MSNBC Reid: GOP Is Anti-DEI Because They ‘Can’t Stand Black People’

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MFUME: “Shame on those people who want to make something out of this that isn’t there. They have this boogeyman philosophy and if it’s black or brown, it’s something that they’ve got a target on.”
Reid: “Yeah.”
MFUME: “I just think that it is just totally uncalled for at a time like this.”
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Reid: “That was Maryland’s Congressman Kweisi Mfume last night on this very show, talking about the rampant conspiracies being hawked by the right about Tuesday’s tragic bridge collapse in Baltimore. It has been a grab bag of right-wing grievances barely coated racism and flat out lies. Noted Jewish space lasers and QAnon conspiracist Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested the disaster was the result of an intentional attack. Perhaps by the space lasers. But the most idiotic and racist theories had to do with their newest bogeyman, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, DEI. A Republican congressional candidate in Florida tweeted that, ‘DEI did this.’ And a right-wing blue check account that’s been boosted by Elon Musk in the past just blew straight past the dog whistling tweeting to its 267,000 followers, ‘Baltimore’s DEI mayor commenting on the collapsed Francis Scott Key bridge, it’s going to get so, so much worse. Prepare accordingly.’ The post included a clip of Baltimore’s black mayor, Brandon Scott. I — I can’t believe I have to say this, Brandon Scott was elected with 70 percent of the vote in 2020, in a city that is 61 percent black so by right-wing logic, a diversity hire would have been a white man. Which of course is what they want, only the white Christian men may have this things. And this point, it’s evident what they mean by DEI, right? OK. It means black people. It’s the reason the right complained about Critical Race Theory. It’s not fashionable to be openly racist anymore in America unlike what they call the good old days. So referring to a black mayor as a DEI mayor get’s the point across, right? So fellows why don’t just say what you mean? You can’t stand black people. We get it. You’ve been heard. What is also clear, is all the conspiracy theories are a distraction from the real effects of Tuesday’s bridge collapse. Tonight, officials said the remains of the two victims were recovered. The remains of two of the victims were recovered. Construction workers who had been working on the bridge. Four others are presumed dead. There’s also the economic fallout from the port. The Port of Baltimore being closed indefinitely. This port is one of the busiest in the country, 11th largest overall. It employs more than 15,000 people and more than 139,000 indirect jobs. And it’s the number one port in the country for the import and export of automobiles and farm and construction machinery, a top importer of sugar, and second in the nation for export of coal, and not just coal for black people, Republicans, coal for everybody.”