Baltimore Mayor On MSNBC: My Purpose In Life Is To Make White People Uncomfortable & Afraid

Baltimore, Maryland, Democrat Mayor Brandon Scott joined MSNBC‘s Joy Reid this week to discuss this week’s tragic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which was struck by a ship.

While joining the outlet to discuss the deadly incident, Reid and Scott touched on a recent controversial social media post by a random anonymous X user who called Scott “Baltimore’s DEI mayor.”

X Community Notes added details to the likely sarcastic post, explaining, “Brandon Scott was elected as Mayor of Baltimore in 2020 with > 70% of the vote. He did not come in to office through any DEI practices, appointments, etc.”

Asked about the label, Scott told Reid, “I know and you know very well that young black men have been the boogeyman of those who are racist and believe that only straight wealthy white men should have a say in anything. We’ve been the boogeyman since they first brought us to this country.”

“What they mean by DEI in my opinion is duly elected incumbent. We know what they want to say but they don’t have the courage to say the ‘N’ word. And the fact that I don’t believe in their untruthful and wrong ideology and I’m very proud of my heritage and who I am and where I come from scares them because me being in my position means their way thinking, their way of life of being comfortable while everyone else suffers is going to be at risk and they should be afraid because that’s my purpose in life.”

After the blatantly racist remarks by the mayor, Reid accused Fox News host Maria Bartiromo of spewing “coded racism” by questioning the qualifications of the foreigners who were driving the ship that wrecked into the bridge.

The segment was harshly criticized online, with people like Human Events Senior Editor Jack Posobiec noting, “The mayor of Baltimore suffered a catastrophic bridge collapse, a mass casualty event, and his first response was to go on MSNBC and complain about white people.”