Maury Povich laughs off Joy Reid’s claim Democrats play by the rules
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Former daytime discuss present host Maury Povich laughed at former MSNBC host Joy Reid’s suggestion Monday that Senate Democrats “play by the rules” and do not “play politics” like Republicans.
On the “On Par with Maury Povichpodcast, Povich remarked that if the Democratic Party were to regain control of the Senate after the 2026 midterm elections, they would effectively stop any chance of President Donald Trump appointing another Supreme Court justice, similar to how Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., held up President Barack Obama from appointing a replacement after Justice Antonin Scalia’s death in 2016.
Reid argued otherwise, insisting Democratic politicians were different from Republicans.
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Joy Reid discussed Senate Democrats with Maury Povich on his podcast, “On Par with Maury Povich.” (Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Congressional Black Caucus Foundation)
“Democrats don’t play politics the approach Republicans do,” Reid said.
“Oh come on, Joy, please,” Povich interrupted, snickering at the comment.
“They don’t. They don’t. Democrats play by the Marquess of Queensberry rules. They’re not rule breakers,” Reid argued.
“You’re making an attempt to inform me if the Democrats take the Senate in 2027 and [Justice Samuel] Alito retires and Trump names a Supreme Court justice, that Democrats are going to have hearings and really affirm her or him?” Povich requested.
Maury Povich suggested Joy Reid about Senate Democrats blocking funding to the Department of Homeland Security despite not controlling the Senate. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
“I feel they’d,” Reid said.
“Not an opportunity,” Povich responded.
Povich pointed to the ongoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown caused by Senate Democrats protesting the Trump administration’s immigration insurance policies regardless of the get together not holding the majority of seats. Reid claimed this was solely after Democrats “folded one too many occasions” on different points and authorities shutdowns.
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“Democrats capitulate, and so they attempt to play by the rules. Republicans do not care about the rules. They rewrite the rules,” Reid stated.
Joy Reid also insisted she was able to “step outdoors” her partisan views to evaluate candidates. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for Essence)
Despite her views of the political parties, Reid claimed to Povich that she could “step outdoors” her partisanship to evaluate candidates.
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“I at all times felt like I had the capability to step outdoors of my partisanship simply as a citizen to make selections, and, additionally, as a journalist, I felt like I might step outdoors of it and consider an excellent particular person or an excellent candidate no matter get together,” Reid said.
