#JDVance called veteran journalist #MehdiHasan a “dummy” on Monday after he appeared to point to the vice president’s hypocrisy for saying European “commissars” are suppressing free speech while simultaneously banning the Associated Press from the White House over its continued use of the Gulf of Mexico. The dispute erupted on X when Hasan, formerly of MSNBC and now the editor-in-chief and CEO of Zeteo News, tagged Vance and linked to an Axios article which said that the Trump administration’s decision to indefinitely block AP from the White House over usage style was an attack on free press. AP was permanently banned from the Oval Office last week over its editorial decision to disregard President Donald Trump’s order to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America.” 🔗 link in bio for more on this story.