Mehdi Hasan Deletes ‘Poorly Worded’ Post About Recent Plane Crashes After Backlash from ‘MAGA and Islamophobic Folks’
Mehdi Hasan explained that he deleted his "poorly worded" post about the recent plane crashes, including the Feb. 15 Atlanta plane crash that killed a married couple.
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Mehdi Hasan on August 02, 2023 in New York City. . Photo:
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Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan deleted a social media post about recent aviation accidents after claiming to receive backlash from "MAGA and Islamophobic folks."
In the now-deleted post uploaded on Sunday, Feb. 16, Hasan, 45 wrote, "Make American Plane Crash Again." His five-word response was in response to another post about two people who were killed in a plane crash at Georgia’s Covington Airport in Atlanta on Saturday, Feb. 15.
On Monday, Feb. 17, he uploaded a screenshot of his "Make American Plane Crash Again" post and explained what caused him to delete the original.
“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. 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 wrote.
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,” he added before concluding: “Meanwhile, the right wants to silence all journalists while crying ‘free speech!’ "
Mehdi Hasan Monday, Feb. 17, 2025 X post.Mehdi Hasan/X
Hasan’s "free speech" comment seemingly referred to his Feb. 17 interaction with Vice President J.D. Vance on X. Their back and forth occurred after Hasan tagged Vance in a post on Monday morning asking about President Trump’s decision to ban the Associated Press from the White House over its continued use of the term "Gulf of Mexico."
Hasan’s post read: “Hey @JDVance, I know you’re busy lecturing the Europeans on free speech, but have you seen this?” Vance then replied and called Hasan a “dummy.”
Both social media posts followed the Trump administration’s decision to fire hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees over the holiday weekend, beginning Friday, Feb. 14, USA Today reported.
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However, Hasan’s initial post was in response to the Feb. 15 plane crash that killed husband and wife James Hardee, 62, and Janet Hardee, 59, in their single-engine American aircraft.
After Hasan’s Feb. 16 post, the next day, Delta Air Lines Flight 4819 crashed and flipped upside down at Toronto's Pearson International Airport. The plane was en route from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and crashed at approximately 2:45 p.m. local time, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. All 76 passengers and four crew members survived.
Mehdi Hasan on November 11, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty
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The Monday aviation incident is the latest of several making headlines in the past month. On Wednesday, Jan. 29, an American Airlines flight 5342 collided mid-air with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C., killing 64. Two days later, a medical jet crashed in Philadelphia, killing seven.
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