Joy Reid has announced she will be leaving X as a wave of Kamala Harris supporters protest Elon Musk’s support for Donald Trump.
The ReidOut star went to TikTok to announce its future plans on the platform – or lack thereof.
She proudly showed off photos of the account deactivation process, joining personalities like Don Lemon in doing so.
X’s socials are also sworn off by publications such as The Guardian, which launched a boycott this week due to ‘disturbing content’ on the platform.
The newspaper cited examples of “extreme right-wing conspiracy theories and racism” – as did Reid late on Wednesday.
Not for nothing did she give a long explanation, dramatically declaring that in the end it “just wasn’t worth it.”
“Hey guys, today I did something I’ve wanted to do for a while,” Reid starts by saying, before going to two, which still shows her X account is deactivated while melodramatic music plays.
“And the reason for doing it, and saying goodbye to my 1.9 million followers there,” she explains, “I hadn’t posted in a long time — I just didn’t want to contribute any content after it was through the current purchased owner.’
The ReidOut star took to TikTok to announce her future plans on the platform – or lack thereof
She proudly showed off photos of the account deactivation process along with other progressives
“But because I just had it there, I only kept it because, you know, I really didn’t want anyone to try to take that name and use it for nefarious purposes,” she continues, at this point giving a message. laugh.
“I was a little worried about that.”
“And every now and then I would also just use it to look at news that was trending, what was happening, and just use it as an aggregator,” she adds more seriously.
“But I just realized it’s not really worth it.
“Because in order to gather the news and watch it at all, you have to wade through a lot of muck and a lot of righteous abuse and a lot of righteous negativity.
“And it’s just not worth it.”
Despite getting her message across, the MSNBC star continues from there, waxing poetic on the subject for a full three minutes.
She complains at one point about “the quality of the interactions” on the website, while at another point she emphasizes that “the content” offered “is not useful.”
“To gather the news and just look at (the website) you have to wade through a lot of muck and a lot of righteous abuse and a lot of righteous negativity,” Reid claimed at one point in her rant — before ultimately stating: ‘it’s just not worth it’
Her and others who had supported Kamala Harris come in protest against X owner Elon Musk’s support for Donald Trump
Similar sentiments were expressed earlier in the day by ousted CNN star Lemon, as he was also taken aback by the website and its owners.
“I’ve enjoyed connecting with you all all these years on Twitter and then on X, but it’s time for me to leave the platform,” he said.he former CNN anchor, 58, in – ironically – one X video.
“I once believed it was a place for honest debate and discussion, transparency and freedom of expression, but I now feel it does not serve that purpose.”
Since the election, both stars have relentlessly complained about the outcome, using all their social media (and in Reid’s case, MSNBC) as a platform.
On Friday, she shamed Latino men who voted for the president-elect on air in what amounted to a condescending rant.
“While 91 percent of black women voted for (Harris), a total of 53 percent of white women voted for Trump,” Reid began.
“(This is) despite the open disrespect and demonization of JD Vance and the Supreme Court stripping women’s bodily autonomy, courtesy of Donald Trump.
“Also, Latino men, who – despite the total disrespect Trump has shown and his promise to deport some of your mixed-status mixed-race families – most of them have voted by a 55 percent majority to allow the deportations to take place,” she continued. , indicating planned policy.
The former CNN anchor, 58, has been quite vocal about his displeasure with the 2024 election results and has announced he will drop X due to the billionaire’s actions. “It’s time for me to leave the platform,” he said
Since the election, both stars have relentlessly complained about the outcome, using their socials as a platform
“You all voted with Stephen Miller and David Duke and against your own sisters who elected (Harris) with 60 percent of their votes.”
Speaking to Latino men who voted directly for Trump, she went on to say, “You (better) own everything that happens from here on out with your mixed-status families and with your wives, sisters and abuelas.”
The comments quickly resulted in criticism — with Democrats like New York Rep. Ritchie Torres speaking out.
As this happened, MSNBC’s ratings took a nosedive, from 6 million daily viewers on Election Tuesday to just 596,000 last Thursday, according to new figures from Nielsen.
That came as commentators like Reid’s colleagues Rachel Maddow and Joe Scarborough continued to discuss the outcome — often in rants laced with anger toward conservatives, and now Musk.
Two years after the Tesla boss branded Trump a liar and “too old” to run for president in a widely seen war of words on then-Twitter and Trump’s then-new Truth Social, Musk now has a position in the administration of Trump. top of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency.
Despite being close to the Commander-in-Chief’s office, it is clear that the two have buried the hatchet.
In recent days, Musk has become a virtual fixture at Trump’s Mar-a-lago complex – since the ex-president won the 2024 election with significant campaign help from the businessman.
The comments came in response to a rant from the Reid Out star on Friday – a tirade that Torres branded “patronizing” and divisive
Two years after the Tesla boss branded Trump a liar and “too old” to run for president in a widely seen war of words on then-Twitter and Trump’s then-new Truth Social, Musk has been asked by the president-elect to to lead the government’s Ministry of Efficiency
Reid and others have been outraged ever since, with many now swearing off the social media platform. Seen here, a recent post from Reid’s TikTok
Musk campaigned hard for the president this time, which led to a backlash
He has been seen regularly at Trump’s Florida home since the election, after celebrating victory with campaign officials on election night.
The billionaire has been spotted at Trump’s golf course and at dinner with the newly elected president.
Trump’s granddaughter even called Musk “uncle” in a recent social media post.
Reid, meanwhile, still has accounts on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.