‘You've lost your mind!’ GOP lawmaker trades barbs with ex-MSNBC host over 'speech crimes'

Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan laid into Rep. Dan Crenshaw in an aggressive sparring match Wednesday that sent them both hurling jabs at each other as the GOP lawmaker twice insisted the journalist “be quiet.” The combative exchange unfolded during a discussion on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” on YouTube revolving around the immigration arrest of former Columbia University graduate student and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. During the back-and-forth, Crenshaw held firm that the arrest was not only legal, but also justified given Khalil’s “incitement of violence.” “You cannot incite violence,” Crenshaw said as Hasan continued to hammer away at the Texas lawmaker while raising questions about civil liberties surrounding the Saturday night arrest. “Coming from the Republican Party which sent a mob to the Capitol to attack people like you, and all those people were pardoned,” the former MSNBC host said as Crenshaw continued flinging barbs. “Dan, spare me your faux morality – your party pardoned 1,500 domestic terrorists.” Crenshaw appeared confused: “My party didn't pardon anyone.” Moments earlier, Crenshaw told Hasan to “be quiet for a second” as Hasan attempted to point out that individuals cannot be arrested “for speech crimes” in this country.