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29 Oct 2024


NextImg:Right-Wing Guest Booted From CNN Mid-Segment After 'Vile' Attack On Panelist
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A conservative commentator was given the boot from CNN in the middle of a show after a “completely unacceptable” attack on a fellow panelist.

“I hope your beeper doesn’t go off,” right-wing personality Ryan Girdusky told Mehdi Hasan after Hasan said he supports Palestinian people.

Last month, hundred of pagers held by suspected Hezbollah operatives across Lebanon exploded in an attack widely believed to have been carried out by Israel. At least 37 people were killed, including two children, and thousands were injured.

“Did you just say I should die?” Hasan asked in disbelief. “Did you just say I should be killed on live TV?”

“No, I did not say that,” Girdusky said.

“You said you hope my beeper doesn’t go off,” Hasan pointed out.

Girdusky asked Hasan if he supports Hamas.

“I said ‘Palestinians,’” Hasan said.

“Then I apologize, I apologize,” Girdusky said. “I thought he said Hamas, I apologize.”

“This is America in 2024,” Hasan said. “Forget the racism. It’s I should die.”

When Girdusky claimed he didn’t say that, Hasan pressed him to explain what he meant with the “beeper” comment:

Girdusky to Hasan: I hope your beeper doesn’t go off pic.twitter.com/YmHhYnkDZ3

— Acyn (@Acyn) October 29, 2024

After a commercial break, Girdusky was gone ― and host Abby Phillip issued an apology to Hasan as well as to CNN viewers.

“We want discussion. We want people who disagree with each other to talk to each other,” she said. “But when you cross the line of a complete lack of civility, that is not going to happen here on this show.”

She called for conversations “without resorting to the lowest of the lowest kinds of discourse.”

Phillip: I want to apologize to Mehdi Hasan for what was said at this table. It was completely unacceptable when we get this discussion started, you'll see that Ryan is not at the table… I want to apologize to the viewers at home pic.twitter.com/wyPaStHUex

— Acyn (@Acyn) October 29, 2024

CNN released a statement saying there is “zero room for racism or bigotry” on the network and that Girdusky won’t be back.

“We aim to foster thoughtful conversations and debate including between people who profoundly disagree with each other in order to explore important issues and promote mutual understanding,” the statement said. “But we will not allow guests to be demeaned or for the line of civility to be crossed.”

Girdusky was far less apologetic after the show.

“You can stay on CNN if you falsely call every Republican a Nazi and have taken money from Qatar-funded media,” Girdusky griped on X. “Apparently you can’t go on CNN if you make a joke. I’m glad America gets to see what CNN stands for.”

Critics called out Girdusky for the “vile” and “disgusting” attack on Hasan:

HOLY CRAP on CNN right now with @abbydphillip. That vile attack on @mehdirhasan. Get that other guy off TV and out of the public discussion. Nobody should have to listen to that BS.

— Ezra Levin (@ezralevin) October 29, 2024

CNN has played a central role in normalizing this kind of open anti-Arab, anti-Muslim, and anti-Palestinian hate, and it’s sadly totally unsurprising to see such disgusting statements aired so casually on its network now. https://t.co/ntTMaQkcXM

— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) October 29, 2024

Glad @abbydphillip removed @RyanGirdusky from the table but he should never be invited back. What Ryan Girdusky said was absolutely vile. https://t.co/frm90jqcXO

— Maya Contreras (@mayatcontreras) October 29, 2024

The overweening indecency and intellectual bankruptcy of so much round-table conservative commentary is on full display here with this disgusting comment by @RyanGirdusky.

They keep showing who they really are at every turn. Believe them. https://t.co/hYe5tiT60T

— Brian Normoyle (@BrianNormoyle) October 29, 2024

Just watched that live and my jaw dropped. After @mehdirhasan said he was a supporter of the Palestinian people, @RyanGirdusky threatens his life. There is no other way to interpret that exchange. Vile and unacceptable. @abbydphillip and @cnn cannot allow him back on that set. https://t.co/IXlJqqEVLD

— Scott Goldstein (@ScottGoldstein) October 29, 2024

This is absolutely vile. Ryan Girdusky should be shown the exit & never welcomed back on @CNN again. Disgusting. https://t.co/BwCywX3iSb

— Jennifer Schulze (@NewsJennifer) October 29, 2024

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look at this fake tough guy @RyanGirdusky. What a ridiculous attempt at an “apology”. There is no sense in giving a platform to bigots like this but these shows do it over & over again and then pretend to be outraged. https://t.co/uQfl1mQllt

— Ayaz (@sahyder1) October 29, 2024

This is the ugly side of humanity Trumpers live in. All the grotesque darkness is seeping out in the final days. This is the evil we face. https://t.co/q5U1yb9e8U

— Mike Madrid (@madrid_mike) October 29, 2024

The October Surprise is an advent calendar of racism. https://t.co/WTEXMD3EGQ

— Tim Onion (@oneunderscore__) October 29, 2024