MSNBC’s Joy Reid and The ReidOut’s assembled panel reacted on Friday to the efforts by some Republicans to name D.C.’s Dulles International Airport after Donald Trump and Democrats’ response of trying to name a federal prison after him by getting triggered at the eponyms currently on D.C.’s two airports: John Foster Dulles and Ronald Reagan. Reid even admitted that she refuses to call Reagan National by its name.
Reid opined, “Let’s talk a little about this idea of renaming Dulles. Now, Dulles is not the best airport, it might be the worst airport in America. The Republicans are like, ‘let’s name it after Donald Trump.’ I love the fact that it’s named after one of the most diabolical secretaries of State who destroyed Iran and a bunch of Central America.”
Ali Veshi chimed in to add, “But, let’s make that worse.”
Echoing the sentiment, Reid continued, “Let’s make it worse. Also, the Democrats have said, ‘Instead, let’s name a prison after Trump.’ Thoughts? Thoughts? Thoughts? Name a prison in Miami?”
Velshi loved the troll move, labeling it “fantastic,” but the table then went on a digression about prison names. When the digression ended, Reid returned to Dulles, “I think this is a great opportunity for the nerds of the table just to talk about Allen Dulles and also his brother, it was John Foster Dulles, I think, and Allen Dulles and both of them were involved in destroying Guatemala and Iran.”
No, that would be the ayatollahs whose oppressive domestic regime and foreign policy escapades have destroyed a once proud civilization. Still, there was one more D.C. airport to discuss. Political Science Professor Christina Greer added, “Well, I mean, we’ve— they’ve already renamed National, Reagan which I refuse to call it Reagan.”
If the professor can’t even bring herself to say “Reagan Airport,” one can only wonder what kind of education Fordham University political science majors are getting. Reid, however, would fit right in, “Yeah, I just call it DCA.”
Here is a transcript for the April 5 show:
MSNBC The ReidOut
4/5/2024
7:51 PM ET
JOY REID: Let’s talk a little about this idea of renaming Dulles. Now, Dulles is not the best airport, it might be the worst airport in America. The Republicans are like “let’s name it after Donald Trump.” I love the fact that it’s named after one of the most diabolical secretaries of State—
ALI VELSHI: Right.
REID: – who destroyed Iran and a bunch of Central America.
VELSHI: But, let’s make that worse.
REID: Let’s make it worse. Also, the Democrats have said “Instead, let’s name a prison after Trump.” Thoughts? Thoughts? Thoughts? Name a prison in Miami?
VELSHI: That is a fantastic—
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REID: I think this is a great opportunity for the nerds of the table just to talk about Allen Dulles and also his brother, it was John Foster Dulles—
VELSHI: Yup.
REID: — I think, and Allen Dulles and both of them were involved in destroying Guatemala and Iran.
VELSHI: Yeah.
REID: So, I feel like that’s important and that’s given me the opportunity, so thank you Republicans.
CHRISTINA GREER: Well, I mean, we’ve– they’ve already renamed National, Reagan which I refuse to call it Reagan.
REID: Yeah, I just call it DCA.