CNN bans Ryan Girdusky following heated 'beeper' comment to Mehdi Hasan

CNN has distanced itself from Republican commentator Ryan Girdusky following a live comment he made to media personality Mehdi Hasan, which the former argued was “a joke.”

Girdusky and Hasan participated in a roundtable discussion on CNN’s NewsNight With Abby Phillip to talk about former President Donald Trump’s rally in Madison Square Garden. During the roundtable, Girdusky insisted media outlets were comparing Trump and all of the rally attendees to “fascists.” Hasan, meanwhile, noted how Trump’s speech referenced “the enemy within” the United States, which he argued is “literally” the same language as Adolf Hitler and Trump needs to “stop saying” things that draw comparisons between him and the German leader.