George Will Whitesplains Racism To Joy Reid
I'm not sure why suddenly George Will is popping up on all these MSNBC shows, but if today is any indication, he's in for a rude awakening. At least, if he goes on shows hosted by Joy Reid and Nicolle Wallace. (i.e., women — especially those who don't defer to him.) You don't show up to AM Joy and try to paint Steve King and Cindy Hyde Smith as harmless and innocent, and expect not to have your @ss handed to you.
Reid asked penetrating questions about why the Republican party has not taken any action against Steve King for his open embrace of white supremacy — in both his speech and his behavior. Will downplayed King's influence as one member of the House of Representatives, completely ignoring the fact that he holds positions of power in committees, and is a sought after endorsement of presidential candidates, being from Iowa. Reid wasn't having it.
WILL: First of all, Mr. King is 1/435 of one-half of one of our three branches of one of our governments, that is, the federal government, so he's not an enormous figure in American public life. Second, those people I just mentioned in the fourth district of Iowa gave him a 23-point margin of victory in 2016 and a 3-point margin of victory in 2018. It looks to me, the untutored eye here, that the political market is working. They have listened to him and they have decided they decreasingly approve of what he's saying, so why don't we let them have another bite at the apple in 2020?