Maybe Joy Reid’s view on homosexuality “evolved” over time as Barack Obama did with gay marriage. Her constant tut-tutting about tolerance and likening most conservatives to screeching bigots comes off more like projection when you read some of the blog posts she wrote before becoming a player on MSNBC.
Somebody unearthed her posts using the Wayback Machine and what the guy dug up were Reid’s posts about Charlie Crist. There was talk that John McCain might ask him to be his running mate. Crist was a still a Republican at the time and relatively popular in the state of Florida. The thought was he would help deliver that crucial state to McCain.
What follows are a series of tweets that really cast Reid in an ugly light. The question is whether or not the press picks up on this and asks about it:
1/x From 2007 to 2009 @joyannreid authored a dozen homophobic posts not only attempting to out Charlie Crist as gay, she attacked & mocked him for being so.
She repeatedly referred to him as "Miss Charlie" and tagged posts about him under "gay politicians." (thread) pic.twitter.com/tRYvJ3lTc8
— I almost met Timothée Chalamet once (@Jamie_Maz) November 30, 2017
2/x Joy constantly refers to Crist mockingly as "Miss Charlie" and insinuates that his marriage is a fraud to cover up his being gay. pic.twitter.com/2E7i8rCq8C
— I almost met Timothée Chalamet once (@Jamie_Maz) November 30, 2017
3/x She makes a joke about John McCain "tapping" Crist, says Crist spent his honeymoon ogling male waiters and thinking about how he didn't want to see his wife naked, and mocked Crist's big gay wedding. pic.twitter.com/KmWxJymc3J
— I almost met Timothée Chalamet once (@Jamie_Maz) November 30, 2017
4/x Joy mocks Crist as Will from Will and Grace, says he is faking a marriage to a woman to run for VP. pic.twitter.com/dTShwF1ecQ
— I almost met Timothée Chalamet once (@Jamie_Maz) November 30, 2017
6/x Joy writes a post on Crist under the tag "not gay politicians" and shares her awful opinions on gay men who get married. pic.twitter.com/ZX2sOGDvL6
— I almost met Timothée Chalamet once (@Jamie_Maz) November 30, 2017
7/x Joy calls Crist "Miss Charlie" and again declares his potential wedding to a women is a fraud and a "veep marketing strategy". pic.twitter.com/ZMCbEfURfn
— I almost met Timothée Chalamet once (@Jamie_Maz) November 30, 2017
8/x Joy constantly refers to Crist mockingly as "Miss Charlie" and insinuates that his marriage is a fraud to cover up his being gay. pic.twitter.com/HMcGE1LlPr
— I almost met Timothée Chalamet once (@Jamie_Maz) November 30, 2017
9/x More garbage from Joy. pic.twitter.com/ANnS72PHFH
— I almost met Timothée Chalamet once (@Jamie_Maz) November 30, 2017
Here is the link to the archive of Joy's blog. Scroll about halfway down to start seeing the articles cited in the thread. https://t.co/8KiWmuv7th
— I almost met Timothée Chalamet once (@Jamie_Maz) November 30, 2017
Now, remember, the left justifies this nonsense by falling back on the claim of “hypocrisy.” They’ll say Crist was a Republican and his policies were anti-gay and therefore, he wasn’t being “true” to himself by pretending he’s straight.
Except that’s not up to Reid or other liberals to decide and her derogatory remarks about Crist at the time, demand an explanation, if not an apology.
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