nothing new there, especially from trump. he should have listened to both of us when we were saying earlier this year. have a great rest of your night. nice to see you. good to see you. tonight on the mehdi hasan show prosecuting a former leader. why are some people acting as if it would be completely crazy to prosecute donald j trump? plus, a right-wing harassment campaign against children s hospital staff, based on pure hate and disinformation. what is this country becoming? and, devastating climate-related floods in pakistan. my conversation with the grandson of the country s former prime minister on how to help, and who s to blame. good evening. i am mehdi hasan. it is called the most exclusive clubs in the world. and as a marvel fan, i was always tickled by how saturday night live used to portray the ex presidents as actual cartoon superheroes. because speaking as a relatively new citizen to this country, one thing that is uniquely american about it is th
movements on college campuses, but now, the mere existence, the visibility of black and brown people in a fantasy tv show or a movie is slammed as woke. and a look, like you said who plays one of these major characters and house of the dragon, he recently said when he was criticized by these white fans for being cast in a series, they are happy with a dragon flying, they re happy with white hair and violent colored eyes, but a rich black guy? that is beyond the pale. as they say, the idea that a diverse cast may appear to viewers and is a leftist ideological agenda is as offensive as it is playing dom it is beyond ridiculous and it is offensive. that is the right word. we will see what they come up with a next. who knows. great show as always, my friend. enjoy the rest of your evening. coming up, the battle for the soul of the nation. i will speak with congressman in just a moment about democrats finally targeting republicans as extremist. next, the gop s obsessio
Actor to play a lord in the new hp o game of thrones prequel house of the dragon. and the casting of to play a queen and amazon s new lord of the ring show, rings of power. one conservative writer said, amazon was taking liberties with characters, races and more in order for a show to be more modern, how dare they? this is history. except it isn t, it s fantasy. it s middle earth, not the middle ages and i find it astonishing that these people can be totally fine with washing and believing in wizards and lord of the rings or a flying dragon on game of thrones, but not black people on screen. no, no, no. that s a step too far. that s unrealistic. it s beyond ignorant. what i found so fascinating about all of this is we re watching in realtime the evolution of the word woke. a few years ago, conservatives used woke and wokeness to mock the excesses of progressive