Hours after MSNBC boss Rebecca Kutler officially announced that Joy Reid’s show was ending and the longtime host was leaving the network amid a programming overhaul, Reid devoted her final broadcast to instructing her viewers on the ways to resist throughout Donald Trump’s presidency, warning them that fascism is “already here.”.
Returning the favor, Reid declared that Maddow was the network’s “fearless leader” and their “super friend,” letting MSNBC’s most prominent star know “we love her so much.” Meanwhile, Wallace said she felt nothing but “despair” over Reid’s cancelation, which she compared to “losing a limb.”.
Following Reid’s send-off, which also included her thanking her production crew, Maddow took a “point of personal privilege” on her Monday night program to criticize network management for the “bad mistake” it made in dropping Reid and canceling other shows hosted by women of color.
Towards the end of the broadcast, Reid was joined by network mainstays Maddow, Nicolle Wallace and Lawrence O’Donnell, who all heaped praise on the progressive host as the final minutes of her MSNBC tenure ticked away.
The progressive firebrand was also joined by some of her fellow MSNBC hosts, who paid tribute to their departing colleague and likened her cancelation as “losing a limb,” while Reid lauded network star Rachel Maddow as their “fearless leader.”.
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