{"id":2596137,"date":"2026-04-28T12:54:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/journo-who-once-had-guest-banned-from-cnn-for-making-joke-about-him-gets-huffy-over-outrage-regarding-kimmels-expectant-widow-melania-joke\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T12:56:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:56:55","slug":"journo-who-once-had-guest-banned-from-cnn-for-making-joke-about-him-gets-huffy-over-outrage-regarding-kimmels-expectant-widow-melania-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/journo-who-once-had-guest-banned-from-cnn-for-making-joke-about-him-gets-huffy-over-outrage-regarding-kimmels-expectant-widow-melania-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Journo Who Once Had Guest Banned from CNN for Making Joke About Him Gets Huffy Over Outrage Regarding Kimmel&#8217;s &#8216;Expectant Widow&#8217; Melania &#8216;Joke&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">46<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjourno-who-once-had-guest-banned-from-cnn-for-making-joke-about-him-gets-huffy-over-outrage-regarding-kimmels-expectant-widow-melania-joke%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2596137&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text criticizes former MSNBC journalist Mehdi Hasan for defending what the author calls \u201ctasteless\u201d jokes about assassination,arguing that hasan previously helped get a CNN guest removed over a similar remark but now insists such jokes are acceptable. it claims Hasan is outraged again after President Trump faced multiple assassination attempts and, in response, argues that comedians and media figures should not be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-causes-and-2-cures-for-stomach-cramps\/\" title=\"7 Causes and 2 Cures for Stomach Cramps\">treated differently depending<\/a> on who is making the joke.<\/p>\n<p>It also describes a separate controversy involving Jimmy Kimmel: the author claims Kimmel made an \u201cexpectant widow\u201d joke about Melania Trump in a mock correspondents\u2019 speech, prompting backlash as it was framed as related to Trump\u2019s assassination-then points to subsequent real-life security incidents at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner. The article includes reactions attributed to Trump and Melania trump condemning Kimmel and to Hasan mocking the criticism, calling it a misunderstanding of comedy and free speech.<\/p>\n<p>the passage argues the media and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >political left show double standards-treating<\/a> some anti-violence or offensive-talk claims as unacceptable while defending other assassination-related humor when it comes from favored figures.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A former MSNBC journalist who once got a guest banned from CNN for a tasteless joke about violence at his expense would like you to know that he thinks tasteless jokes about violence at the president\u2019s expense are perfectly fine, even when the president just faced his third serious assassination attempt in less than two years.<\/p>\n<p>If you remember <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/piers-morgan-asks-former-msnbc-host-mehdi-hasan-7-times-glad-khameneis-reign-gets-no-answer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mehdi Hasan<\/a> at all, it\u2019s either for a low-rated MSNBC show that got canceled in 2023 or him getting conservative pundit Ryan James Girdusky canceled in 2024 for a joke on a CNN panel in which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-breaks-loose-cnn-conservatives-response-pro-palestinian-panelist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he said<\/a> he hoped Hasan\u2019s \u201cbeeper doesn\u2019t go off\u201d \u2014 a reference to Israel\u2019s successful operation targeting Hezbollah leadership using explosive beepers.<\/p>\n<p>I think we can all agree that joking about someone\u2019s death on air is pretty tasteless. And Hasan certainly made sure Girdusky was drummed from polite media society and never letting anyone forget what a horrible outrage had been perpetrated upon him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cI hope your beeper doesn\u2019t go off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A year ago today, a racist tried to make a \u2018joke\u2019 about me being killed by Israel. It was the 1st time I\u2019ve ever walked off of live TV. That night CNN said they\u2019d ban the racist from their air. But in the year since, I myself haven\u2019t been\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ncyXXbgtgC\">https:\/\/t.co\/ncyXXbgtgC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mehdirhasan\/status\/1983223059311112289?\">October 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container = document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script = document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src = \"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement = document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex = paragraphs.findIndex(p => p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex === -1 || targetIndex < x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer = new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries) => { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry => { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve = findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>This is Hasan complaining about it <em>a year after it happened<\/em> and still trembling in outrage on the other side of the screen. Nobody\u2019s seriously trying to target Hasan, mind you, unless you\u2019re talking about professionally. The man has bounced around gigs because of his lack of audience and is currently fronting his own independent outlet, Zeteo News, which about all of six people have heard of.<\/p>\n<p>But no, you shouldn\u2019t make a joke on TV about killing someone, even if nobody is going to kill them.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, Hasan is also worked up about the fact that Melania and Donald Trump can\u2019t take a joke from Jimmy Kimmel about killing Donald Trump \u2014 when people really do keep on trying to kill Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who missed it, here\u2019s the \u201cjoke\u201d from Kimmel, delivered two days before the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner, about \u201cexpectant widow\u201d Melania Trump:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In his fake White House correspondents speech <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimmyKimmelLive?\">@JimmyKimmelLive<\/a> actually joked about Trump\u2019s assassination \u2014 just before a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-for-jimmy-kimmel-to-be-immediately-fired-by-abc-and-disney-after-beyond-the-pale-melania-stunt\/\" title=\"Trump Calls for ... to Be &#039;Immediately Fired by ABC and Disney&#039; After &#039;Beyond the Pale&#039; ... Stunt\">real assassin showed<\/a> up at the real dinner.<\/p>\n<p>Hey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DisneyABCTV?\">@DisneyABCTV<\/a> when the hell are you finally going to pull this vile person from the airwaves? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PG3iptGnZX\">pic.twitter.com\/PG3iptGnZX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marc Thiessen \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u2764\ufe0f\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddfc\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 (@marcthiessen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcthiessen\/status\/2048431783335588041?