The evidence of our divided racial self was all over the Obama presidency from the beginning: from the shouts of 'you lie' from the well of Congress as he spoke to a joint session, to the unprecedented spectacle of American… — Joy Reid Copy Share Image
What White America and Black America wanted and expected from Obama were fundamentally different and opposite things. — Joy Reid Copy Share
If Obama was fundamentally different from prior presidents, Trump seems to violate every tenet of what Americans have long sought as our national image. — Joy Reid Copy Share
In many ways, Trump is both a boon and a bane to Republicans. His insanity and moral decrepitude keep the country focused on things… — Joy Reid Copy Share
To be white in America is to assume, with total self-confidence and little afterthought, the personal ownership of public spaces. — Joy Reid Copy Share
Dwight Eisenhower presented a face of America that was heroic and resolute; Ronald Reagan represented a return to confidence and glamour after the weary… — Joy Reid Copy Share
Trump's affinity for Russia dates back at least to the late 1980s, during the time of the Soviet Union, and it intensified after his… — Joy Reid Copy Share
Trump's more outre economic ideas, like repealing trade bills and implementing a massive surcharge on imports, would seem like non-starters in a Republican-led House… — Joy Reid Copy Share
Too great a love for the presidency has caused Democrats to neglect state and local politics and to overly prize compromise and a futile… — Joy Reid Copy Share
Bill Clinton had a hell of a first 24 months, even though he, like Trump, enjoyed a congressional majority. Scandal after scandal befell the… — Joy Reid Copy Share
The sharp differences between the way city dwellers and rural, suburban and exurban residents vote, think and live cannot be papered over by federal… — Joy Reid Copy Share
Even without the euphoria of 'yes we can,' Hillary Clinton is to white women what Barack Obama was to African-Americans. She represents the opportunity… — Joy Reid Copy Share
If you've never feared the police - if you don't get a dull ache in the pit of your stomach when you see red… — Joy Reid Copy Share
Republicans don't vote Republican because of Nancy Pelosi. They vote Republican because they are Republicans. — Joy Reid Copy Share
