Earlier today MSNBC host Joy Reid went on a rant about the absence of any credible leadership figures in the United States. When someone responded by suggesting Bernie Sanders as an exception, Reid trashed Sanders treatment of his wife. That led to a comeback (I think the kids at Buzzfeed call it a clap back, but I’m not sure about that) by Jane Sanders who also has a Twitter account. First, here’s Reid’s rant:

What we're also learning is that it's not just a media problem. The same dynamic plays out throughout our society, from the restaurant boss to the White House. The change that's needed here is a system-wide societal reboot.

— Joy-Ann Pro-Democracy & Masks Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) November 29, 2017

Last night at the @NYHistory I was asked whether I could ever foresee there being another Cronkite — someone so universally respected and believed that he could move the nation in one unified direction. I honestly can't.

— Joy-Ann Pro-Democracy & Masks Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) November 29, 2017

I have to pause here just to note that Joy Reid is citing Walter Cronkite as universally respected and believed. Cronkite was a Democratic partisan who used his position to benefit the party. If he was universally respected at the time it’s only because people didn’t know about his behavior behind the scenes. In any case, when someone pointed to Bernie Sanders as a credible national authority figure, Reid claimed Sanders was physically dismissive of women “including his own wife.”

Um… I get that he has a hardcore following, but his own attitudes toward women, from his weird early writings to his physical dismissal of women in his presence (including his own wife) make that an incredibly dubious prospect.

— Joy-Ann Pro-Democracy & Masks Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) November 29, 2017

As you can see that was earlier this morning. This afternoon, Jane Sanders replied:

I didn't answer your biased reporting about Bernie during the last 2 years @JoyAnnReid. But don't ever use me to demean my husband. I am very happy & very proud to be Bernie's wife. Your perception couldn't be more wrong. Have you ever talked with him? You've never spoken w/me. https://t.co/SZG7uV8cfO

— Jane O'Meara Sanders (@janeosanders) November 29, 2017

The idea that Joy Reid doesn’t know what she’s talking about shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone who sees her occasional tweet. This is the same person who offered this insightful commentary about Colin Kaepernick:

A lot of people who are mad at Collin Kaepernick will be kneeling in church today. `

— Joy-Ann Pro-Democracy & Masks Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) September 24, 2017

And claimed we had no FEMA director despite that fact that we had a FEMA director:

No FEMA director, no NOAA director and no head of DHS. Plus an administration filled with cronies and climate change deniers. Going great! https://t.co/jWL0GU3TAm

— Joy-Ann Pro-Democracy & Masks Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) August 27, 2017

And that 17 intelligence agencies had agreed about Russian interference in the election (which is false).

To be clear: Donald Trump, president of the United States, does NOT believe the 17 American agencies that make up the U.S. intelligence community re Russian meddling in the election. But he DOES believe former KGB agent Vladimir Putin. Let that sink in. https://t.co/FR2oY4Pk21

— Joy-Ann Pro-Democracy & Masks Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) November 11, 2017

Anyway, Reid has once again stepped on a landmine of her own making. If history is any guide, it won’t make any difference at all in her future output.