By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-11-14 14:36:09 | Updated at 2024-11-22 02:19:09
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Joy Reid has announced she's leaving X as a wave of Kamala Harris supporters protest Elon Musk's support for Donald Trump.
The ReidOut star took to TikTok to announce her future plans one the platform - or lack thereof.
She proudly showed off stills of the account deactivation process - joining personalities like Don Lemon in doing so.
Also swearing off X's socials are publications like The Guardian, which launched a boycott this week due to 'disturbing content' on the platform.
The paper cited instances of 'far-right conspiracy theories and racism' - as did Reid late Wednesday.
As for a reason, she offered a lengthy explanation - dramatically declaring how, at the end of the day, 'it was just not worth it.'
'Hey guys, today I did something I've been meaning to do for a while,' Reid begins by saying- before panning to two still indicating her X account had been deactivated as melodramatic music plays.
'And the reason for doing it, and kissing goodbye my 1.9million followers over there,' she explains, 'I hadn't been posting for a long time - I just didn't want to contribute content once it was purchased by its present owner.'
The ReidOut star took to TikTok to announce her future plans one the platform - or lack thereof
She proudly showed off stills of the account deactivation process, joining other progressives in doing so
'But, just having it there - I was only holding onto it because, I, you know, really didn't want someone trying to take over that name and use it for nefarious purposes,' she continues, at this point letting out a laugh.
'I was a little bit worried about that.'
'And also, every so often, I was just using it to look at news that was trending, what's happening, and I just sort of used it as an aggregator,' she adds, more serious.
'But I just realized it's not really worth it.
'Because in order to do the news aggregation and just look at all, you have to wade through a lot of dreck and a lot of, just, abuse, and a lot of just, negativity.
'And it's just not worth it.'
Despite having conveyed her message, the MSNBC star presses on 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 insisting at another that 'the content' it offers 'is not helpful.'
'in order to do the news aggregation and just look at [the website], you have to wade through a lot of dreck and a lot of, just, abuse, and a lot of just, negativity,' Reid at one point claimed in her rant - before ultimately declaring, 'it's just not worth it'
The by her and others who had championed Kamala Harris come in protest of X owner Elon Musk's support for Donald Trump
Similar sentiments were aired by ousted CNN star Lemon earlier in the day, as he also spook poorly of the website and its owners.
'I have loved connecting with all of you on Twitter and then on X for all of these years, but it's time for me to leave the platform,' the former CNN anchor, 58, in - ironically - an X video.
'I once believe that it was a place for honest debate and discussion, transparency, and free speech, but I now feel that it does not serve that purpose.'
Since the election, both stars have relentlessly complained about the result, using all of their socials - and in Reid's case, MSNBC - as a platform.
On Friday, she shamed Latino men who voted for the president-elect on the air, in what amounted to a condescending rant.
'While 91 percent of black women voted for [Harris], 53 percent of white women overall voted for Trump,' Reid began.
'[This is] despite the open disrespect and demonization hurled by JD Vance and the Supreme Court stripping women’s bodily autonomy, courtesy of Donald Trump.
'Also, Latino men, who - despite the utter disrespect shown by Trump and his promise to deport some of your mixed-class, mixed-status families - most of them voted in a 55 percent majority to make the deportations happen,' she continued, mentioning planned policies.
The former CNN anchor, 58, has been quite vocal about his displeasure with the 2024 election results and has announced he will be ditching X over actions taken by the billionaire. 'It's time for me to leave the platform,' he said
Since the election, both stars have relentlessly complained about the result, using their socials as a platform
'You all voted with Stephen Miller and David Duke and against your own sisters who chose [Harris] with 60 percent of their votes.'
Speaking to Latino men who voted Trump directly, she went on to say: 'You [better] own everything that happens to your mixed-status families and to your wives, sisters and abuelas from here on in.'
The remarks quickly resulted in criticism - with Democrats like New York Rep Ritchie Torres speaking out.
As this was happening, MSNBC's ratings took a nosedive - plummeting from 6million daily viewers on election Tuesday to just 596,000 last Thursday, new Nielsen numbers show.
That came as commentators like Reid's coworkers Rachel Maddow and Joe Scarborough continue to discuss the result - often with rants laced with ire toward the conservative, and now Musk as well.
Two years after the Tesla boss slammed Trump as 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 Trump's administration- at the top of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency.
While just short of the commander-in-chef's cabinet, it's clear the two have buried the hatchet.
In recent days, Musk has become a near permanent fixture at Trump's Mar-a-lago compound - since the ex-president won the 2024 election with considerable campaign help from the businessman.
The comments came in response to a rant from the Reid Out star on Friday - one that Torres slammed as ''patronizing' and divisive
Two years after the Tesla boss slammed Trump as 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 tapped by the president-elect to head the Department of Government Efficiency
Reid and others have been irate 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 around - sparking the backlash
He has been spotted at Trump's Florida home regularly since the election after celebrating the win with campaign officials on election night.
The billionaire has been seen on Trump's golf course and dining with the president-elect.
Trump's granddaughter even referred to the Musk as 'uncle' - in a recent social media post.
Reid, meanwhile, still has accounts on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
