So much for those “White Man Demands.”
After accepting Manhattan Institute senior fellow Christopher Rufo’s requests via Twitter to appear on her MSNBC show, host Joy Reid declined to engage in a debate on the topic of critical race theory — resorting instead to constant interruption and insults, insisting, “it’s my show … so it’s how I want to do it.”
The host of “The ReidOut” — who initially called Rufo’s tweeted requests for a debate “a weirdly aggressive way to get yourself on TV” — began the interview Wednesday evening by addressing their online spat, calling Twitter a “hyperbole zone” before asking why he deserved to be on her program.
“But I just want to just get to a couple of little factual things,” Reid said before asking a series of questions about Rufo’s qualifications to debate critical race theory at all.
“Why would I need courage to have you on? Are you, like, an expert in race or racial history? Are you a lawyer? Are you a legal scholar? Is that part of your background?”
Rufo, given the opportunity to speak for the first time, replied by saying, “Yes, I’m a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, where I’m running their initiative on critical race theory. And the reason that I reached out on Twitter to you — and I appreciate you having me on — [is that] I enjoy this kind of cross-partisan dialogue.”
The Manhattan Institute is a center-right think tank, not a hardline political group.
#JoyReid #RaceTheory
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