Former MSNBC anchor and far-left journalist Joy Reid launched into a lengthy tirade on her podcast Monday about the death of former South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, glibly remarking that “hell opened its doors for at least one more.”
“You’re going to be remembered as someone who betrayed your friends, who betrayed your country and who claimed that you cared about relationships,” Reid said on “The Joy Reid Show.”
“But, in the end, the only relationship you actually cared about was the relationship with Donald Trump. You sold your soul. You betrayed your friends, your legacy, your own soul. You sold your soul to the devil, and now you get to meet him in person.”
Reid also dismissed the idea of mainstream media eulogizing Graham, calling the idea “f–ked up-ish.”
“There is a thing that happens when people who are not good people, and who’ve done a lot of bad … the media reacts to them in a very specific sort of ‘f—ed up-ish’ kind of way, particularly when they’re conservatives,” Reid said Monday. “So, it’s been interesting kind of watching the fallout from the surprise passing of Lindsey Graham, who was not the Republican that we thought we were going to hear reports had passed away.”
In another comment, she added, “So I will not be bullied by the corporate media into doing fake encomiums. I cannot tell you how many anchors are on television saying, ‘The world is mourning the death of Lindsey Graham, the unexpected’ — Nope!”
Reid further attacked Graham as “one of the most snide, mean, horrific interrogators of Black nominees” during his time on the Senate Judiciary Committee, particularly after he opposed Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in 2022.
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Despite her attacks, Reid acknowledged that Graham was “witty, intelligent, smart enough to do better and to know better,” pointing out that he had initially discouraged President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
However, that led her to attack Graham after he “let the devils and the vampires in” by supporting Trump after his win.
“He posted, ‘If we nominate Trump, we will be destroyed, and we will deserve it.’ And eventually, your party will be destroyed. Lindsey, your whole legacy is already destroyed. You destroyed it. You destroyed your party,” Reid said.
Graham’s office announced his death early Sunday morning at age 71 after what was described as a “brief and sudden” illness, which was later revealed to be a heart condition.
He had served in the US Senate since 2003 after first being elected in 2002 and was seeking a fifth Senate term after winning the Republican primary last month.
