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    CNN Panelist Pulled From ‘NewsNight’ After ‘Lowest of the Low’ Verbal Attack on Mehdi Hasan

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    Update, with CNN statement: CNN says commentator Ryan Girdusky will no longer be welcome on the network following his offensive comment tonight against fellow guest Mehdi Hasan.

    “There is no room for racism or bigotry on CNN or on our broadcasts,” the network said in a statement released by host Abby Phillip this evening.

    Earlier tonight NewsNight with Abby PhillipGirdusky was taken off the show during a commercial break after making a crude comment suggesting Hasan was a member of Hamas. In a video accompanying CNN’s statement, Philip apologized again for the incident, just as she did earlier on her show.

    CNN pulled a panelist NewsNight with Abby Phillip tonight after taking a swipe at Mehdi Hasan, suggesting he had links to terrorists.

    Ryan James Girdusky, a writer and commentator, took issue with Hasan over the rhetoric used during Donald Trump’s rally Sunday night at Madison Square Garden.

    Hasan said, “If you don’t want to be called Nazis, stop doing, stop saying,” but he was interrupted by Girdusky. He noted that Hasan has been called an “anti-Semite” more than anyone else at this table.

    “With you,” Hasan said.

    Girdusky subsequently denied calling him that.

    “I support the Palestinians, so I’m used to it,” Hasan said.

    “I hope your pager doesn’t go off,” Girdusky replied. That was a reference to a Hamas terrorist.

    “Did your guy just say I should be killed on live TV?” Hasan asked Phillip.

    Phillip told Girdusky, “That’s completely out of pocket. You know that.”

    “I apologize,” Girdusky said.

    After a commercial break, Phillip apologized to Hasan and noted that Girdusky was no longer at the table.

    “A line has been crossed there, and it’s not acceptable to me,” Phillip said. “It is not acceptable for us on this network. We want discussion. We want people who disagree with each other to talk to each other. But if you cross the line into a complete lack of civility, that’s not going to happen here on this show. It’s a heated time. We are in the middle of a political season. We are still eight days away from the presidential election, but we can have conversations about what is happening in this country without resorting to the lowest of the low types of discourse. I want to address that and apologize to the viewers at home, because we want to be able to hear each other, we want to be able to talk to each other.”

    Hasan was a host for MSNBC when he left earlier this year. He then started his own media company, Zeteo.

    CNN issued a statement saying Girdusky would no longer be welcome on the network.

    The network said: “There is no room for racism or bigotry on CNN or on our airwaves. We strive to promote thoughtful conversations and debates, including between people who deeply disagree, to explore important issues and promote mutual understanding. But we will not allow guests to be humiliated or the line of civility to be crossed.”

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