Joy Reid Sneers at Independence Day, Calls 4th of July a Celebration of Slaveholders
Joy Reid is back in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. The former MSNBC host, best known for her constant race-focused rants, recently declared that the Fourth of July is nothing more than a celebration of “slaveholders” who wanted to avoid taxes, as reported by The Gateway Pundit.
With America’s 250th birthday just around the corner, Reid’s disdain for the nation that gave her the freedom to complain on television seems as loud as ever.
Speaking with fellow MSNBC castoff Alex Wagner, Reid launched into another anti-American lecture, claiming Independence Day is not a unifying holiday because of the Founding Fathers’ flaws.
According to Reid, “nobody black I know is really excited about the Fourth of July.” She went on to describe it as a commemoration of “slaveholders who freed themselves from having to pay taxes to the Crown for their slave empire.”
Joy Reid: “Nobody black I know is really excited about the 4th of July."
“It is the celebration of slaveholders who freed themselves from having to pay taxes to the Crown for their slave empire."
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