Joy Reid Says Nikki Haley Lost Iowa Caucus Because of Racism

Reid: “I think to the point that you made, Steph, I mean, it’s the elephant in the room. She’s still a brown lady that’s got to try to win in a party that is deeply anti-immigrant and which accepts the notion that you can say immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country. She’s getting, you know, birthered by Donald Trump. And I don’t care how much the donor kind of likes her —“
HAYES: “Which will go — will ramp up a lot.” [crosstalk]
Reid: “— which will ramp up a lot the better she does in New Hampshire.”
HAYES: “Yeah. Yes. Yes.”
Reid: “So, it’s still a challenge. I don’t see how she becomes the nominee of that party with Donald Trump still around. I can’t picture it happening. Maybe it could happen. Ron DeSantis’ only argument for staying in it is he’s the white guy that he can still make the appeal to white evangelicals.”