Joy Reid Hits Byron Donalds With Brutal Reality Check Over Jim Crow Remarks

MSNBC host Joy Reid wasn’t having it with Rep. Byron Donalds’ (R-Fla.) claim that critics are twisting his words on Thursday after his remarks that Black American families were “together” during the Jim Crow era of legal segregation.

″[They’re] saying I was being nostalgic or saying that Jim Crow was good for Black people, that’s all political spin, it’s a lie, it’s gaslighting and that’s truly unfortunate,” said Donalds, who made the comments Tuesday at an event for former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign.

Reid would go on to hit the Florida Republican, who is reportedly on Trump’s vice presidential shortlist, with a “challenge” to his claims.