Joy Reid goes full Iran apologist on CNN but then this happened

Joy[less] Reid, the miserable ex-MSNBC leftist, just took a wild swing on CNN, defending Iran of all places after Trump dropped a weekend surprise on their nuclear sites. Yeah, that Iran. The one with a rap sheet longer than a Costco receipt for sponsoring terror and chaos.

Things got spicy fast on CNN’s Newsnight Tuesday, and Reid was serving up takes hotter than a Legionnaire's butt on the Sahara in the middle of summer.

CNN contributor Brad Todd came out swinging, laying it down plain: “Iran-backed militias that attacked the United States forces 170 times in Syria, in Jordan and in Iraq. You know who said that? Joe Biden said that. That’s why he authorized F-15 strikes against Iran.”

Bahdahboom! Facts on the table.

But Reid? She a dolt and wasn’t having it. Brushing off Biden like he’s yesterday’s news, she sneered, “I don’t look to former President Joe Biden as a moral authority because he has allowed Israel in an unrestrained manner to slaughter Palestinians in Gaza.”

Oh, we’re going there, eh? Reid doubled down, spinning a yarn about why Iran’s chasing nukes: “The bottom line here is the way that we know that Iran did not have nuclear weapons is that if they had nuclear weapons, Israel would not attack them. The reason they’re trying to get nukes, and probably Saudi Arabia is trying to get them, is because an expansionist power in their region keeps threatening them and actually bombs them.”

She's putting the cart before the horse, in a sense. The obvious truth is what Iran has said all along, and that's a little chant calling for death to Israel, and yes, America too.

Then Reid went full bird-brain: “I don’t think it’s okay that Israel has nukes either. And so the bottom line is, Israel does not even subject its nuclear weapons to the IAEA. And so my question is, should anyone in the region have nukes?”

Alright, Joy, slow down. You’re out here sounding like you’re auditioning for a UN debate club and didn't even bring your notes.

Host Abby Phillips wasn’t letting that slide, stepping in with a reality check: “Joy, this is not just about nukes. It’s also about Iran being a state sponsor of terrorism and chaos and violence and death around the world. So, I mean, there’s that too.”

Then Arthur Aidala piled on, calling out Reid for stanning a regime that “slaughters gay people and kills others for their religious beliefs.” Reid, too stupid to back down, fired back: “LGBTQ people can't even serve in the military under the president you prefer.”

Aidala wasn’t having it, clapping back, “We're not killing them!”

Reid kept digging: “They’re allowed to live, but they’re not allowed to serve in the United States military. They’re being persecuted. They can’t have their stories told in school. The United States is not exactly a beacon of rights for gay people.” Okay, Joy, comparing the U.S. to Iran’s death squads? That’s a stretch even for you. Aidala called her out for the false equivalence, and the panel was basically a cage match at this point.

And yes, LGBTQ people can openly serve in the military, but don't expect the military to do the genital mutilation for them. The "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy was repealed in 2011 and since then openly gay, lesbian and bisexual people can serve. In 2021, the Department of Defense lifted the ban on transgender individuals serving openly, allowing them to serve in their identified gender, provided they meet military standards.

This wasn’t the first time we’ve heard this tune. Just last week, The View’s Whoopi Goldberg tried a similar flex, claiming the U.S. in 2025 is basically Iran for Black folks. “Not if you're Black,” she insisted when co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin pushed back, with Sunny Hostin chiming in, “not for everybody.” 

The hyperbole is strong with this mentally challenged crew.

Reid’s still stinging from MSNBC canning her show earlier this year, and she has a theory: her Gaza coverage and relentless Trump-bashing got her the boot. Shocker, right? The far-left flamethrower thinks speaking “truth to power” cost her the gig. Maybe, Joy, it’s just that people got tired of the hot takes that sound like they’re scripted by a Reddit thread.

So, there you have it—Reid out here caping for Iran, sparring with CNN’s finest, and leaving us all wondering: what’s next, a fan letter to the ayatollah? Stay tuned, because this drama’s far from over.

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Warren: White toast completely done

Sen. Elizabeth "Dances with Blather" Warren (D-MA) is toast. She's done, as in soon-to-be circling the toilet bowl of campaign history. As in "I know who the masked man is, but who is that woman riding with him off into the sunset?" 

The CNN Democratic presidential campaign debate Tuesday night was a clinic in journalism ethics and integrity. It was the "before" in the "before and after" techniques in how to conduct a fair debate. It was the Candy Crowley redux of 2020.

In other words, it sucked like V616 Monocerotis, a black hole located about 3,000 light years away with nine to thirteen times the mass of our Sun. That is how much it sucked because CNN is simply so bad that it's obvious.

If the CNN questioning and Warren's subsequent refusal to shake Bernie Sanders' hand after the debacle indicates anything, it certainly indicates Warren's demise as a candidate if Democratic voters have at least half a brain, which I suspect they have.

This was the worst debate of the seven heaped upon the American people. Fortunately, almost all the American people weren't interested in having their ears and eyeballs bleed from tuning in.

The debate was held in Des Moines, Iowa and hosted by the Compromised News Network. One of their moderators, Abby Phillips, along with CNN in general, was in Warren's corner all the way, as they did all they could to hit Bernie below the belt, where much hasn't been happening, one suspects, for years, with questions that were aimed at attacking him and making Warren look as if she isn't a chronic and disgusting liar.

And I don't even like Sanders. He's an idiot, but at least he's an honest idiot with idiotic ideas that he honestly expresses in what sounds like a serious speech impediment.

Phillips made it clear in her questioning that she believes Warren's saying that Bernie told her [in confidence] that a woman wouldn't be president. Sanders totally denied Warren's claim, a claim that should not have been divulged even if it was true that he said it--which is doubtful based on her history of lies.

“So, Senator Sanders, I do want to be clear here, you’re saying that you never told Senator Warren that a woman could not win the election?” Phillips asked the Vermont senator.

“That is correct,” Sanders responded.

Phillips  next turned to Warren and asked a question that quickly sparked accurate accusations of “media malpractice” online.

“Senator Warren, what did you think when Senator Sanders told you a woman could not win the election?” asked Phillips, [my emphasis]. Obviously, she was implying Sanders was lying.

“I disagreed,” Warren replied. “Bernie is my friend, and I am not here to try to fight with Bernie." She was simply intending to leak information that was either told in confidence or not told at all, in order to make Sanders sound like a misogynist.

"But, look, this question about whether or not a woman can be president has been raised, and it’s time for us to attack it head-on,” she added. 

She then used CNN's help to play the woman card hard — and slammed the men sharing the stage, as if she’d rehearsed this in a mirror for hours.

“The best way to talk about who can win is by looking at people’s winning record,” she said. “So, can a woman beat Donald Trump? Look at the men on this stage. Collectively, they have lost 10 elections. The only people on this stage who have won every single election that they’ve been in are the women. Amy [Klobuchar] and me.”

It didn't take long for the #NeverWarren hashtag to trend on social media, and you know the "Bernie Bros" are totally pissed off at her actions and lies.

My guess is that if Bernie said anything resembling Warren's accusation, he was telling her that he thought a woman wouldn't be able to tackle Trump's rhetoric. But if Sanders said he never even said that, I believe him over her. After all, the record speaks for itself.

It's hard to believe that Elizabeth Warren is even more unlikeable than Hillary Clinton. But after that debate, I believe she's in the lead in the race to the bottom of the barrel and she shares it with CNN.

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