Cable news expert Joy Reid claimed that Donald Trump won the Iowa caucus because “white Christians” believe he will “give the US back” to them.
Reid called the Midwestern state “hyper-evangelical” and therefore full of voters supporting the former president in his campaign to win back the White House.
Trump handily won the Iowa caucus on Tuesday night with 51 percent of the vote in frigid conditions to start the primary season.
Reid discussed how overrepresented white Christians were in Iowa compared to the rest of the country on MSNBC’s coverage of the caucus.
Cable news pundit Joy Reid claimed Donald Trump won the Iowa caucus because ‘white Christians’ believe he will ‘give the US back’ to them
Quoting Robert Jones, author of The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy, she said Iowa is 61 percent white Christians, compared to 41 percent in the U.S. as a whole.
Raid said she previously asked him why evangelicals were so supportive of Trump despite him losing to President Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
“They see themselves as the rightful heirs of this country, and Trump has promised to give it back to them,” she quoted Jones as saying.
Reid added that white Christians didn’t care about how electable Trump was or any controversies.
“If you believe that God gave you this country, that it is yours, and that anyone who is not a white, conservative Christian is a fraudulent American, is less of a true American, then you don’t care if you are eligible ‘, she says. said.
“You care about what God has given you.”
Reid revisited the topic later in the show, arguing that Democrats needed to face the reality that “white evangelicalism” had turned into “Christian nationalism.”
“White evangelical Christians with a certain mentality… (think) they own this country,” she said.
“Those immigrants, those brown people, that Hindus like Vivek Ramaswamy and his wife are illegal Americans. They are less legitimate Americans than they are.”
Ramaswamy quickly dropped out of the race after receiving just 7.7 percent of the vote, and endorsed Trump in his concession speech.
Trump handily won the Iowa caucus on Tuesday night with 51 percent of the vote in frigid conditions to start the primary season
Reid called the Midwestern state “hyper-evangelical” and therefore full of voters (pictured during the caucus) who support the former president in his campaign to win back the White House
Reid added: “They’re not trying to convince and win over people through politics. What they are saying is, “we own this country and everyone will bow down to us.”
At another point in MSNBC’s reporting, Reid claimed that not only had white Christian voters in Iowa rejected Ramaswamy because of his race, but also Nikki Haley.
“The elephant in the room is that she is still a brown lady who has to try to win in a party that is deeply anti-immigrant and accepts the idea that you can say immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country,” she said.
Trump, in one of his most controversial speeches last month, used what his opponents called Nazi ideology when discussing the migrant crisis.
“They are poisoning the blood of our country. They come into our country from Africa, from Asia, all over the world,” he said.
Reid was referring to Trump questioning whether Haley, whose parents are Indian immigrants, was born in the U.S. and therefore eligible to become president.
“I don’t care how much the donor class likes her… it’s still a challenge, I don’t see how she becomes that party’s nominee while Donald Trump is still around, I can’t imagine that happening,” she says. said.
‘Ron DeSantis’ only argument for staying in is that he is the white man, that he can still appeal to white people.’
Florida Governor DeSantis won 21 percent of the vote in Iowa, compared to Haley’s 19 percent. both are still in the race and will participate in the New Hampshire primary next week.
At another point in MSNBC’s reporting, Reid claimed that not only had white Christian voters in Iowa rejected Ramaswamy because of his race, but also Nikki Haley.
Reid claimed, “Ron DeSantis’ only argument for staying in is that he’s the white man, he can still appeal to white people.”
Iowa is 83.7 percent white and 4.4 percent black, according to census data. The entire US is 58.9 percent white, 13.6 percent black, and 19.1 percent Hispanic.
The state is 77 percent Christian, but only 28 percent call themselves evangelical. For the entire US, this number drops to 24 percent.
About 49 percent of Americans are Protestant of some kind, and 23 percent are Catholic, making Iowa only slightly more Protestant.
Reid was criticized online for making generalizations about Iowa voters that could get her in trouble if she talked about any other group.
“If a white newscaster said there were too many Muslims in Minnesota, they would immediately be fired, sued, and probably sent into hiding,” one person wrote.
Actor and director Robert Davi wrote, “Imagine if a white joyreid said “it is a state overrepresented by black Christians…etc.”
“I’d say they’re a disgusting ignorant elite fanatic! If she said this, something must be done to hold her accountable for fueling racism and bigotry.”
One pointed out that Biden turned his 2020 campaign around with a big victory in South Carolina, where about 60 percent of Democratic primary voters were black and heavily backed him.
Actor and director Robert Davi criticized Reid online for making generalizations about Iowa voters that would get her in trouble if she talked about any other group.
Another pointed out that Biden turned his 2020 campaign around with a big victory in South Carolina, where about 60 percent of Democratic primary voters were black and heavily backed him.
“Did Joy Reid cry about the disproportionate black influence in the Democratic primaries?” He wrote.
Jonathan Turley, chairman of Public Interest Law at George Washington University, took a more measured view of Reid’s comments.
“Like our politics, our media often seems preoccupied with the most extreme elements of our society,” he wrote.
‘The most worrying aspect, however, is that this is only early January. We have to make it to November.”