MORONS: Reid & O’Donnell Shocked to Learn States Have Different Laws

On MSNBC’s ReidOut Joy Reid and fellow host, Lawrence O’Donnell quickly sought to prove to each other and everyone watching that neither of them have any clue about how our nation’s government works. They are both unfamiliar concepts with division and separation of powers. 

Proof of this came early in the show when Reid kvetched how many of President Joe Biden’s left-wing programs have been held up in the U.S. Senate. “None of those things are law and none are likely to become law despite Democrats narrowly controlling both branches of the federal legislature and the White House”Reid wept. “Because one or two Senators can literally shut down every one of those things over the will of hundreds of representatives in the house which has passed most of the things.” 

The host was then unhinged and mumbled: “without 60 Senators’ approval, 327 million Americans cannot have nice things.” 

What she doesn’t understand, or simply refuses to understand is Biden’s agenda isn’t being held up by “one or two Senators” the legislation is being blocked by fifty Republican Senators and two Democrat Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) & Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ). 

 

 

 

Once Reid was done with her incoherent ranting, she brought in Lawrence O’Donnell to join the discussion about how America has become “ungovernable.”  

“We certainly are not governing as a country” O’Donnell agreed. Proving he is just as ignorant about America’s system of government as Reid he remarked “so on something like abortion, the notion that in some states you have certain rights and in other states, you don’t have the same rights, is the kind of thing that literally defines different countries.”  

After that bizarre commentary, he shared his shock that each of America’s fifty states also has its own tax laws:

It’s more than that. It’s this other thing that’s been with us forever that no one even notices as uniquely peculiar to the United States of America. The amount of your tax burden depends on where and how big it is. The state you reside in will determine how much tax burden it is. Some states don’t have an income tax while others have high sales taxes. States with lower property taxes and higher taxes have other taxes. Another thing that separates nations around the globe is their sales taxes.

He continues to show his shock at this revelation. “we have these 50 different governments within the federal government”Which according to him “make[s] this place behave as more than one country.”

Joy Reid and Lawrence O’Donnell’s shockingly ignorant commentary is the best case for mandatory civics classes in every public school in the United States. 

Joy Reid & Lawrence O’Donnell’s uneducated commentary was made possible by Sleep Number. The links to their respective information are provided. 

To read the relevant transcript click “expand”:   

MSNBC’s ReidOut
4/28/2022
Eastern, 7:00 p.m.

JOY REID – Good evening everyone. We start ReidOutThis is a question I’ve been asking myself for the last several years. And it got more annoying after last January’s coup attempt. It is as follows. Has America become ungovernable? Just hold on. Let me tell you a bit more. With more than 81,000,000 votes, President Joe Biden was 7 million more popular than Donald Trump. An overwhelming majority for an agenda that is popular among Americans. Protecting your vote. A majority of voters supports making it illegal to block someone’s right to register to vote. Reform in police. After the George Floyd crime, more than 2/3 Americans believe that our criminal justice system requires major overhaul. 

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However, none of these things are currently lawful and they are unlikely to be made law by Democrats, despite their narrow control of both the federal legislatures and the White House. Why? It’s because one or two Senators have the power to shut down all of them over hundreds of Representatives in the House which passed many of the items I mentioned. And without the approval of 60 Senators, the 327 million Americans are unable to enjoy nice things. And one of our viable political parties had planned an actual rebellion and is likely to do so again. This begs the question: Is America in this moment in history? With a system created by European men and which certainly did not envision racial equality and diversity, nor that any person other than them could ever hold power in America, and is that even possible? Are we ungovernable? Lawrence O’Donnell hosts the wonderful, and he’s here to join me. Last WordHere on MSNBC. If you have any questions, please contact me. 

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LAWRENCE O’DONNELL: This is the biggest subject I’ve ever discussed on television. The question is huge. At times, it seemed that the country was reasonably well-governed, if the person were of white descent, and had some property. However, this time — as you all know, with the Civil War approaching, slavery was rapidly tearing apart the country. This seemed to be an insurmountable issue, on which different parts of the country had completely divergent views. To the point where a number of states stated, “You know what? We don’t believe this country can exist.”

REID: Right.

O’DONNELL: We’re going to call ourselves the confederate states. That was what we observed. This belief was so strong that it could not be. This is asking for too many conflicting thoughts to be absorbed in one location. So you now look at America and think, “Well, that’s not us — we definitely aren’t governing as countries.” 

REID: Right.

O’DONNELL: So the governable question is clearly one that begins with we’re not governing. 

REID: Yeah. 

O’DONNELL: So on something like abortion, the notion that in some states you have certain rights and in other states, you don’t have the same rights, is the kind of thing that literally defines different countries. 

REID: Right. Right.

O’DONNELL: That’s why there’s a Luxembourg and a Belgium instead of let’s put them together. 

REID: Right. 

O’DONNELL: You know, and it’s not just that. It’s this other thing that’s been with us forever that no one even notices as uniquely peculiar to the United States of America. It all depends on where you are located.

REID: Right. 

O’DONNELL: It depends on the state government that you live under and there are states that have no income tax, there are states that have much higher sales taxes, states with higher property taxes, other taxes. This is another factor that distinguishes countries from one another. 

REID: Right. Right. 

O’DONNELL: And so we have these really peculiar things that have developed because we have these 50 different governments within the federal government that make this place behave as more than one country but then always we must live under this sort of faith and declaration that we are one country. While it’s true that it has been declared, it does have a law. But it also contains a faith aspect. 

REID: Yeah.

O’DONNELL: There’s a thing that comes out when people say things like, oh, we’re better than this. Well, maybe in your neighborhood you are or maybe in your state you are but, no –  Who’s the we that you’re talking about when you say that? It’s an expression of faith about the identity and purpose of America. So we now find ourselves in an era where it is very, very relevant to question the governance of all 50 US states. We’ve been through years where this doesn’t feel reasonable.

REID: Yeah.

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