gaining more traction among women who feel abandoned by the left’s extreme policies. For many, voting for Trump isn’t a rejection of women’s rights or gender equality, but a stand against the overreach of progressive ideologies that increasingly dominate the left-wing establishment.
Reid and others on the left may need to reconsider their approach if they want to truly unite the diverse coalition of voters they claim to represent. At this rate, their vitriol toward dissenting voices could end up driving even more women to embrace the values of liberty, independence, and personal choice that define conservatism today.
