Former MSNBC Host Deletes Offensive Tweet, Blames Backlash on Islamophobia
“this tweet was in poor taste, poorly worded, and has allowed people in bad faith to call me a terrorist”
Mehdi Hasan was too extreme for MSNBC. Doesn’t that tell you everything you need to know?
The New York Post reports:
Ex-MSNBC host deletes ‘Make American Planes Crash Again,’ blames backlash on Islamophobia
Ex-MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan deleted what he called a “poorly worded” post on X that sparked outrage on Tuesday after two people died in a plane crash at Georgia’s Covington Airport east of Atlanta.
The left-wing talking head claimed he posted “Make American Planes Crash Again” in an attempt to mock the “Make America Great Again” slogan and to highlight the spate of recent fatal plane crashes under the Trump administration.
But Hasan drew swift backlash and quickly deleted the post.
“I deleted this sarcastic quote-tweet because MAGA and Islamophobic folks are clipping it out of context and trying to ridiculously suggest I’m inciting violence,” Hasan wrote.
“I was obviously mocking the MAGA slogan ‘Make America… Again’ slogan and highlighting the shocking number of plane crashes under Trump and the FAA cuts.”
He continued: “But this tweet was in poor taste, poorly worded, and has allowed people in bad faith to call me a terrorist, with one New York Post reporter cc-ing the FBI. So I deleted it. Meanwhile, the right wants to silence all journalists while crying ‘a show free speech!’”
Mehdi Hasan deleted this tweet because it exposes that he is an extremist.
It would be a shame if it went viral. pic.twitter.com/yaT58gE6ac
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) February 18, 2025
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He is a terrorist sympathizer but why would expect anything else from him.
BTW the number of planes crashing under Trump is less than the number of planes crashing under Biden when comparing first months. Biden (and Pothole Pete) did nothing to replace the FAA antiquated system. Instead they mandated DEI hiring over merit which diluted the overall talent pool of air traffic controllers.
So, he made that post from his protected position as a journalist?
“Why do you make me hit you?”
Mehdi and every abuser out there
A former MSNBC host. Wow. How bad do you have to be to be fired by MSNBC? I mean, look at who is still there and this guy couldn’t make the cut? Just, Wow.
I think it was obviously a poor attempt at sarcasm. However, there was nothing about the backlash that was islamophobic. He is just another crybully.
Just another vile, violent, leftist hypocrite pig letting his mouth write checks his ass can’t cash.