Joy Reid is at it again, folks. The MSNBC host never misses a chance to serve up her signature cocktail of hysteria and hyperbole, this time declaring that Donald Trump’s upcoming presidency is the product of “the most violent transfer of power in U.S. history.”
Yes, you heard that right. Reid has somehow managed to turn Trump’s legitimate electoral victory in 2024 into a continuation of the January 6 Capitol riot. It’s a hot take so outlandish, you almost have to admire the creativity—almost.
Let’s start with the obvious flaw in Reid’s tirade: Trump’s victory in 2024 wasn’t some coup d’état. It wasn’t a hostile takeover or the result of “violent insurrection.” It was the result of voters heading to the polls and saying, “We’ve had enough of this mess.”
The American people, fed up with skyrocketing inflation, unchecked crime, and Biden administration incompetence, handed Trump the keys to the Oval Office—again. Reid might not like the outcome, but calling it a “violent transfer of power” is an insult to reality, not to mention the voters who made their voices heard.
But Reid didn’t stop there. She doubled down, accusing Republicans of treating January 6 like a “normal tourist occasion.” Nice straw man, Joy, but no one is claiming that day was a shining moment in American history. What conservatives are saying is that the left has milked January 6 for every ounce of political capital possible.
The riots were chaotic and wrong, but the breathless comparisons to 9/11 and the Civil War are as absurd now as they were two years ago. Maybe Reid and her colleagues should focus on real crises—like border security or fentanyl deaths—instead of endlessly replaying footage from January 6.
Reid then moved on to bashing the Supreme Court, accusing conservative justices of “negating the Constitution’s insurrection clause” to clear Trump’s path back to the presidency. First of all, the idea that Trump was disqualified under the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause was a desperate legal theory pushed by left-wing activists—and it failed because it was baseless. The courts didn’t “negate” anything; they just refused to rewrite the Constitution to satisfy Joy Reid’s Trump Derangement Syndrome.
And let’s talk about her potshot at voters. Reid sneered that the American people should be “embarrassed” for reelecting Trump as if democracy only counts when her side wins. That condescension toward half the country is exactly why Trump won in the first place. People are tired of being lectured by elites who think they know better. Reid’s disdain for the voters isn’t just undemocratic; it’s un-American.
Reid’s meltdown reached peak absurdity when she called Trump the “chief insurrectionist” and accused Republicans of pretending January 6 “didn’t matter.” It’s rich coming from someone who spent four years pretending that the BLM riots of 2020—where cities burned, businesses were destroyed, and lives were lost—were just “mostly peaceful protests.” The selective outrage is as predictable as it is tiresome.
Here’s the reality Joy Reid doesn’t want to face: Donald Trump didn’t win because of violence, insurrection, or judicial interference. He won because Americans are fed up with the left’s failed policies and endless finger-pointing. Reid can cry foul all she wants, but it won’t change the fact that democracy worked exactly as intended. Instead of shaming voters or rewriting history, maybe she should take a long, hard look in the mirror and ask why her side lost—again.
