Joy Reid Calls Anti-Vax Kyrie Irving ‘a Pawn for the Alt-Right’

(Via Mediaite)

Joy Reid identifies as a New York Knicks fan — but that has absolutely nothing to do with why she’s upset with Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving.

In a scorching monologue to close Thursday night’s edition of The ReidOut, the MSNBC host tore into Irving over his anti-vaccine stance, and took umbrage with some people comparing his activism to that of Muhammad Ali.

“Kyrie Irving is not the modern-day Muhammad Ali,” Reid said. “He is a famous person, using his famous person platform, to put others at risk of a deadly airborne disease, that has wreaked havoc on the human race and disproportionately on people who look like Kyrie Irving.”