Abby Phillip Addresses Ryan Girdusky Controversy: ‘It Was a Racist Comment’ (Exclusive)

With a week to go until Election Day, emotions are running high on both sides of the aisle. And on Monday night, those emotions boiled over into public view on CNN’s NewsNight with Abby Phillip when conservative commentator Ryan Girdusky made a bigoted remark to fellow panelist, Mehdi Hasan.Phillip immediately took point on lowering the temperature of their heated exchange, making it clear that a line had been crossed. During a commercial break, Girdusky was asked to leave the studio and CNN later announced he had been banned from the…