Shakina Nayfack lashes out at NBC for hosting Trump Town Hall; says 'I‘m disgusted'

Shakina Nayfack criticised her home network NBC for hosting Trump Town Hall in a series of tweets she posted on the social media website. According to the Huffington Post, several people have been speaking out against the Town Hall session President Trump was invited to. Shakina Nayfack mentioned in her first tweet itself that she was disgusted by her home network. The series of tweets caught the attention of her followers who later began sharing it on their profiles.

Shakina Nayfack lashes out at NBC for hosting Trump Town Hall 

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Shakina Nayfack, who stars in NBC’s Connecting, wasn’t quite pleased with NBC hosting Trump Town Hall and giving him a platform, according to the tweet. The actor did not hold back her thoughts as she spoke out about her opinions and remarked that NBC gave Trump a platform to promote fear, bigotry and disinformation.

Shakina Nayfack also called out the hypocrisy done by NBr. She added that NBC, on one hand, put her on primetime and on the other hand, hosted a candidate whose very policies would end up abolishing her rights as a transgender person.

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The town hall episode goes directly in competition with ABC’s event that hosted Joe Biden. The events take place after the second presidential debates were cancelled. The events were still about to continue virtually; however, due to President Trump contracting Covid-19, the entire schedule was called off. Shakina Nayfack called out this comparison between NBC and ABC.

The star said “Shame” for the two channels for using the opportunity as an echo chamber. She mentioned that as the election days go on, the channels must focus on ideas and policies rather than stoking division and ratings.

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Shakina Nayfack also called out certain trolls who were accusing her of “sideism”. She mentioned that ABC and NBC both knew exactly what they were doing when they signed on the candidates on their show. She then directly remarked that the channels are just using the presidential candidates as a rating war and nothing else. Several such fiery comments were made by Shakina Nayfack in a series of tweets where she also revealed whom she will be voting for at the end.

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