Joy Reid is back in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. The former MSNBC host, best known for her constant race-focused rants, recently declared that the Fourth of July is nothing more than a celebration of “slaveholders” who wanted to avoid taxes, as reported by The Gateway Pundit.

With America’s 250th birthday just around the corner, Reid’s disdain for the nation that gave her the freedom to complain on television seems as loud as ever.

Speaking with fellow MSNBC castoff Alex Wagner, Reid launched into another anti-American lecture, claiming Independence Day is not a unifying holiday because of the Founding Fathers’ flaws.

According to Reid, “nobody black I know is really excited about the Fourth of July.” She went on to describe it as a commemoration of “slaveholders who freed themselves from having to pay taxes to the Crown for their slave empire.”

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Her comments spread quickly across social media, and it didn’t take long for proud Americans of every background to push back.

One X user who identified as black slammed Reid’s statement, writing, “I’m black. And I’m thrilled to celebrate our 250th anniversary on the Fourth of July!”

She added that only miserable, anti-white activists like Reid and her circle could possibly see America’s birthday through such a bitter lens.

Reid tried to couch her rant in half-hearted humor, claiming she still enjoys barbecues on the day off. “We will barbecue because we’re off,” she said, almost sneering at the idea of celebrating the nation’s freedom.

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But her real message was clear: Independence Day, in her eyes, is not something black Americans should feel proud of.

The irony of Reid’s outrage is impossible to miss. Born in Brooklyn to immigrant parents from Congo and Guyana, she has benefited from the very freedoms and opportunities that the United States uniquely offers.

Yet she never misses a chance to ridicule its founding ideals while pretending to speak on behalf of an entire race. The arrogance would be breathtaking if it were not so predictable.

Reid’s hostility toward patriotic tradition fits neatly into the modern left’s war on American history.

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For years, she has used her platform to smear conservatives and divide Americans by color and class, repeating the tired narrative that the country is irredeemably racist.

For people like Reid, unity is a threat because it breaks the victimhood narrative that keeps radical pundits relevant.

Of course, the facts contradict her rhetoric. Millions of black Americans proudly fly the Stars and Stripes every Independence Day.

They gather at parades, light fireworks, and grill out with friends and family, not as slaves to some colonial legacy but as proud citizens of the greatest experiment in freedom the world has ever seen.

From Crispus Attucks in the Revolution to the Buffalo Soldiers to modern-day servicemen and women, black Americans have fought and sacrificed to defend this country since its inception.

Even the historical figures Reid invokes expose the weakness of her argument. Frederick Douglass himself, after earlier condemning slavery, later praised the Constitution as a “glorious liberty document.”

He recognized what Reid refuses to: that America’s founding principles contain the moral seed that ultimately destroyed slavery, expanded civil rights, and continues to protect liberty for all.

The Constitution and Declaration of Independence, far from being symbols of oppression, provided the framework for abolition, civil rights, and justice.

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The true story of America is one of progress sparked by those documents, not in spite of them. That truth seems to bother modern progressives more than anything.

MSNBC and its alumni like Reid thrive on outrage, and their audience wants to be angry rather than informed. Instead of celebrating how far this nation has come, they dig for bitterness in every corner of history.

To them, patriotism is a scandal, and pride in the flag is somehow suspect. America-hating commentary may play well in newsroom echo chambers, but out in real communities, across all races, people are busy planning cookouts and fireworks, not pity parties.

Reid’s constant ungratefulness reveals why so many Americans have tuned out mainstream media lecturing. Ordinary citizens know that love of country is not defined by politicians or pundits.

They live it every day through hard work, service, faith, and family. And on the Fourth of July, they celebrate the blessings of liberty that allow even someone as privileged as Joy Reid to say whatever outrageous thing she pleases.

That freedom, despite her attempts to smear it, is exactly what Independence Day represents.

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