Watch: Joy Reid Running Her Mouth About DeSantis, He'll Get The Last Laugh
MSNBC's ReidOut host Joy Reid returned to her favorite target, Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, on Monday night's broadcast, and she was clearly not pleased with him. Reid accused DeSantis of wanting to make Florida "a petri dish for everything on 4chan" as he attempted to protect gender-ambiguous toddlers from being disfigured and sterilized by quack doctors.
Reid began the segment by ranting about DeSantis, claiming that he was on a "endless quest to become the new face of the Republican Party" and was using "whatever the far-right 4chan Elon Musk/Joe Rogan crowd decides is the culture issue of the day and exploit it to its last ugly compound."
Reid was evidently irritated by DeSantis' efforts to protect gender-confused children from these quack doctors. She accused him of exploiting the issue for political gain and argued that he was taking away parents' right to make decisions about their own children. She also argued that this was a sign of DeSantis' attempt to win over the far-right 4chan crowd, which she believes would be detrimental to Florida.
Reid continued her tirade against DeSantis, accusing him of attempting to "normalize extreme conservative culture" and of "using children as pawns in this grand game of political chess." She also implied that DeSantis was trying to legislate morality and argued that his actions were "dangerous and reprehensible."
It is clear that Reid holds a deep-seated animosity toward DeSantis and she raged on:
"New reporting sheds light on DeSantis’s crusade to deny transgender medical care for two of society's most vulnerable groups, children and the poor. The Daily Beast reports that when a far right state legislator failed to pass an anti-trans bill earlier this year, the Governor resorted to back room bureaucracy to get the same result using different state agencies to cut off gender affirming care."
Since the legislation DeSantis wanted passed to protect children from abuse from the gender ideologues failed in the Florida legislature, DeSantis sought to use the powers given to him to prevent Medicaid from paying for sex transition surgeries for children.
In an interview with Florida Democrat state senator Shevrin Jones regarding DeSantis, Reid joked that he wants to turn Florida into a "petri dish for anything on 4chan." Anything the people on 4chan are yelling over, he wants to utilize as a platform to become President."
Is he? Or is he just protecting the kids of Florida from creepy new trends being pushed on their impressionable minds?
Transcript
JOY REID: In his endless quest to become the new face of the Republican Party, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis loves to zero in on whatever the far-right 4chan Elon Musk/Joe Rogan crowd decides is the culture issue of the day and exploit it to its last ugly compound. Lately that has meant going after trans people which DeSantis has actually been quietly doing for months.
New reporting sheds light on DeSantis’s crusade to deny transgender medical care for two of society's most vulnerable groups, children and the poor. The Daily Beast reports that when a far right state legislator failed to pass an anti-trans bill earlier this year, the Governor resorted to back room bureaucracy to get the same result using different state agencies to cut off gender affirming care.
They go on to write, the Governor's attack is something of a pincer movement. His administration targeted the poor by eliminating state and medicaid coverage for transgender care in August and it is currently preparing to bar doctors from providing related services to minors.
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REID: Your Governor wants to make Florida a petri dish for everything on 4chan. Anything the people on 4chan are screaming about, he wants to use it as a platform to make himself into the President. It’s pretty disgusting but it's what's happening.