Emily Jashinsky

I asked, Elise Stefanik has been referring to

The man standing next to you is Ramamdhani.

As a jihadist, do you believe that you're standing next to a jihadist?

Trump said, no, I think I just met with a very rational man.

And Ryan then posted on X, this is the question from Emily that ended Elise Stefanik's gubernatorial hope.

And I don't think it was helpful.

Oh, here it is, perfect.

I don't think it was particularly helpful to Elise Stefanik because she had been using the jihadist label over and over and over again on Mamdani and immediately put out a statement actually after,

that question saying she disagrees with the president respectfully, that Zoran Mamdani is a jihadist.

And I did a whole segment at the time explaining why I used my time questioning the president to ask that particular question.

I don't consider it punching right.

I would have asked that question of anybody who was so laughably inflating the definition of a term

like jihadist to include Zohra Mamdani, disagree with the man, think that he is an Islamist, if you want to call him, I don't agree with that, but you can call him all kinds of things, but to call him a jihadist completely numbs people to words like that.

And so whether you're calling him,

And whether you're calling him that, whether you're calling another person racist or bigoted or whatever it is, I just think we have to guard these definitions so jealously because we have rightfully stigmatized bigotry in this country with blood, sweat, and tears of people who have literally died or spent their lives, given their lives to the cause of trying to change American attitudes.

I mean, this country is incredible.

we should be so grateful as we go into Christmas for how we're able to coexist as harmoniously, even though it feels tough and divisive, but to have so many different people in one country and living in such close proximity, it's historically unparalleled.

Unparalleled.

And as tough as it is, and as, you know,

deeply as we need to make some, I think, changes in public policy and opinion, it's amazing what we're able to do in this country.