'Bizarre attempt at a dunk': Chris Hayes helps prove Nikki Haley's point about 'what happens in China, not our country'

Doug P. | 1:43 PM on January 09, 2021

Former South Carolina governor and U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Nikki Haley, tweeted the following after President Trump and others were suspended from Twitter for life:

Silencing people, not to mention the President of the US, is what happens in China not our country. #Unbelievable

— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) January 8, 2021

That caused MSNBC’s Chris Hayes to unleash this response that was unintentionally helpful:

I can guarantee you no private Chinese firm would be able to kick Xi off their platform! https://t.co/UMgryvs1v1

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) January 9, 2021

Now there’s a take.

Saw a screenshot of this tweet but I had to check to see if it was real. Good grief. https://t.co/966ky9mn9Y

— Noam Blum (@neontaster) January 9, 2021

It’s real, and it’s spectacular.

MSNBC Galaxy Brain at it again. pic.twitter.com/hI3iXKYfJZ

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) January 9, 2021

Considering that some at MSNBC and elsewhere have claimed Trump to be some sort of a dictator, one has to wonder how Twitter was able to suspend his account so easily. Maybe Trump wasn’t a dictator after all.

Biggest self own in the last 24 hours, and he's so stupid he doesn't even realize it https://t.co/b8YTSnjpLz

— RationalExpectation (@RationalExpect) January 9, 2021

This is such a bizarre attempt at a dunk.

Nikki Haley: Silencing speech is what China does.

Hayes: LOL you think a private company could silence the totalitarian leader of the Chinese Communist Party?

Other dork: Got her.

(High fives and back slaps) https://t.co/RJRdmImcbE

— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) January 9, 2021