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MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan scoffed at a local restaurant owner complaining about a "recession," touting record-breaking job growth before deleting the tweets.

Having been dunked on all weekend for using a badly-told personal anecdote to try & make a point about how widespread misinformation about the economy is right now, which made me come across to some as out-of-touch & insensitive, I deleted the tweet thread. And if you care about struggling Americans, join me in backing M4A and a higher minimum wage. The primetime MSNBC host’s tweet was called out by journalist Siraj Hashmi on Monday, who compiles a popular list of "bad tweets." My bad," he apologized. The owner, according to Hasan, erroneously told him that they were actually struggling due to the "recession." Hasan then added, "There is no recession.