Vance Responds To Claim Made By Former MSNBC Host
There’s a certain irony in watching Don Lemon and Joy Reid team up on a podcast. Two figures ousted from network news, reinventing themselves in the crowded podcast space, trying to remain relevant by doubling down on the very rhetoric that helped sink them in the first place. And sure enough, Reid didn’t disappoint—delivering a diatribe that once again showed how obsessed the left has become with putting everyone into racial boxes.
Her comments? That Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was “more qualified” than Justice Amy Coney Barrett, and that Barrett’s confirmation was “affirmative action” for conservatives. But she didn’t stop there. She took aim at Vice President JD Vance, claiming he probably got into Yale Law School because admissions officers wanted an “Appalachian white.” She even dragged Ron DeSantis into it, suggesting his success could be chalked up to a diversity quota.
JOY REID: “JD Vance got into Yale because they were tired of just letting in white men from New York … from all the elite schools. They wanted an Appalachian white. That's how that man got into Yale, I promise you … That's also affirmative action and DEI.” pic.twitter.com/E69jgcotJx
— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) September 24, 2025
This is what happens when identity politics becomes the only lens through which you view the world. Achievements are no longer earned—they’re assigned, redistributed, or explained away through labels. And if those labels don’t exist? Well, the left will happily invent new ones, like “Appalachian white.”
Reid conveniently skipped a few details. Jackson’s infamous “I’m not a biologist” moment when asked to define what a woman is still stands as one of the most embarrassing answers ever given in a confirmation hearing. Barrett, meanwhile, has already authored sharp, disciplined opinions—her recent rebuke of Jackson’s reasoning on nationwide injunctions being just one example of her intellectual firepower.
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— JD Vance (@JDVance) September 24, 2025
As for Vance, Reid’s narrative crumbles under the weight of reality. He enlisted in the Marines, served in Iraq, graduated summa cum laude in just two years at Ohio State, then earned his Yale Law degree, wrote a bestselling book that defined a cultural moment, won a Senate seat, and is now Vice President—all before turning 41. That’s not privilege, that’s performance. That’s merit.
Reid also tossed Asians into her DEI musings, but failed to mention how elite schools actively discriminated against Asian applicants, as the Supreme Court recently confirmed. That kind of selective blindness is telling—it shows DEI is less about fairness and more about power.
— Josh Boehm (@BaronBoehm) September 24, 2025
The best part? JD Vance didn’t get dragged into a tit-for-tat. Instead, he leaned on humor, posting a meme that tapped into an internet craze from earlier this year. It was quick, sharp, and funny—the perfect antidote to Reid’s rant. And it worked. His post lit up the internet, sparking another wave of Vance memes that highlighted just how ridiculous her attack was.