MSNBC’s “AM Joy” host Joy-Ann Reid sparked outrage on Saturday by mocking former White House adviser Sebastian Gorka with a tweet that jokingly referred to Nazis.
Reid mocked Gorka with a picture that she commented on by tweeting, “When you get fired on vacation and Kelly yanks your temporary security clearance before you can get back. #Gorked #DidNaziThatComing”
When you get fired on vacation and Kelly yanks your temporary security clearance before you can get back. #Gorked #DidNaziThatComing pic.twitter.com/IOx8GOC1is
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) August 26, 2017
Gorka came under criticism in April for a photograph that was taken in January which shows him wearing “the uniform and medal of Vitézi Rend, a Hungarian order of merit that was once closely associated with Nazi Germany.”
The medal did not belong to Gorka; rather the medal belonged to his father who earned it “fighting against Hungary’s post-WWII Soviet-aligned regime.”
Gorka wears the medal to honor his father’s memory.
Reid’s tweet sparked outrage across Twitter from different media personalities:
Hey Joy. Just FYI, Jews find your Nazi jokes really offensive. One of those things that we’re a little sensitive about. https://t.co/YB6VVLZsWY
— Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) August 26, 2017
Checking to see if your network’s advertisers find your Nazi jokes funny. So far I’m getting a pretty firm ‘no.’ https://t.co/YB6VVLZsWY
— Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) August 26, 2017
.@JoyAnnReid finds the slaughter of 6 million Jews to be a trivial hashtag anecdote. https://t.co/fsX90ZuX0J
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) August 26, 2017
Time to put pressure @NBCUniversal sponsors for enabling @JoyAnnReid‘s anti-Semitism, racism, and dishonesty. https://t.co/fsX90ZuX0J
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) August 26, 2017
Looks like hate speech only applies to Trump supporters. Getting Joy out of referencing the slaughter of Jews in a hashtag joke is sick. https://t.co/tHpFZonRK2
— Jessie Jane Duff (@JessieJaneDuff) August 26, 2017
A spokesperson for MSNBC did not respond to multiple requests for comment.