A conservative commentator who has seen clips go viral in recent weeks has been banned from CNN after he referenced a beeper during a heated discussion on Oct. 28.
Ryan James Girdusky “will not be welcomed back at our network,” CNN said in a statement.
Girdusky hours earlier had participated in a panel discussion on “NewsNight.” At one point, he told Mehdi Hasan, another panelist, “I hope your beeper doesn’t go off.”
“Did you just say I should die?” Hasan responded.
Members of the terrorist group Hezbollah were killed earlier in the year when beepers, or pagers, exploded in Lebanon.
Host Abby Phillip stopped the discussion and said the comment “cross[ed] the line.”…