MSNBC host Joy Reid 'should be fired' for her Trump assassination conspiracy theory, furious Americans say

Conservatives are calling for MSNBC anchor Joy Reid to be taken off the air after she shared inflammatory theories about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. 

Reid, 55, angered critics on two occasions after a gunman shot Trump in the ear, including sharing a video to X implying that he was not even shot at all. 

And after President Biden tested positive for Covid days after the assassination attempt, Reid said on a broadcast that Biden's brush with the virus was as heroic as Trump's reaction to narrowly avoiding a bullet. 

Conservative commentator Charlie Kirk led the criticisms of Reid's remarks, as he called on MSNBC to 'take Reid off the air' for her 'outrageous, insane, defamatory' theories. 

In an X video following the assassination attempt, MSNBC's Joy Reid shared a round of conspiracies about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump - including that he may not have even been shot at all

Reid's X video came amid mounting pressure on the Secret Service to explain the disastrous security slip that allowed the shooter to fire at Trump, as she listed several things she found 'weird' about the episode. 

She appeared to imply it was a staged event that allowed Trump to 'pose' for the iconic photo of him pumping his fist in the air - which Kirk said would mean Trump's 'campaign and the Secret Service colluded to kill two people in a fake assassination attempt just so Trump could have a photo op.' 

'Donald Trump should sue her, immediately,' he added. 

Reid also stated that we 'still don't know for sure whether Donald Trump was hit by a bullet', citing early reports that he may have been hit by a shard of glass from a teleprompter. 

Reid appeared to imply that Trump's shooting was staged to allow him to 'pose' for an iconic photo of him surviving the assassination attempt 

Conservative commentator Charlie Kirk led the criticisms of Reid's remarks, as he called on MSNBC to 'take Reid off the air' for her 'outrageous, insane, defamatory' theories

After also branding the assassination attempt a 'photo op' in the earlier MSNBC broadcast, Reid took a similar tune in her X clip as she speculated that Trump's Secret Service agents paused to allow Trump to strike a pose for the cameras. 

'We don't know why, for nine full seconds, Donald Trump was allowed to stand back up during an active shooting,' Reid said.

'Even though they at that point had said the shooter was down, how would they have known if there were more shooters or not? There could have been five shooters for all they knew.

'Yet, they allowed him to stand up in the middle of that crisis, and pose for a photo, and fist pump the air, so he could get the iconic photo.'

Conservative commentator Kenny Webster slammed Reid's insinuation that the shooting may have been staged, drawing comparison's with Alex Jones' legal battle over his outrageous Sandy Hook remarks.

'Alex Jones was fined $1.5 billion for his comments on Sandy Hook. How is this any different? Fine Joy Reid and seize MSNBC's studio equipment,' he said on X. 

Reid's remarks come amid mounting scrutiny on the Secret Service's failure to prevent the shooting and decision to stand Trump up shortly after shots were fired 

Trump said a bullet ripped through the top part of his right ear and appeared at the RNC with a small bandage over the wound - but Reid said she is still unsure 'what is the actual injury to Donald Trump's ear that's under that bandage?' 

In her broadcast from the Republican National Convention, Reid also chimed in on the assassination attempt as news broke that Biden tested positive for Covid. 

She compared Biden recovering from the virus in 'a couple of days' to Trump standing up and pumping his fist seconds after being shot, feeling they 'convey the exactly the same thing.' 

Reid's remarks on the shootings sparked fury in conservative circles, with CPAC host Mercedes Schlapp branding her 'out of control.'

'Her comments are irresponsible and dangerous,' she said on X. 'She is the ultimate conspiracy theorist.' 

'Joy Reid should be fired,' concluded another critic. 'MSNBC, you can never be taken seriously with this woman on the air.'