Joy Reid says wanting to have children is part of 'nationalistic drive' toward 'fascism'

MSNBC host Reid told a “Democracy at a Crossroads” seminar Wednesday that the Nov. 5 presidential and Congressional elections are about “a litmus test” for fascism and a “nationalistic drive for more babies.” The discussion was sponsored by The Brooking Institution and the Public Religion Research Institute and was regarding the findings from the 15th annual American Values Survey.

“I do believe that this election is a litmus test for American tolerance for fascism. The elements of fascism are rooted in this nationalistic drive for more babies for the state, for women to be subordinate to men, for a strongman-driven nation, and a deep sort of state-based religiosity,” the Reidout host said.

“So I do believe we have a media problem, and we do have some of our media that is leading people toward fascism. The question of America has become too soft and feminine. I think that is a fascist litmus test,” she later added.

“So this question of whether a society is too soft and feminine. It was alarming to me that a majority of Hispanic Protestants agree. But that's not shocking," she said, later adding, "This question of whether or not immigrants are poisoning the blood of the country. This is one of the most terrifying things that you heard a presidential candidate say, because it is straight out of Mein Kampf. It actually shocked me to even have 23 percent of Jewish respondents agree with that,” she said, referring to Adolf Hitler’s autobiography.

Democratic strategist and CNN pundit Aisha Mills has also falsely accused Trump of supporting Nazi eugenics policy and compared him to Hitler before telling Republican strategist David Urban. “I’m not going to be lectured by some white man who has no idea what he’s talking about” when he challenged her statements.