Former MSNBC host Joy Reid lashed out at Republicans during her show and podcast, claiming conservatives have turned the term “illegals” into “the new N-word.”
Reid falsely claimed that the legal term “illegal aliens” is “completely racist.”
She made the accusations while complaining about Republicans blocking Democrats’ push to extend Obamacare subsidies amid the ongoing government shutdown.
Among the Democrats’ plans are policies to give illegal aliens taxpayer-funded “free” healthcare.
“Republicans want to destroy Obamacare for you by using people’s unhinged hatred of undocumented immigrants,” the far-left host said during “The Joy Reid Show.”
“They’ve turned ‘illegals’ into the new n-word.
“And so if somebody is an illegal, which is a completely racist term, then you’re supposed to be more angry that they might get treated, you’re supposed to be more angry about that than the fact that your a– can’t afford your healthcare.”
Reid, whose MSNBC program “The Reidout” was canceled earlier this year, repeated the claim in her podcast, accusing Republicans of scapegoating illegal aliens for every problem.
“They are closing those hospitals on purpose and then blaming it on, wait for it, the illegals, which is, you know, their new word for the n-word,” Reid said.
“Everything is their fault. Everything.
“If you stub your toe, it’s the illegals.
“If you had a bad day, it’s the illegals.”
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Her comments come as the shutdown fight continues in the Senate, where Democrats led by Chuck Schumer (D-NY) are refusing to fund the government unless expiring Obamacare subsidies are extended.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said Republicans need at least eight Democrats to support their continuing resolution, which would reopen the government through Nov. 21.
Republicans have accused Democrats of prioritizing illegals in their counter-proposal.
Democrats are seeking to roll back provisions of the GOP’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” that tightened Medicaid eligibility.
Reid has a long history of controversial statements about conservatives.
In a recent BET interview, she accused Republicans of seeking to drag America back to the early 20th century, “if not the 19th.”
She claimed white men held unchecked power and businesses were free from taxes and regulation.
“One of the reasons they’re so serious about it is that, if you go back before the 20th century, there were no income taxes,” Reid said.
“There were no regulations on business.
“You could earn as much money as you want, leave 100% of it to your children with no taxes.
“That’s the world they want back.”
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