MSNBC host Joy Reid recently described minorities who don’t vote for Vice President Kamala Harris as “real weird.”  President Biden sent shockwaves through American politics when he announced last weekend that he would be dropping out of the 2024 race while endorsing Kamala Harris as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

Reid’s comment follows polling throughout the year showing that former President Donald Trump has drastically improved support among the minority voting demographics since the last election, suggesting Democrats are scrambling to recover ground from these communities.  Reid also criticized the racial identity of celebrity Amber Rose, who has abandoned the Democratic Party and recently spoke at the Republican National Convention, demonstrating this apparent shift in voting preferences.

“Given just the stratospheric entrance of Vice President Kamala Harris into the presidential campaign, and she has now secured enough delegates to become the nominee, you’re going to look real crazy being on the other side of that line, particularly as a person of color, but really as anyone who claims to have any connection to the culture,” Reid said in a video uploaded to social media.

“You’re going to look real weird and real lonely on that side,” she added.  Reid then took a shot at Amber Rose, stating, “The door needs to close behind Amber, and she looked crazy over there, but shut the door behind her.”  Reid said, “You’re really going to look crazy being on that side given the cultural phenomenon of Vice President Kamala Devi Harris. She’s about to make history. She’s about to become the first woman president.”

Reid further addressed Amber Rose after her conversion to the Republican Party, stating,”She’s racially ambiguous. I don’t want to say she’s Black because she has said she’s not, so I don’t want to say this Black woman.  This woman who is of whatever race that she has claimed, she’s said she’s not Black, but [the RNC] brought somebody whose whole career is based in Black culture.”

The MSNBC host further slammed Reid for attempting to bring black voters over to the GOP. “Her whole culture came from Black culture, even though she said she’s not a Black person herself, and the fact that she is now the person they’re using to try to recruit young people of color and to say that this is the person who is the endorser of Donald Trump who you should trust when she won’t even claim the culture that brought her to the table, I’m dubious that this will work,” Reid said.

Amber Rose addressed the derogatory comments made about her by Reid, calling out the speculation on her racial identity.  “Hi @JoyAnnReid I’ve never said I wasn’t Black. I said I identify as biracial.  I’m not going to invalid my White father to make you feel more comfortable. Stop being a race baiter ur president does enough race baiting for all of us,” she wrote in a now deleted post to X.

Watch Reid’s video message about Kamala Harris below:

@joyreidofficial

This #presidentialelection just got fun ‼️‼️‼️

♬ original sound – Joy Ann Reid

Note:  The featured image is a screenshot from the embedded video.