Liberal commentator Professor Michael Eric Dyson called Virginia's incoming lieutenant governor Winsome Sears a "Black mouth" of White supremacy on Thursday in what critics called a "repugnant" segment with Joy Reid on MSNBC.
Republican Winsome Sears made history in Virginia on Tuesday after becoming the state's first black female Lt. Governor. Yet instead of celebrating Sears' historic victory, Democrats across mainstream media have spent the following days smearing Winsome's name.
"To have a black face speaking on behalf of a white supremacist legacy is nothing new," Dyson spoke of Winsome Sears.
"The problem here is that they want white supremacy by ventriloquist effect," Dyson stated. "There's a black mouth moving but a white idea running on the runway of the tongue of a figure who justifies and legitimates the white supremacist practices."
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As he spoke, "The Reidout" showed the chyron, "Republicans deploy ‘get out of racism’ card in VA."
The exchange was panned by MSNBC critics, with journalist Glenn Greenwald calling it "one of the most repugnant and racist segments broadcast" this year.
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"The message could not be clearer: People of color are duty-bound to recite liberal orthodoxy and pledge loyalty to the DNC, and those who don't are brainless puppets being used," he tweeted.
In addition to becoming the first black Lt. Governor of Virginia, Sears is also an immigrant from Jamaica and a United States Marine Corps Veteran. Sears campaigned on a bid alongside Republican Glenn Youngkin, who was also elected Tuesday night to serve as the next Governor of Virginia.
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This is hardly the first time that sort of attack has been thrown at Black conservatives. While he was running for governor of California, radio host Larry Elder was called "Trumpism in blackface" by MSNBC contributor Jason Johnson.
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Reid, one of the lead anchors for MSNBC's political coverage, referred to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas last year as "Uncle Clarence," a reference to the "Uncle Tom" slur for Blacks viewed as too deferential to Whites.
Republican victories in Virginia drove liberal media into an uproar on Tuesday, with many anchors and pundits raging that racially charged rhetoric on issues like critical race theory drove their success.
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CNN’s Brianna Keilar told viewers that some of Youngkin’s messaging was "dog-whistle racism."
On MSNBC alone, Nicolle Wallace insisted critical race theory isn’t real. In addition, political analyst Cornell Belcher called CRT a strategy to "drive up the White vote," Reid declared "education" is "code for white parents don't like the idea of teaching about race," contributor Jason Jackson complained that Youngkin had to spend months convicting people "he was not a fire-breathing horns out of his skull racist" and Reid claimed a lot of Americans don’t want to bother learning the history of racism.
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