On Thursday afternoon, CNN host Brianna Keilar was unfazed and gave no pushback when her guest, Dearborn mayor Abdullah Hammoud, accused Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being a “fascist and a war tyrant and a war criminal” as the Michigan Democrat appeared to discuss President Biden’s latest stands. As CNN noted on screen, Mayor Hammoud voted “uncommitted” to protest Biden in the Michigan primary.
As the two discussed President Biden’s handling of the war, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) calling for new elections to remove Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called “grotesque” in its treatment of a democracy and an ally. Hammoud shot back:
You know, we have been sounding the alarm about Benjamin Netanyahu for over two decades, knowing that he is a fascist and a war tyrant and a war…
