On CNN, Ryan Girdusky launches racist attack on Mehdi Hasan: “I hope your beeper doesn't go off”
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From the October 28, 2024, edition of CNN's CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
MEHDI HASAN (GUEST): My problem is -- I get it, nobody wants to be called Nazis, it's very inflammatory. But if you don't want to be called Nazis, stop doing --
[CROSSTALK]
RYAN GIRDUSKY (GUEST): You got called an antisemite more than anyone else at this table. People sit there and --
HASAN: Yeah, by you.
GIRDUSKY: By me? I never called you an antisemite. I mean, I'm not sitting here saying I don't --
HASAN: I'm in support of the Palestinians so I'm used to it.
GIRDUSKY: Yeah, well, I hope your beeper doesn't go off. The thing is is that --
HASAN: Did you just say I should die?
GIRDUSKY: No, no --
HASAN: Did you just say I should be killed live on CNN?
GIRDUSKY: No, I did not say that.
HASAN: Did your guest just say I should be killed?
ABBY PHILLIP (HOST): Hold on. Let me --
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PHILLIP: Ryan, that is completely --
HASAN: Good job, CNN --
PHILLIP: -- that is completely out of pocket. You know that.
HASAN: -- first block, say the Muslim guy should be blown up on TV.
GIRDUSKY: Then I apologize, then I apologize, then I apologize.
HASAN: Wow.