Liberal commentator Joy Reid has blamed “white women” for the Democrats’ defeat in North Carolina.
Reid had been speaking on MSNBC’s election night panel when the key state swung in Trump’s favor.
She said: ‘In the end, they didn’t hit their numbers. We have to be frank about why black voters supported Harris and white voters did not.
‘That’s what seems to have happened in the state. That message was not enough to get enough white women to vote for Vice President Harris.
“This will be the second chance white women in this country will have to change the way they interact with the patriarchy.”
The Tar Heel State had been a key target for both campaigns and was the scene of some frenetic campaigning.
Reid had been speaking on MSNBC’s election night panel when the key state swung in Trump’s favor.
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a rally at Muhlenberg College’s Memorial Hall in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 4.
Reid was instantly criticized online for her comments, with most criticizing her for being racist.
One person commented: ‘For Joy Reid, it’s always about white people instead of people. “She will never change that way of thinking.”
Another posted: ‘I wish Joy Reid and Kamala Harris were a package deal. We could get rid of these two racists in one night.
Speaking earlier on the show, he had also lashed out at the state of Florida, calling it “far-right fascist.”
“Think about the last two weeks and the things that Donald Trump has said on television that people were able to hear him say and do,” he said.
“Vulgarity in front of families with small children and threats of mass deportation and a violent start to his dictatorship from day one, whatever.”
After Trump called Florida earlier in the afternoon, Reid said, “It’s a pure Project 2025 in Florida in miniature.”
“Does that far-right, fascist-type government in Florida make it a more attractive place?”
And when Texas came calling for Trump, Reid described black voters in Houston as “deeply repressed.”
Donald Trump won the critical swing state of North Carolina and its 16 electoral votes at a crucial time in the election.
Trump has soared in the betting markets and now has a more than 90 percent chance of winning the presidency.
Several markets are now reporting that his presidency is a dead certainty, with Polymarket giving Harris a six percent chance.
British team Betfair has given Harris even less, with a slim one per cent chance of winning, after the company raised $325 million following exit polls.
Betfair spokesman Sam Rosbottom said: “(Trump) has strong support to win the seven swing states, there is a good chance this could be a landslide victory if things go as the punters predict.”
Her victory in North Carolina also prompted a “silence” among those in Harris’ campaign who announced that she will not speak tonight.
A Democratic presidential candidate has not claimed victory in North Carolina since Barack Obama in 2008. Trump has already won it in three consecutive elections.
Trump, 78, is seeking to become the oldest person ever elected president.
He would also be the first defeated president in 132 years to win another term in the White House, and the first person convicted of a felony to assume the Oval Office.
Harris, 60, would be the first woman, Black and person of South Asian descent to serve as president.
She would also be the first sitting vice president to win the White House in 36 years.