Former MSNBC host Joy Reid said Republicans have turned the word “illegals” into “the new n-word,” calling it a “completely racist term” while discussing the GOP’s opposition to Democrats’ push to extend Obamacare subsidies during the ongoing government shutdown.

“Republicans want to destroy Obamacare for you by using people’s unhinged hatred of undocumented immigrants. They’ve turned ‘illegals’ into the new n-word. And so if somebody is an illegal, which is a completely racist term, then you’re supposed to be more angry that they might get treated, you’re supposed to be more angry about that than the fact that your a– can’t afford your healthcare,” Reid said during “The Joy Reid Show .”

Reid previously hosted “The Reidout” on MSNBC before her show was canceled earlier this year.

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