A CNN panel broke the mold Monday night when a conservative guest tangled with former MSNBC anchor Mehdi Hasan to such a degree that he was pulled off the air during a commercial break.
Clips of the hostile exchange circulating on X show conservative author Ryan Girdusky debating Hasan over the merits of remarks made at former President Donald Trump’s New York rally. Hasan and other liberal commentators have openly compared Sunday’s event at Madison Square Garden to a 1939 rally held there by pro-Nazi sympathizers. “You couldn’t even get through all the clips,” he told host Abby Phillip, referencing many of the controversial statements by guest speakers at Trump’s rally that included Tucker Carlson and comedian Tony Hinchcliffe. Trump himself “talked about ‘enemy of the people’ which is Joseph Goebbels. He talked about ‘the enemy within’ which is literally Hitler,” Hasan said. In the background, Girdusky’s disgust could be heard. “Come on,” he muttered.
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Jumping in, Girdusky replied, “You’re called an antisemite more than anyone at this table,” to which Hasan shot back “by you” and added that, as a “supporter of the Palestinians,” he is “used to it.”
“Yeah, well