A recently held debate between former Al Jazeera Journalist, Mehdi Hasan and 20 far-right conservatives gained a lot of traction on the internet. It gained a million views within days. The debate was titled “1 Progressive vs 20 far-right conservatives”, where Journalist Hasan was the Progressive and the other participants were so-called far-right conservatives.
It was clear that the debate was intended to provide a platform for far-right views rather than an actual informative discussion. Because no thread of ideas debated made any kind of coherent sense. Like, not all of the 20 participants were far-right conservatives. They should have platformed actual far-right conservatives, not a group of Nick Fuentes‘ minions who humiliated the US President and degraded the entire MAGA movement.
Most of the participants spewed random far-right dialogues when they found themselves cornered, like one of the participants out of nowhere said that he was a ‘fascist’. In another instance, Mehdi Hasan was told to get out of the United States.
Questions asked by Mehdi were simple and direct. And to see all of the participants fumble together to counter those questions raises speculation that they were paid to do so.
It was part of Donald Trump’s campaign to release all January 6 prisoners. And people voted for him. And President Trump fulfilled his promise to the U.S. citizens who voted for him. He released around 1500 prisoners, of which 608 had assault charges. The remaining, that is, around 892 people, were mostly first-time offenders of a non-violent nature.
Again, out of the 1500 prisoners released, 608 people were charged with assault charges, and a maximum of 180 people had some kind of previous violations. These previous violations include traffic violations, drug probation, etc. A small minority had serious crime records or were on parole.
Donald Trump had then said about the pardon that segregating the cases individually would have been difficult. He said, “It would be very, very cumbersome to go and look – you know how many people we’re talking about? 1,500 people,” adding, “These people have served, horribly, a long time,”
There was no mention of this in the entire debate, which had a segment dedicated to Trump being pro-crime or not. The whole MAGA movement. The mandate that made Donald Trump the US President in 2025 was mocked with impunity by these so-called far-right Conservatives.
So was Trump pro-crime? Absolutely not. In 2018, President Trump showed reform and mercy by signing the bipartisan bill, The First Step Act, into law. The bill was a move to reform the federal prison system and rehabilitate prisoners, supported by both parties. By July 2019, an estimated 3100 prisoners were released. Does that make Trump Pro-Crime?
Does Donald Trump make outlandish statements? Yes. Like in the case of the Gaza conflict. According to Trump, he would resettle the Palestinians somewhere else to solve the conflict and ‘clean up’ Gaza. Mehdi Hasan brought this topic into the debate. Sarah Stock, a political commentator from Rift TV, instead of rejecting Trump’s claims, went about interviewing Hasan. She had no clue about Trump’s stance on Gaza. She also apparently had no clue about the Gaza conflict. Because, according to her, the Gaza conflict was a ‘religious’ issue. Not surprising. She has a religious bias in everything. She also believes Hindus have no place in America.
To make it clear, the Gaza Conflict is not religious. You cannot simply pick any conflict in the world and associate it with a religious perspective. That is naïve from a geopolitical point of view. You can watch the full debate here :
Most of the participants had incredibly shallow depth in the arguments they made. They were not far-right. In every direct question, Mehdi Hasan put to them. They made it look like a disaster. Their views on the economy and migrants were catastrophic to say the least. This makes us wonder if the entire episode was scripted.
