Joy Reid

Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus.

Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus.

Hey, Charlie, can you hear me?

Hey, Charlie, can you hear me?

Yes. I live in the free state of Florida now. Yay. We were part of the mass exodus from New York state. And I worked in the public library system for about 10 years up there. And I came away from that believing that libraries are basically the pagan temples of our age. And my question is, what can we do about this?

Yes. I live in the free state of Florida now. Yay. We were part of the mass exodus from New York state. And I worked in the public library system for about 10 years up there. And I came away from that believing that libraries are basically the pagan temples of our age. And my question is, what can we do about this?

I mean, they're taking our tax money and I know it's not just books, you know, they have, I helped plan events and, you know, you had to stay away from all anything that hinted of religion, but you can have meditation or yoga or Tai Chi or all sorts of Eastern weirdness. But you couldn't do anything Christian. And we were supposed to be apolitical in 2020 when the election was coming up.

I mean, they're taking our tax money and I know it's not just books, you know, they have, I helped plan events and, you know, you had to stay away from all anything that hinted of religion, but you can have meditation or yoga or Tai Chi or all sorts of Eastern weirdness. But you couldn't do anything Christian. And we were supposed to be apolitical in 2020 when the election was coming up.

And yet all the new books on the shelf were like anti-Trump, pro, you know, everything from Bernie and all that stuff. So what's your thoughts? Should we go to a private library system that's subscription only? I even wish I could start one.

And yet all the new books on the shelf were like anti-Trump, pro, you know, everything from Bernie and all that stuff. So what's your thoughts? Should we go to a private library system that's subscription only? I even wish I could start one.

J.D., thank you so much for being here. I have read so many think pieces about your book and seen so many interviews with you. I have the book right here. Can't wait to dive into it. But your story, first of all, is fascinating. So the way you went from sort of Rust Belt country to Yale. One of the things that's really fascinating about your story, J.D.,

J.D., thank you so much for being here. I have read so many think pieces about your book and seen so many interviews with you. I have the book right here. Can't wait to dive into it. But your story, first of all, is fascinating. So the way you went from sort of Rust Belt country to Yale. One of the things that's really fascinating about your story, J.D.,

J.D., thank you so much for being here. I have read so many think pieces about your book and seen so many interviews with you. I have the book right here. Can't wait to dive into it. But your story, first of all, is fascinating. So the way you went from sort of Rust Belt country to Yale. One of the things that's really fascinating about your story, J.D.,

is how similar some of the pathologies you talk about are to the pathologies that normally people assign to African-Americans, right? That, you know, these ideas about the way you're raised, you're raised mostly by your grandparents, the way that you were able to use opportunity like the military to get a college degree, that's very familiar across racial lines.

is how similar some of the pathologies you talk about are to the pathologies that normally people assign to African-Americans, right? That, you know, these ideas about the way you're raised, you're raised mostly by your grandparents, the way that you were able to use opportunity like the military to get a college degree, that's very familiar across racial lines.

is how similar some of the pathologies you talk about are to the pathologies that normally people assign to African-Americans, right? That, you know, these ideas about the way you're raised, you're raised mostly by your grandparents, the way that you were able to use opportunity like the military to get a college degree, that's very familiar across racial lines.

So why do you suppose there's such a huge gulf in distance ideologically between African-Americans and people from where you, like the ones you came from?

So why do you suppose there's such a huge gulf in distance ideologically between African-Americans and people from where you, like the ones you came from?

So why do you suppose there's such a huge gulf in distance ideologically between African-Americans and people from where you, like the ones you came from?

They also have a tendency to blame the Biden administration. It's like, move on, that ship has sailed. I never remember in my lifetime a sitting president trashing a previous president. I've never heard that before. You never heard, you know, Ronald Reagan didn't do it. They're saying Ronald.