'NBC basically saying Republicans are Nazis': Elon Musk slams MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan for saying 'America's far-right wants to give us white supremacy and no democracy'
- MSNBC anchor Mehdi Hasan on Sunday spoke about his concerns over Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter
- He expressed concern about Musk's plans to lift current limits on who can be on Twitter, and what can be said
- Hasan said there was a worrying trend of talking 'simplistically about the far-left and the far-right as two equally dangerously fringes'
- Hasan, 43, described Musk as 'a petulant and not so bright billionaire'
- He said Musk had 'casually bought one of the world's most influential messaging machines and just handed it to the far-right'
- Musk replied, accusing Hasan of 'basically saying Republicans are Nazis', leading Hasan to tweet back inviting Musk onto his show
Elon Musk on Monday accused a MSNBC host of 'basically saying Republicans are Nazis,' after the anchor, Mehdi Hasan, warned that Musk's plan to give the left and right an equal platform on Twitter was dangerous.
Musk, 50, on April 25 reached an agreement with Twitter's board to buy the company for $44 billion.
He said he was motivated by a wish to restore Twitter as a place for the free exchange of ideas, and has repeatedly said he wants to move away from 'censorship' and err on the side of free speech.
His critics fear that this will result in an explosion of hate speech.
Hasan, 43, on Sunday told viewers of his show: 'It's easy in American discourse to talk simplistically about the far-left and the far-right as two equally dangerously fringe boxes.
'Elon Musk has done it plenty of times just in the past week.
'But here's the difference. America's far-left wants to give us free health care and free childcare. America's far-right wants to give us white supremacy and no democracy.
'And this asymmetrical polarization of U.S. politics would be laughable if it went so horrifying.'
NBC’s @mehdirhasan on @elonmusk: "If [the “neo-Nazi faction" of the GOP expands in Nov.], we may look back on this .. as a pivotal moment, when a petulant & not-so-bright billionaire casually bought one of the most influential messaging machines & just handed it to the far-right” pic.twitter.com/bIpiIlFlwR
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) May 2, 2022
Hasan said the United States was 'living through an unspeakably dangerous moment,' noting that 'the pro-QAnon, pro neo-Nazi faction of the Republican party is poised to expand dramatically' in November's midterms.
He added: 'We're just two years away from Donald Trump, very possibly, re-seizing executive power.'
Hasan said that, if Trump wins re-election in 2024, Musk's purchase of Twitter could be seen as 'a pivotal moment'.
It would be seen, he continued, as the moment: 'When a petulant and not so bright billionaire casually bought one of the world's most influential messaging machines and just handed it to the far-right.'
JUST IN - George Soros, Clinton/Obama staffers, and European governments are behind "anti-Musk campaign" to force big corporations to boycott Twitter.https://t.co/Ia5xBU1PeC
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) May 4, 2022
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