Dean Obeidallah gets a taste of his own medicine after referring to Tucker Carlson as 'Tucker Klansman'

Greg P. | 8:14 AM on April 24, 2021

Lib radio host and Daily Beast/CNN columnist Dean Obeidallah is under fire after he referred to Tucker Carlson as “Tucker Klansman” during a recent appearance on Joy Reid’s show:

I'm not even going to tweet the video of these two clowns, but they're arguing that each and every person on the right is a modern-day Klansman and white nationalist who wants dirty air and water and black people poor and without representation in Congress to name a few. pic.twitter.com/it8fznljxN

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) April 23, 2021

Obeidallah later defended the use of the nickname saying “he’s an open white nationalist. Period. Full stop. End of discussion”:

Awww, I triggered the right by calling Tucker Carlson on Joy Reid's show last night the name he deserves: "Tucker Klansman." Im not sure why Tucker would be upset- he's an open white nationalist. Period. Full stop. End of discussion. https://t.co/YniWL32k5b

— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) April 23, 2021

First up, how did he even find that tweet?

This guy is such a bad faith actor with a visceral hatred for people who merely don't vote his way. He doesn't want unity. He wants people to hate each other.

Also, imagine being so in love with yourself he found this even though he wasn't tagged by me or in any of the replies. https://t.co/gsMtUTfKV9

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) April 23, 2021

Newsbusters responded by calling him “Dean Ayatollah”:

If Newsbusters official account is calling me "Ayatollah" on its official account I can only imagine what the words they use to describe people of color in their office. Reminder: Newsbusters is a big part of Fox News. https://t.co/6E7fPHc1Vo

— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) April 23, 2021

Well, we don’t think it went over his head. We think he just doesn’t give a s*it:

You don't see that they're doing to you what you did to Tucker Carlson when you called him "Tucker Klansmen"?

That just went completely over your head? https://t.co/8IWCYlcKSy

— RBe (@RBPundit) April 23, 2021

Oh, and Newsbusters called it:

Overheard in the office: "You know he's going to cry Islamophobia, right? It's his calling card." https://t.co/6kvt6ss2ba

— NewsBusters (@newsbusters) April 23, 2021

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