MSNBC journalists and analysts on Monday lashed out at conservative complaints of reporters picking out an “amazing” coat for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. MSNBC Live co-host Chris Jansing called the reaction “crazy” and guest Mark Thompson attacked it as racist.

MSNBC reporters at a campaign stop over the weekend gushed as they chose an “amazing,” multi-colored coat. CNN reporter Maeve Reston admitted “we kind of forced” Harris to put it on. Chris Jansing on Monday whined, “But people did go kind of crazy on this. They were saying, ‘Journalists shouldn’t be shopping with candidates’ or ‘They shouldn’t be doing these kinds of activities.’”

Ali Vitali, one of the female reporters involved in clothing shopping with Harris, spun it as something that just kind of happened:

One of the other reporters asked the store owner what's the story with that jacket? And eventually the store owner kind of prodded Kamala Harris to try it on. And then kind of the rest is Twitter history.

MSNBC guest Mark Thompson deemed the anger to be born out of racism:

Kamala has three strikes against her. She's a woman. She's black. She’s an African American and she's a front-runner. So she’s getting a lot of these shots early. But I think it's ridiculous.

Apparently, it’s beyond the comprehension of MSNBC journalists that there is something wrong with reporters helping a 2020 Democratic candidate pick out clothing.

A partial transcript of the segment is below: