Overview

• Reid made the comments on Wajahat Ali’s Left Hook podcast in an episode titled “How Mediocre White Men and Their Fragility Are Destroying America.”
• She said white people “can’t originally invent anything” and credited Black Americans with country music, hip-hop, R&B, jazz, and rock and roll.
• Reid also argued Elon Musk did not invent Tesla, pointing to earlier company founders Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning.
• Coverage highlighted her reference to Elvis Presley being called “The King,” noting “Hound Dog” was first recorded by Big Mama Thornton.
• Daily Wire and Townhall denounced the claims and linked the discussion to President Trump’s leadership role at the Kennedy Center, with no retraction reported.