Former MSNBC host Joy Reid has claimed that she will no longer root for the New York Giants after quarterback Jaxson Dart introduced Donald Trump at a rally.
Dart sparked controversy last week when he appeared at a MAGA rally in Suffern, New York, and introduced Trump for a speech at Rockland Community College.
The fiercest criticism came from within his own locker room with teammate Abdul Carter among those to take to social media to hit out at his signal caller.
Dart has since come forward and defended his actions, understanding that it was a ‘sensitive topic’ but also calling it a ‘unique opportunity’ that he couldn’t refuse.
Now, in light of Dart’s appearance at the rally, ex-MSNBC host Joy Reid has labelled Dart as an ‘idiot’ before cutting ties with the organization ahead of the season.
”First of all he didn’t say he was happy he said he was pleasured to meet the president,’ Reid said. ‘I’m pleasured to meet, like what does that even mean? First of all, he’s an idiot. OK, but what do you mean ‘you’re pleasured to meet the president?’
Former MSNBC host Joy Reid has claimed that he will no longer root for the New York Giants after quarterback Jaxson Dart introduced President Donald Trump at a rally
Dart sparked fury on the right last week after he had to defend his decision to support Trump
‘Like, is English your first language? What are you saying?’, she added.
‘I was really kind of repulsed as a Giants fan – former now – because the reality is Donald Trump is not a normal president,’ Reid said.
‘Donald Trump is not an American president. Donald Trump is a wannabe king. And we’re in the 250th anniversary of our divorce from the king of England. And Donald Trump is trying to be a king.’
Later on in her interview with Jack Cocchiarella, Reid went on to suggest that, had it been a black athlete instead of Dart, then the responses would have been different.
‘Sports has always been political and it’s always been used as Americana, right?’, she continued. ‘They love it when the athletes are representing America on the court or on the field and that’s what you’re supposed to do.
‘If you’re waving the flag, that’s fine. If you’re challenging the flag or challenging the status quo in the country, that’s a problem. And that’s black artist, black athlete vs. white athletes,’ she said.
‘It’s always been that way. When Muhammad Ali says he won’t go to Vietnam, no one questions, ‘Well, maybe we should let him interrogate a little bit more why we’re fighting in Vietnam.’ Instead, they just call him unpatriotic and throw him in jail.
‘And, you know, this has been the history of Black athletes, really, from the beginning. The only way to kind of be an acceptable Black athlete is to also wave the flag.’
The quarterback’s move to align himself with the President caused locker room unrest
New York Giants quarterback Dart sparked liberal fury when he was seen cozying up to Trump at the rally in Suffern, New York, last Friday, with one of his NFL teammates even calling him out on social media over the interaction.
Yet while playing down talk of a locker-room feud with Abdul Carter – the Giants colleague who appeared to hit out at him on X – Dart also recently distanced himself from the Republican party after speaking out on his shock MAGA appearance.
‘The president position has always been a position that I’ve well respected, regardless of political affiliation, regardless of political party and my intentions were just that,’ he said.
The 23-year-old added: ‘I also understand that in this world, politics can be a sensitive matter, a sensitive topic. I also understand that I am the quarterback of the New York Giants, and that involves a lot of responsibility. It’s under a limelight, under a microscope, and there’s a lot that comes with that.’
Dart’s comments have not gone down well with several conservative commentators, who have fumed that the NFL star should not have been made to explain himself over the meeting with Trump.
