Latest Joy-Ann Reid Quotes from Interviews

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• What is the alt-right? It's a dressed-up term for white nationalism. They call themselves white identitarianism. They say that the tribalism that's inherent in the human spirit ought to be also applied to white people.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  People, Spirit, Term

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• One of the reasons that Donald Trump cannot properly respond to what was an obvious proper response from an America president is the people in his government.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  People, President, Reason

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• The other theory is because Donal Trump is not been vetted and no attacks on him have really been tested by Republicans, that is an unknown. He might be a paper tiger if somebody would only go after him.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Paper, Might, Republican

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• I think in theory, Donald Trump could be a formidable candidate, right? The theory of him is, if he ignites working class white voters, he can put Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, states like Ohio in play for the Republicans.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Thinking, Ohio, Class

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• Having lived in Florida for as long as you did as well, Jeb Bush has never really been that great of a politician. He's benefited from a lot of good luck.He torched his own campaign in '94, he had a weak Democratic opponent in '98, he benefited from the Clinton boom and got out before the Bush bust.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Good Luck, Florida, Long

  "Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd, www.nbcnews.com. February 21, 2016.

• Donald Trump is actually doing what Bernie Sanders was billed as doing. He's doing new voters into the process.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Voters, Process, Trump

  "Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd, www.nbcnews.com. February 21, 2016.

• Donald Trump is accomplishing getting, particularly white, working-class voters, who are turned off by their own party.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Party, Class, White

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

• It's not enough to keep winning seconds and thirds. At some point, Ted Cruz has actually won on. [Marco] Rubio's got to actually win a state.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Winning, Enough, States

  "Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd, www.nbcnews.com. February 21, 2016.

• Marco Rubio has felt the wrath of Chris Christie and proved that he has a glass jaw. And I think that the question is going to be could he withstand a similar barrage from Donald Trump, who is relentless in going after the people he thinks are a threat to him.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Thinking, Glasses, Wrath

  "Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd, www.nbcnews.com. February 21, 2016.

• I am also going to go with somebody who is the opposite of Donald Trump and her name is Johari Osayi Idusuyi. I think she represented millions and millions of Americans who look at the message that Donald Trump is using his fame and the power he has accumulated to,you know, to send out into the world and it`s horrified. And I think her quiet resistance represented so many people because I`ll tell you, people of color have been trying to warn this country about Donald Trump for a really long time and I think she reminded us.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Country, Thinking, Color

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• The Democrats have done so poorly in red states and essentially been evacuated from the red - the entire red part of America particularly off year elections. But I guess they proved that all you need is a completely scandalized Republican opponent.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Years, America, Needs

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• I project that this next election - the 2016 election - if it is about anything thematically, it is going to be about that sense of rage and displacement among white working-class voters.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Class, White, Voters

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• I have to say that Donald Trump is on probably about the 13th minute of fame.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Fame, Minutes, Trump

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• Donald Trump was, you know, obviously a very important businessman, billionaire, he was a reality show star and I think that he has had more success running for president than probably even he imagined.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Running, Stars, Reality

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• I think that it was - Benjamin Netanyahu almost couldn`t help the Iran deal, but John Boehner sort of walked him into it as well.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Thinking, Iran, Helping

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• There`s no greater risk to the Israeli position in Washington than to make itself a partisan issue.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Issues, Risk, Israeli

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• I think that Rahm Emanuel`s political career is going to be very difficult to revive after the mismanagement.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Thinking, Careers, Political

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• I think Rahm Emanuel is now defunct as any sort of a surrogate for Hillary Clinton.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Thinking, Clinton, Surrogates

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• I think it`s going to be an important policy, the opening of Cuba and I think political policy for the hemisphere.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Thinking, Political, Important

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• I think on the things - the issues that Pope Francis cares about - not just remaking the Church and in just sort of a more compassionate visage, but really on trying to move real policy.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Real, Moving, Thinking

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• Pope Francis also I think was really pivotal in sort of sanctioning and giving that important cosign to the opening of Cuba.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Thinking, Giving, Important

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• I think that behind the scenes the Pope [Francis] is seen as more of a religious figure, but obviously he is sort of a global political figure.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Religious, Thinking, Political

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• I think that no one roiled American politics and sort of scrambled the left/right dynamic more 2015 year than Pope Francis.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Thinking, Years, Pope

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• Between Pope Francis tour of the U.S. which I think was a triumph really for liberals, he really sort of for the first time in a long time made the Catholics sort of on the side of liberalism.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Thinking, Long, Catholic

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• As the refugee crisis unfolds across Europe, another is looming in our backyard. The number of children crossing the southwest border unaccompanied has quietly surged more than a year after President [Barack] Obama referred to the problem as a quote "urgent humanitarian situation."

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Children, Years, Europe

  Source: www.msnbc.com