Joy Reid, Donalds tangle over Jim Crow remarks

MSNBC host Joy Reid in a Thursday interview pressed Rep. Byron Donalds over comments the Florida Republican made about how Black families were “together” during the time of racial segregation of the Jim Crow South.

Reid asked Donalds, “Is there a specific period between 1867 and 1968 that you thought was this golden era for Black families, or a time that was good for Black families?”

“Joy, I never said that,” Donalds responded during the testy appearance on her show. “And see, this is where the gaslighting comes in,” the Republican said before Reid interjected and played a clip of Donalds at a “Congress, Cognac, and Cigars” event in Philadelphia where he initially made the remarks.

The clip showed Donalds saying “during Jim Crow, the Black family was together,” and noting during that time period, “more Black people voted conservatively.”