NewsNation anchor flips out when Trump critic Mehdi Hasan invokes Jan. 6 and cuts off interview

Source: The Independent

NewsNation anchor flips out when Trump critic Mehdi Hasan invokes Jan. 6 and cuts off interview

‘You cannot talk about this,’ NewsNation host Leland Vittert grumbled shortly before prematurely ending his interview with Mehdi Hasan.

Justin Baragona
in New York
Tuesday 12 August 2025 15:40 BST

NewsNation anchor Leland Vittert melted down Monday night and eventually cut short an interview with Mehdi Hasan when the Zeteo founder repeatedly mentioned the January 6 Capitol riots while discussing Donald Trump’s federal takeover of Washington, D.C.

“You cannot talk about this,” Vittert sneered before abruptly ending the conversation.

Days after a group of teenagers attacked a former DOGE staffer in an attempted late-night carjacking, Trump announced that he was deploying 800 National Guard soldiers and his administration was taking control of Washington’s police force to combat street crime, portraying the nation’s capital as a dystopian hellscape.

“Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs and homeless people,” Trump bellowed while declaring a public safety emergency at a Monday press conference. “And we’re not going to let it happen anymore.”

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jan-6-newsnation-trump-critic-mehdi-hasan-b2806227.html

Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/newsnation-anchor-flips-trump-critic-143503435.html