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MSNBC anchors Jen Psaki, Joy Reid and Rachel Maddow mocked GOP primary voters in Virginia live on air for considering immigration their top concern.

The presenters at the liberal-leaning news network took jabs at voters while discussing the results of early exit polls on Super Tuesday.

“I live in Virginia. Immigration was the No. 1 issue,” Psaki said, drawing laughter from Reid.

MSNBC anchors Jen Psaki, Joy Reid and Rachel Maddow joked about Virginia voters’ concerns over immigration during the Super Tuesday election coverage at the left-leaning network. MSNBC
Jen Psaki mocking GOP concerns. MSNBC
Rachel Maddow reacts on the air. MSNBC
Migrants are processed by US Customs and Border Protection officers after they cross the Mexican border. James Keivom

“Well, Virginia does have a border with West Virginia, a — very contested area,” Maddow sarcastically chimed in, setting off more chortles from her co-hosts. 

Later in the discussion, Reid broadly painted Republicans as racists who vote against their own economic interests out of bigotry.

“They don’t vote based on economics, or based on the benefits they’re getting economically from the president,” she argued. “They are voting on race; they are voting on this idea of an invasion of brown people over the border, the idea that they can’t get the job they want.”

Reid, who is black, further claimed that GOP supporters want to “drive all the black out of the colleges” and get rid of diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.

Voters wait to cast their ballots at the Old Stone School during the Super Tuesday primary in Hillsboro, Virginia, on March 5, 2024. AFP via Getty Images

“They’re just voting specifically on racial animus at this stage. It isn’t about economics,” the host of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” proclaimed, with Psaki nodding along in agreement. 

Despite the MSNBC crew’s snide remarks, voters cited immigration as the most important problem facing the US in a recent poll.

The monthly Gallup survey released in late February found 28% of Americans were most concerned about immigration, up from 20% in January.  

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It marked the first time in nearly five years that immigration topped the list of concerns among surveyed US adults.

The government was cited as the second-biggest problem and the economy as the third.

The group calling immigration the most critical issue included 57% of Republicans, 22% of Democrats and 10% of independents. 



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