Have Democrats lost to MAGA on Gaza? | Ayman Mohyeldin | Real Talk
From Real Talk by Middle East Eye
September 30, 2025 · 52 min · Season 1 · Episode 35
About this episode
Ayman Mohyeldin discusses the US political rhetoric on Gaza and the Democratic Party's stance on the conflict.
On this week’s Real Talk, MSNBC host and veteran reporter Ayman Mohyeldin joined Mohamed Hashem to discuss the US political rhetoric on Gaza. For over two decades, Ayman has reported on the front lines of the world’s biggest stories - from the wars in Iraq and Gaza to the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings. Today, he co-hosts MSNBC’s “The Weekend: Primetime”. In this conversation, Ayman reflects on the political rhetoric in Washington as Israel’s war on Gaza nears its two-year mark. He says that it is “absolutely shameful that any Democratic Party leader… is unable to come out and condemn what Israel is doing and explicitly call it a genocide”. He also chimed in on the debate over Democrats ceding ground on Gaza to Maga Republicans like Marjorie Taylor Greene. The two also discuss Israel’s targeting and killing of Palestinian journalists with impunity, the debate in the US around boycotting Israel, and the broader failures of western media coverage. “It’s extremely painful seeing how Muslims and Arabs are dehumanised in American media,” Ayman says. Real Talk is hosted by Mohamed Hashem.
People in this episode
Host: Mohamed Hashem
Guest: Ayman Mohyeldin
Topics covered
- US political rhetoric
- Gaza conflict
- Democratic Party
- media coverage
- Palestinian journalists
- MAGA Republicans
Keywords
- Gaza
- Ayman Mohyeldin
- Democrats
- MAGA
- Israel
- Palestinian journalists
- media coverage
- political rhetoric
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: MSNBC, Middle East Eye
Places: Gaza, Israel, United States
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