Ryan Girdusky, who later claimed he was joking when he told the journalist “I hope your beeper doesn’t go off,” had recently made inflammatory remarks about the George Floyd protests as well.

CNN fired conservative commentator Ryan James Girdusky after a heated Monday night exchange that started after former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan defended calling Trump supporters Nazis. CNN host Abby Phillip shared a CNN statement that said Girdusky would not be allowed on the network after the fiery exchange,