Joy Reid will not vote for any Democrat supporting Israel

Former MSNBC host Joy Reid has declared she will no longer vote for any Democratic candidate who does not pledge to sever the United States' relationship with Israel, marking a significant public break with the party she long defended on cable news. Reid made the statement during a recent interview with author TaNehisi Coates on her podcast.

In the interview, Reid characterized both major political parties as equally committed to Israel, describing the Democratic Party as "as married to this Israel over everything" regardless of its actions. She stated that going forward, she cannot vote for a Democrat who does not pledge to end the relationship, calling Israel a "nuclear armed expansionist power" that does not need American financial support. Coates noted during the conversation that Arab-American and Muslim-American voters shifted support to Donald Trump in the 2024 election due to anger over the Biden-Harris administration's Israel policy, highlighting existing political costs for Democrats on this issue.

This foreign policy ultimatum is part of a broader pattern of criticism from Reid targeting institutions she once supported. Her show on MSNBC was canceled in February 2025...