Critics blast MSNBC host Joy Reid for comparing Christian right to Taliban militants.
MSNBC host Joy Reid has frequently likened the Christian right in the United States to the Taliban as the terrorist group continues to gain control of Afghanistan. | Screenshot: YouTube/MSNBCAn MSNBC host is drawing criticism for comparing Republicans and conservative Christians to the Taliban as the terrorist group continues to gain control of Afghanistan.
Joy Reid, who hosts the nightly MSNBC program “The ReidOut,” shared her reaction to a tweet detailing life on the ground in Afghanistan Saturday. Yalda Hakim, a BBC reporter, declared that “Women in #Herat, now under Taliban control are telling me when they tried to enter the grounds of their university today they were told to go home. Schools have been shut down. 60 percent of university students in Herat were women.”
Reid, who has established a reputation as an outspoken critic of Republicans and conservatives in the United States, described the situation in Afghanistan as “the real-life 'Handmaid’s Tale.'”
According to Reid, the Taliban gaining ground in Afghanistan presents “a true cautionary tale for the U.S., which has our own far religious right dreaming of a theocracy that would impose a particular brand of Christianity, drive women from the workforce and solely into childbirth, and control all politics.” CP.
