Reid first called Dart an "idiot" for using the word "pleasured" to describe meeting Trump."I’m pleasured to meet, like what does that even mean?" she began."First of all, he’s an idiot.
OK, but what do you mean ‘you’re pleasured to meet the president?’ Like, is English your first language? What are you saying?"Joy-Ann Reid speaks onstage during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference National Town Hall at the Walter E.Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., on Sept.
25, 2025.(Leigh Vogel/Getty Images)She then explained why she must stop supporting the GiantsDONALD TRUMP SHOUTS OUT JAXSON DART AFTER GIANTS QB'S APPEARANCE AT EVENT WAS MET WITH CONTROVERSY"I was, you know, really kind of repulsed as a Giants fan — former now — because the reality is Donald Trump is not a normal president," Reid told host Jack Cocchiarella.
"Donald Trump is not an American president.Donald Trump is a wannabe king.
And we’re in the 250th anniversary of our divorce from the king of England.And Donald Trump is trying to be a king."Apparently, all the players who committed violent crimes were not enough to turn Reid away from the Giants.
It took a player welcoming Trump on stage.Later in the rant, Reid suggested Dart benefits from, you guessed it, White privilege.JEMELE HILL TRIES USING THE RACE CARD TO DEFEND ABDUL CARTER FOR CRITICIZING JAXSON DART AND TRUMP"Sports has always been political and it’s always been used as Americana, right? They love it when the athletes are representing America on the court or on the field and that’s what you’re supposed to do.If you’re waving the flag, that’s fine.
If you’re challenging the flag or challenging the status quo in the country, that’s a problem.And that’s black artist, black athlete vs.
white athletes," she said."It’s always been that way.When Muhammad Ali says he won’t go to Vietnam, no one questions, 'Well, maybe we should let him interrogate a little bit ...