September 2nd 2023.
Joy Reid of MSNBC's The Reid Out was not pleased with the comparison between Donald Trump's mugshot and late rapper Tupac Shakur by conservative pundits. On her show, Reid was responding to a segment on Fox News' The Five. Host Jesse Watters claimed that Trump's arrest was a "badge of honor" and contributor Raymond Arroyo said he heard a Black woman describe Trump as "gangsta" due to his mugshot circulating.
Reid took exception to the idea that Trump became more relatable to Black voters due to his arrest. During her conversation with Rev. Al Sharpton, she compared the arrest of figures such as John Lewis with Trump's. Reid said: “Rev, you have been arrested protesting for rights. You have been arrested in civil rights marches. You’re a civil rights leader. You go back and think about people arrested in the 1960s. John Lewis’ mugshot is a badge of honor, but it was what he was arrested for. He was arrested in order to protest for people to vote and have civil rights.”
Rev. Sharpton responded by saying it was part of the criminalization of Blacks, “They see all Blacks as criminals, and they feel that we all will in a knee-jerk way go with criminals. No, we go with those that we feel are falsely being criminalized and tried and cannot defend themselves.”
According to the Huffington Post, Trump's campaign is already using his mugshot to raise money for his campaign. Mike Nellis, the founder of Authentic, a Democrat-focused digital marketing and fundraising agency, said: “Both parties are going to use Trump’s mug shot to raise money. It’s catnip for online donors, for both the left and the right. No doubt about it.”
Joy Reid's response to the conservative pundit's comparison of Trump's mugshot to Tupac Shakur's was one of disapproval. She compared Trump's arrest with that of civil rights leaders such as John Lewis, and Rev. Al Sharpton highlighted the criminalization of Blacks. In the end, even Trump's campaign is using his mugshot to raise money, showing that both parties are using it to their advantage.
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