Anna Kasparian

Who's wrong?

That doesn't even matter at this point.

I don't even know why I allowed that one minor disagreement to basically whip me up into this crazy frenzy.

All of a sudden, I'm like, no, no, no.

Aaron Mate, definitely.

He's getting funded by the Russians.

And so on TYT one day, Cenk and I were discussing Syria, and I just blurted that out.

And, you know, I was in a different headspace at that time.

I'd like to think that I've matured a little bit since then.

And I just kept doubling down.

I wouldn't apologize.

There were some circumstantial things that I would point to, but really nothing solid to prove that Aaron Maté is funded by the Russians.

And so...

Over the last year in particular, I just kept seeing his posts on X. I actually was on a panel with him on Pierce Morgan's show, and he and I were very much on the same page in regard to the topic we were discussing.

And every single time he would come up in my mind, I just felt really bad about myself because...

I smeared him and I never apologized.

And that's not OK.

And so I came across another one of his posts today that I liked on X. And I was like, you know what?

Now is the time.

It's been five years.