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Conservative commentator and 1776 Project PAC founder Ryan Girdusky has been banned from CNN following comments made toward British journalist Mehdi Hasan during Monday's show "NewsNight with Abby Phillip."

After Hasan, editor-in-chief and CEO of media organization Zeteo, stated that he was a "supporter of the Palestinians," Girdusky responded by stating, "I hope your beeper doesn't go off." Girdusky apologized, claiming he thought Hasan said "Hamas" rather than "Palestinians" before being removed at the next commercial break.

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Girdusky's comments come after pagers and hand-held radios used by Hezbollah were remotely detonated last month across Lebanon and Syria, killing at least 39, including two children, and injuring thousands.

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Host Abby Phillip apologized to Hasan, who also left the show during the commercial break. Phillip later shared on X a statement from CNN stating that there was "zero room for racism or bigotry" at CNN and Girdusky "will not be welcomed back at our network."

Posting on X after the incident, Girdusky alleged CNN would ban guests for a "joke" but would not take action against those who "falsely call every Republican a Nazi" and "have taken money from Qatar-funded media."

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Prior to Girdusky's "beeper" comment, the panelist alleged that US media had described everyone who attended Trump's Madison Square Garden rally as Hitler. Hasan also hosts "Head to Head" on Al Jazeera, which is partly funded by Qatar's government.

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Conservative commentator and 1776 Project PAC founder Ryan Girdusky has been banned from CNN following comments made towards British journalist Mehdi Hasan during Monday's show "NewsNight with Abby Phillip."

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After Hasan, editor-in-chief and CEO of media organization Zeteo, stated that he was a "supporter of the Palestinians," Girdusky responded by stating "I hope your bleeper doesn't go off." Girdusky apologized, claiming he thought Hasan said "Hamas" rather than "Palestinians," before being removed at the next commercial break.

Girdusky's comments come after pagers and hand-held radios used by Hezbollah were remotely detonated last month across Lebanon, killing over 25 people, including two children, and injuring nearly 3.5K.

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Host Abby Phillip described Girdusky's comment as "disgusting" before apologizing to Hasan who also left the show during the commercial break. Phillip later shared on X a statement from CNN stating that there was "zero room for racism or bigotry" at CNN and Girdusky "will not be welcomed back at our network."

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Prior to Girdusky's "beeper" comment, the panelist alleged that US media had described everyone who attended Trump''s Madison Square Garden rally as Hitler. Hasan also hosts "Head to Head" on Al Jazeera, which is part-funded by Qatar's government.

Girudsky's vile comment towards Hasan has no place on a tolerant platform such as CNN. Debate and disagreement should always be encouraged, but the broadcaster should've known better than allow a far-right Project 2025 fanatic on live TV. The incident is merely reaffirmation that the hateful MAGA movement is underserving of the time and attention American media continues to provide.

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Having consistently likened Trump and his supporters to Hitler and the Nazis, CNN's double-standards were once again exposed after Abby Phillip and her liberal guests could not contain their outrage at a single comment made by a conservative. It is clear that, despite being perfectly comfortable using inflammatory language when it suits them, the liberal media cannot take a joke.

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Vile comments like Girudsky's have no place on a tolerant platform such as CNN. Debate and disagreement should always be encouraged, but the broadcaster should've known better than to allow a far-right Project 2025 fanatic on live TV. This merely reaffirms that the MAGA movement is underserving of the attention the media continues to provide.

Having consistently likened Trump and his supporters to Hitler and the Nazis, CNN's double standards were once again on full display. It is clear that, despite being perfectly comfortable using inflammatory language when it suits them, the liberal media cannot handle comments that don't conform to its way of thinking.

There is a 54% chance that Donald Trump will be elected US president in 2024, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

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