MSNBC host Joy Reid said Tuesday the ghosts of the nation's Founding Fathers must be wondering this Fourth of July how the U.S. got "a mad king" in the Oval Office.

"The founders' ghosts must be wondering why they bothered writing the emoluments clause, and how a mad king still managed to rule America," Reid said.

The founders' ghosts must be wondering why they bothered writing the emoluments clause, and how a mad king still managed to rule America. https://t.co/jjGTBDcinI — Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) July 4, 2017

Reid, who worked on then-Sen. Barack Obama Barack Hussein ObamaObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Senate Republicans face tough decision on replacing Ginsburg Cruz: Trump should nominate a Supreme Court justice next week MORE's (D-Ill.) presidential campaign in 2008, has repeatedly criticized the Trump administration.

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Her thinly veiled criticism comes after the president has taken to social media to slam members of the press and certain news outlets for being "fake news."

Trump earlier this week tweeted a modified wrestling video that showed him body-slamming a man meant to represent CNN.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and other news networks condemned the tweet for its violent message against the press.