Joy Reid warns fascism 'is already here' as she hosts final MSNBC show after cancelation

Joy Reid used the final episode of her now-canceled low-rated show on MSNBC to warn of "fascism" in America.
 
Reid began her last episode of ReidOut Monday by saying, "We begin tonight with what I think is the question; when you are in the midst of a crisis and specifically a crisis of democracy, how do you resist, when fascism isn't just coming, it's already here? So, what, if anything, can you do about it? For one thing, you can try to learn from history, from what people in this situation, in countries around the world and in America have done before. As my friend Rachel Maddow always says, history is here to help." 
 

She added, "The first rule is to fight back, to never stop resisting. Do not obey in advance, as [anti-Trump historian] Tim Snyder put it… Even if it's scary or uncomfortable or inconvenient, just keep saying no. Or finding creative ways to say no in small ways and large."  

Later in the program, Reid was joined by her "comrades in arms" Rachel Maddow, Nicolle Wallace, and Lawrence O'Donnell, who all praised her. On her own show, Maddow called MSNBC’s decision to cancel ReidOut a “bad mistake.”

Sunday night, while appearing on a podcast, Reid claimed she had gone through "every emotion" since she learned of her show's cancelation from "anger, rage, disappointment, hurt," as well as "gratitude" from the support she has received. 

Reid declared "My show had value," as she began to cry. "I’m sorry, I try not to cry on TV, and I think this is kind of like TV. I apologize," she continued. Reid said her show "mattered" and added that she felt a "moment of guilt" for going "hard on so many issues." She said she wouldn’t apologize for going "hard" on issues, including Black Lives Matter, immigrants, the 1619 Project, the war in Gaza and her opposition to President Donald Trump.

Reid said, "I am not sorry I stood up for those things because those things are of God. And you know, I'm a church girl too, and those are the things that I was taught were of God. So I'm not sorry. I'm just proud of my show."

Reid’s program will be replaced by a show featuring Symone Sanders-Townsend, a former spokesperson to Vice President Kamala Harris, Alicia Menendez, and former RNC Chair-turned-MSNBC host Michael Steele. The trio currently co-hosts a weekend program on MSNBC.  The left-leaning network will also be moving "Inside with Jen Psaki," hosted by former Biden White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, to replace "Alex Wagner Tonight" in the 9 pm ET timeslot after Maddow goes back to only doing Mondays at the end of Trump's first 100 days in office.

Additionally, Ayman Mohyeldin’s "Ayman Mohyeldin Reports," Katie Phang’s "The Katie Phang Show" and Jonathan Capehart’s weekend programs have all been canceled. NBC's Lester Holt will also be stepping down as anchor of "NBC Nightly News" later this year. 

Maddow tried to make the cancellations about race during her broadcast Monday night calling it “unnerving” that two “non-white hosts” were losing their shows.