\">April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur first lady Melania is here \u2026 so beautiful, Mrs. Trump. You have a glow like an expectant widow,\u201d Kimmel said during a monologue that imagined him delivering a speech at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner.<\/p>\n<p>Hee-larious! That wasn\u2019t funny after the first two legitimate attempts on Trump\u2019s life, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-democratic-congressman-appears-blame-trump-repeat-assassination-attempts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and it wasn\u2019t funny after this<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH: President Trump evacuated from the WH Correspondents\u2019 Dinner following loud noises, security concerns: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kJUJZ83N9U\">pic.twitter.com\/kJUJZ83N9U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDailyWire\/status\/2048207596918628458?\">April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President Trump just posted video of Secret Service shooting at attempted assassin from the White House Correspondents\u2019 dinner, allegedly Cole Allen, and photos of him. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HKykZwT3Fe\">https:\/\/t.co\/HKykZwT3Fe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UvJBIs3gsg\">pic.twitter.com\/UvJBIs3gsg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paul A. Szypula \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Bubblebathgirl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bubblebathgirl\/status\/2048229421497073943?\">April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The White House similarly did not think this was very funny.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWow, Jimmy Kimmel, who is in no way funny as attested to by his terrible Television Ratings, made a statement on his Show that is really shocking. He showed a fake video of the First Lady, Melania, and our son, Barron, like they were actually sitting in his studio, listening to him speak, which they weren\u2019t, and never would be,\u201d the president wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-calls-jimmy-kimmel-immediately-fired-abc-disney-beyond-pale-melania-stunt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> post<\/a> published on Monday. \u201cA day later a lunatic tried entering the ballroom of the White House Correspondents Dinner, loaded up with a shotgun, handgun, and many knives. He was there for a very obvious and sinister reason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI appreciate that so many people are incensed by Kimmel\u2019s despicable call to violence, and normally would not be responsive to anything that he said but, this is something far beyond the pale. Jimmy Kimmel should be immediately fired by Disney and ABC,\u201d the president added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ypj5RACM52\">pic.twitter.com\/ypj5RACM52<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2048816486249107686?\">April 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The first lady, meanwhile, issued a rare statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/melania-trump-issues-blistering-response-coward-jimmy-kimmels-expectant-widow-jab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">calling Kimmel<\/a> a \u201ccoward\u201d who \u201chides behind ABC because he knows the network will keep running cover to protect him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnough is enough. It is time for ABC to take a stand. How many times will ABC\u2019s leadership enable Kimmel\u2019s atrocious behavior at the expense of our community?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kimmel\u2019s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country. His monologue about my family isn\u2019t comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America.<\/p>\n<p>People like Kimmel shouldn\u2019t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 First Lady Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FLOTUS\/status\/2048769128513585618?\">April 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Again, it\u2019s worth noting Kimmel is the same man who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kimmel-breaks-record-first-episode-back-tells-4-lies-kirk-murder-fallout-less-60-seconds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spread inflammatory lies<\/a> about the alleged killer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk just months ago and not only escaped with his job intact but a phalanx of defenders asking why conservatives just can\u2019t take jokes about them being killed.<\/p>\n<p>That phalanx includes Hasan, who \u2014 while brooding on a dumb \u201cbeeper\u201d joke <em>a year after it happened<\/em> \u2014 doesn\u2019t see why the White House thinks all these assassination jokes are inappropriate when lunatics keep trying to assassinate the president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey literally don\u2019t understand comedy or free speech. We are governed by snowflake morons,\u201d he wrote in response to Trump\u2019s  post.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">They literally don\u2019t understand comedy or free speech.<\/p>\n<p>We are governed by snowflake morons. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nGBnES8HA2\">https:\/\/t.co\/nGBnES8HA2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mehdirhasan\/status\/2048825553181200893?\">April 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In another post, he mocked White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt\u2019s slamming of Kimmel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho in their right mind would be saying a wife would be \u2018glowing\u2019 over the murder of her beloved husband,\u201d Leavitt said during a press briefing on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s called a f***ing joke,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mehdirhasan\/status\/2048825658441372060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mehdi wrote<\/a> (without using asterisks). \u201cRemember when Elon Musk claimed comedy was legal again???\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More than a few people noted the cognitive dissonance here. Here\u2019s Siraj Hashmi, formerly of the Washington Examiner:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s like he never got the opportunity to be a theater kid <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iJ6bOfMhkN\">pic.twitter.com\/iJ6bOfMhkN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SirajAHashmi\/status\/2048932665512861950?\">April 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hashmi, you may have guessed by the name, is not what they used to call \u201cMayflower Material.\u201d To use a bit of leftist terminology, his \u201cpositionality\u201d is roughly in line with Mr. Hasan\u2019s, aside from the fact that he\u2019s a conservative.<\/p>\n<p>And he also seems to understand that a microagression by Ryan James Girdusky is quite a bit different from what one might term a <em>macro<\/em>aggression in Kimmel\u2019s case \u2014 which, you know, joking about an-oft targeted president being targeted by an assassin counts as, in pretty much everyone\u2019s book.<\/p>\n<p>Guess which one a former MSNBC apparatchik thought was truly offensive, however? <em>Quelle surprise<\/em>. 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