Republicans are leveraging the recent shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner to push for a decrease in political hostility, yet ex-MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan is highlighting their inconsistent reactions.
“Republicans want the left to tone down the rhetoric. Erm, have they listened to Donald Trump??” Hasan questioned in a post on X, sharing a supercut that showcases the president’s history of “vile insults.”
This compilation from Hasan’s Zeteo platform features Trump targeting the “enemy from within,” vowing to “root out ... vermin” among his political adversaries, and labeling leftists as “terrorists,” “liars,” “losers,” “creeps,” “perverts,” and “freaks.”
In another segment, Trump claims immigrants are “poisoning the blood” of America, denounces Somalia as the “worst country” globally, and quips that an assassin would need to “shoot through” the press to reach him during an event.
The supercut also includes Trump’s derogatory remarks about “crazy person” Kamala Harris, “garbage” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), whom he referred to as an “evil, sick, crazy B” in a speech from November 2024.
Following the shooting incident, Trump urged Americans to “recommit with their hearts in resolving our differences peacefully” during a press conference at the White House.
However, this call for unity appeared fleeting; in an interview with “60 Minutes” the following day, he accused Democrats of disseminating “hate speech,” which he deemed “very dangerous” for the nation.
Trump also confronted CBS reporter Norah O’Donnell, criticizing her for asking “totally inappropriate” questions and labeling her a “disgrace” for inquiring about a note allegedly sent by the shooting suspect.
On the same day Hasan released the supercut, first lady Melania Trump condemned late-night host Jimmy Kimmel for what she described as “hateful and violent rhetoric” stemming from a joke made on his show prior to the shooting.
Kimmel responded defiantly during his Monday night monologue, acknowledging the need to reject such rhetoric while suggesting, “I think a great place to start to dial that back would be to have a conversation with your husband about it.”
