MSNBC’s Malcolm Nance on Kabul suicide bombing that killed at least four US Marines: ‘#DealWithIt’

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Pentagon correspondent Lucas Tomlinson reports on the latest news regarding the terror attack in and around the Kabul airport in Afghanistan.

Left-wing MSNBC intelligence analyst Malcolm Nance downplayed Thursday’s suicide bombing outside of Kabul’s airport, which reportedly killed at least four U.S. Marines, telling his nearly one million Twitter followers to “deal with it.” 

While the attacks near the airport resulted in multiple casualties and forced most media members to brace for the worst, Nance didn’t seem to think the terror attack was a big deal.  

MSNBC intelligence analyst Malcolm Nance downplayed a suicide bombing outside of Kabul, telling his nearly one million Twitter followers to "deal with it." 

“20 YEARS- FYI there have been terrorist suicide bombers killing civilians nearly DAILY in Afghanistan. This ain’t new. It’s why we are leaving,” Nance tweeted before adding the controversial hashtag “#DealWithIt.”  

Nance, who served in the U.S. Navy, was swiftly roasted for saying people should “deal with” the loss of lives. 

“Imagine not just thinking this, but feeling so beyond shame and perspective that you tweet it publicly,” Fourth Watch editor Steve Krakauer responded. 

Washington Free Beacon reporter Chuck Ross mocked Nance as “MSNBC’s finest,” while fellow Free Beacon reporter Joe Simonson added, “Always genuinely disturbing to be reminded that these guys worked at the highest levels of the us government.” 

“Malcolm, this is a sh-t take,” journalist Siraj Hashmi wrote. 

“Can’t think of anything witty to say here but maybe if your tweet about a suicide bombing includes ‘hashtag dealwithit’ it’s not a good tweet,” journalist Jack Crosbie responded. 

MSNBC did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 

Nance, who has a long history of promoting conspiracy theories and blatant falsehoods, was one of the chief proponents of Russia-related conspiracies on MSNBC during the Trump administration. He is a frequent guest of such hyperpartisan hosts as Joy Reid and Lawrence O’Donnell and has long claimed former President Trump was an “asset” of the Russian government.

Plenty of others blasted Nance for his thoughts on the terror attack:

Nance is no stranger to controversy.

He also suggested MSNBC colleague Reid’s infamous Florida blog filled with homophobic posts and other offensive writings was the result of hackers months after the bizarre claim had been debunked.

Fox News’ David Rutz, Caitlin McFall, Emma Colton and Houston Keene contributed to this report. 

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