{"id":772289,"date":"2021-09-16T22:15:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T02:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=772289"},"modified":"2021-09-16T22:15:48","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T02:15:48","slug":"watch-msnbcs-joy-reid-claims-ben-shapiro-is-anti-vax-using-nicki-minaj-to-drag-people-into-anti-vax-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-msnbcs-joy-reid-claims-ben-shapiro-is-anti-vax-using-nicki-minaj-to-drag-people-into-anti-vax-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: MSNBC\u2019s Joy Reid Claims Ben Shapiro Is \u2018Anti-Vax,\u2019 Using Nicki Minaj To \u2018Drag\u2019 People Into \u2018Anti-Vax Camp\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-msnbcs-joy-reid-claims-ben-shapiro-is-anti-vax-using-nicki-minaj-to-drag-people-into-anti-vax-camp%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=772289&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Joy-Reid.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On her MSNBC program, \u201cThe Reid Out\u201d Thursday, host Joy Reid fired back at rap artist Nicki Minaj over her COVID-19 vaccine-related tweet, but this time, she tried to snare Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro, accusing Shapiro and other \u201cright-wing bomb-throwers\u201d of adopting Minajs as an \u201canti-vax\u201d heroine in order to lure unsuspecting Americans into refusing the vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nicki-minaj-skips-met-gala-over-vaccine-mandate-gets-into-twitter-fight-with-msnbcs-joy-reid\">Daily Wire reported<\/a>, Minaj and Reid have tangled off and on since Monday night when Minaj suggested she did not accept an invitation to the Met Gala because it would involve getting the COVID-19 vaccination \u2014 the Met Gala required attendees to provide proof of vaccination \u2014 and, while she has not closed the door on the possibility of getting inoculated against COVID-19, Minaj deemed the event\u2019s requirement unconvincing.<\/p>\n<p>Minaj then claimed that an acquaintance of her family member suffered a bizarre side effect of the vaccine: enlarged testicles.<\/p>\n<p>Reid said, on her program, that she was \u201csad\u201d Minaj was promoting an anti-vaccination message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor you to use your platform to encourage our community to not protect themselves and save their lives,\u201d commented Reid, \u201cAs a fan, I am so sad that you did that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Minaj responded by promoting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/left-melts-down-after-nicki-minaj-defends-posting-tucker-carlson-clip\">a clip from Fox News\u2019s Tucker Carlson<\/a>, praising the rap artist for \u201cenraging the political class\u201d who \u201ccouldn\u2019t let [Minaj\u2019s decision] stand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thursday night, Reid tried to suggest that, somehow, Minaj was joining \u201cright-wing bomb-throwers\u201d in an effort to de-legitimize the vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.9491525423729\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joy Reid falsely claims <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BenShapiro<\/a> is anti-vaxxer and white nationalist who&#8217;s one of many &#8220;right-wing bomb throwers&#8221; who&#8217;ve embraced <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NICKIMINAJ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NickiMinaj<\/a> to &#8220;drag as many of her fans into their anti-vax camp as they can. She adds folks like Ben &#8220;look down on&#8221; Black people and culture. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vtI7kucXfR\">pic.twitter.com\/vtI7kucXfR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1438653230414811136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After excoriating \u201cwhite nationalist-curious\u201d and \u201cno friend of non-white people, period\u201d Tucker Carlson, she laid into \u201cpeople like\u2026the Ben Shapiros,\u201d who, she claims, don\u2019t \u201cwant Nicki Minaj to have free speech\u2026what they want is a vehicle to drag as many of her fans into their anti-vax camp as they can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey need and crave authentic members of the culture, hip hop culture,\u201d Reid raved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s just be clear,\u201d Reid went on, \u201cthey look down on that culture and hate that culture and would never, ever, ever support someone like Nicki Minaj other than to pull her on to their team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear what \u201cteam\u201d Reid is referring to, but presumably, she believes Ben Shapiro and Tucker Carlson are \u201canti-vax\u201d or in the \u201canti-vax\u201d camp.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro, however, has been a proponent of vaccination \u2014 a fact recognized even by left-leaning outlets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2021\/07\/fox-news-conservatives-vaccines-sean-hannity\/619510\/\">The Atlantic noted, in July<\/a>, that Shapiro \u201chas been a vocal proponent of vaccination all along\u201d and that Shapiro tweeted, in early summer, urging his followers to&nbsp;\u201c[g]et vaxxed. I did. My wife did. My parents did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just days ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1437480034760077313\">Shapiro noted on Twitter<\/a>, responding to Vice President Kamala Harris, that the vaccine&nbsp;\u201cis EXTREMELY protective against hospitalization and death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives, of course, are not the only ones responding to Minaj\u2019s vaccine claims. Trinidad and Tobago\u2019s health minister noted, late Wednesday, that the government had not been informed of anyone with Minaj\u2019s acquaintance\u2019s particular side effect. Dr. Anthony Fauci countered Minaj\u2019s claims in interviews earlier this week, and according to Minaj, the White House has reached out with an offer to assist her in her vaccine research.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On her MSNBC program, \u201cThe Reid Out\u201d Thursday, host Joy Reid fired back at rap artist Nicki Minaj over her COVID-19 vaccine-related tweet, but this time, she tried to snare &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-772289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}