Mace Hits Mehdi Hasan With His Own Deleted "Make American Planes Crash Again" Post on Piers Morgan
During a heated September 17, 2026 Piers Morgan Uncensored debate over radical Islam, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) turned the tables on journalist Mehdi Hasan by throwing one of his own deleted posts back at him. Mace reminded Hasan that after a fatal U.S. plane crash he had written "Make American Planes Crash Again," calling it "disgusting," "hypocritical," and "a bad joke about Donald Trump crashing planes." Hasan posted the line on February 16, 2025 as a jab at Trump over aviation safety, then deleted it the next day, calling it poorly worded. This is the same on-air clash in which Hasan called Mace "a racist bigot."
Reporting relied on: Piers Morgan Uncensored, YouTube (video ID pCliXwzjmeo), and reporting by Yahoo News and Lead Stories on Mehdi Hasan's deleted post. All quotations below are verbatim.
In the same September 17, 2026 Piers Morgan Uncensored debate where journalist Mehdi Hasan called her "a racist bigot" to her face, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) turned the tables and hit Hasan with one of his own deleted social-media posts.
Pivoting from a statement that she is "terrified of radical Islam," Mace told Hasan:
"You said, after a plane crash, that 'make American planes crash again.' You said some really disgusting, hypocritical things, even after Charlie Kirk was assassinated. That was a bad joke about Donald Trump crashing planes."
What Hasan actually posted
Mace was quoting a real, and now-deleted, Mehdi Hasan post. On February 16, 2025, Hasan quote-tweeted news of a fatal U.S. plane crash and added the caption "Make American Planes Crash Again," a play on "Make America Great Again." Hasan said the line was sarcasm aimed at Trump over the string of aviation incidents following cuts to the FAA and air-traffic staffing on his watch.
Hasan deleted the post the next day, February 17, 2025, describing it as poorly worded and saying critics were clipping it out of context to suggest he was inciting violence.
A separate screenshot that paired the post with a 9/11 image circulated widely and was fabricated: Hasan's actual post carried no such image. That debunked image is not used here.
Watch the exchange
The full Piers Morgan Uncensored episode, including the Mehdi Hasan vs. Nancy Mace debate:
Maceopedia's edited cut of the exchange, captioned:
Edited clip - Maceopedia.
Sources
- Piers Morgan Uncensored, YouTube, September 17, 2026 (primary source)
- Nancy Mace channel clip: "Women VS Radical Islam | Mehdi Hasan and Nancy Mace," YouTube
- Yahoo News: "Ex-MSNBC host deletes 'Make American Planes Crash Again,' blames backlash on Islamophobia"
- Lead Stories fact check: the post did NOT carry a 9/11 image
- Related: Mehdi Hasan calls Nancy Mace "a racist bigot" on Piers Morgan
This dispatch reports statements made live on a nationally distributed broadcast about a sitting member of Congress, and a widely reported social-media post by a public journalist. Quotations are verbatim. Mace's characterizations ("disgusting," "hypocritical," "a bad joke") are her own, offered on air. Mehdi Hasan has said his deleted post was sarcasm aimed at Trump over aviation safety. Maceopedia catalogs the public record and does not assert any conclusion beyond what the sources document.
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