I Hope Your Beeper Doesn't Go Off!

This asshole made a racist remark towards Medhi Hasan and threw out the state sponsored terrorist attack Israel conducted on Lebanon.

Winners and losers of 2024.

MSNBC let Mehdi Hasan go this year after he became too critical of Israel and President Joe Biden. He ended up joining the independent media group Zeteo and became an influential voice for progressives and the Palestinian cause.

Hasan is a British American progressive agitator and Muslim. He is often vilified by the far right because of his criticism of Israel. 

He has appeared on al Jazeera, CNN, NewsNation, BBC and MSNBC.

Hasan, Ayman Mohyeldin and Ali Velshi were allegedly told by MSNBC to tone down coverage of Israel. MSNBC canceled Mehdi Hasan's weekend show. He quit rather than take a role as a contributor. 

His latest appearance on CNN will be a reminder of how Zionism is a threat to the world. A far right media personality named Ryan James Girdusky made a racist remark and a threat on Abby Phillips NewsNight.

Girdusky referenced the terrorist attack in Beirut. The apartheid ethnostate of Israel launched a series of terrorist attacks using electronic devices.

Girdusky, a conservative, told the former MSNBC host he hoped his “beeper” did not explode in an obvious reference to Israel’s use of explosive pagers in September. That wave of explosions killed or wounded thousands.

One day they’re in Madison Square Garden “joking” about Puerto Ricans as garbage and Black people eating watermelons. The next day they’re on CNN “joking” about Muslims being blown up by beepers. Every day we normalize Trump’s crimes and misbehavior, his followers grow bolder. https://t.co/MTh5Rq5Fg4

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) October 29, 2024

Sharing @CNN’s statement and a quick message from me about what happened on tonight’s show.

I take this very seriously and want to again apologize to @mehdirhasan and I hope he’ll join us another time. pic.twitter.com/O9l0Ftv5NZ

— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) October 29, 2024

I’m happy to learn that CNN has banned Ryan Girdusky from appearing on their network in the future. But why was an alt-right extremist like him — a frequent guest on the show of a Proud Boys founder — invited onto CNN panels in the first place? 🤨pic.twitter.com/9gU45zlT1e

— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) October 29, 2024

Even one of the speakers yesterday called it a Nazi rally. These aren't jokes. You're actually Nazis. https://t.co/Mc7si14mew pic.twitter.com/rxO5ii1Yma

— I Smoked McDonald Trump (@BlackKnight10k) October 29, 2024

You pinpoint the exact moment when this douche nozzle realized he fucked up. https://t.co/LRCHi2I8sW pic.twitter.com/oTRMDHGgSH

— JF (@justinfleece) October 29, 2024

It was condemned by world leaders. The U.S. did not condemn it. In fact, many lawmakers in Congress praised it. They are unaware that the electronic devices they are posting on could be used as a weapon of mass destruction.

Girdusky was removed from a panel on CNN NewsNight after he told Hasan, “I hope your beeper doesn’t go off” – a reference to the pager bombs Israel detonated in Lebanon last month, killing at least 42 people and injuring hundreds more.

Zeteo podcaster Medhi Hasan appears on CNN. He was a victim of a racist and Islamophobic attack by a far right media personality.

After Hasan responded, “Did you just say I should die? Did you just say I should be killed live on CNN?” CNN removed Girdusky from the panel as host Abby Phillip issued an apology for the remark.

“I want to apologize to Mehdi Hasan for what was said at this table. It was completely unacceptable,” she said. “When we get this discussion started, you’ll see that Ryan is not at the table. There is a line that was crossed there and it’s not acceptable to me. It’s not acceptable to us at this network.”

Phillip added, “We can have conversations about what is happening in this country without resorting to the lowest of the lowest kind of discourse.”

 

In a statement issued shortly after the incident, CNN declared, “There is zero room for racism or bigotry at CNN or on our air. 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. But we will not allow guests to be demeaned or for the line of civility to be crossed.”

CNN then announced that “Ryan Girdusky will not be welcomed back at our network.”

I can only imagine that Girdusky will appear on Fox, Real America's Voice, ONN or Newsmax to have an unfiltered view of his racist banter.