MSNBC host Joy Reid has claimed that Democratic voters want to give former President Donald Trump a “knuckle sandwich” despite calls from both sides of the aisle to lower the political temperature following the recent assassination attempts against the Republican nominee.
Reid told g a network panel that the Democratic base really want someone to engage in a “fistfight” with Trump.
“Democrats want to see someone get up there and give a knuckle sandwich to Donald Trump,” Reid said.
Reid admitted that Tim Walz‘s debate performance was tailored to a “small, narrow group” of swing voters who want “more substance” from candidates.
“Tim Walz was very detailed and he spoke the way a governor speaks about really specific issues like gun violence, like health care,” she said.
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“He was substantive and knowledgeable, so if you are that person who the thing that is keeping you on the fence is you need more details, he gave you more details,” the MSNBC host said.
“No. 2, I don’t think that small narrow group of people wanted to see a fist fight. And so, I think that the people who want the fist fight are the base of the Democratic Party.”
Reid then said the e Democratic base doesn’t ” needhis debate,” but those swing voters who do.
“I think the reason that Tim Walz was effective in the way he did it – he wasn’t angry, he was disappointed. And that’s actually in some ways stronger,” she said.
“Tim Walz gave you that specificity that I think is going to get those people to feel more comfortable” voting for the Democratic ticket.
Reid was slammed for using violent imagery against Trump in the wake of the assassination attempts against him.
Conservative account Libs of TikTok wrote on x:
“2 assssnation attempts and Iran plotting to try to get Trump and Democrats are still calling for violence.”
Conservative commentator Paul Szypula wrote:
“Joy Reid is an angry person filled with hate. She needs help.”
The Post Millennial editor-in-chief Libby Emmons commented:
“This is a call for political violence.”
Heavy metal singer and conservative commentator Phil Labonte added, “there have been two attempts on Donald Trump’s life in the past three months.”
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