On October 31, Mehdi Hasan reacted to Brooke Rollins’ Halloween warning post that featured Atlanta influencer, Shawty Dred. As seen in Brooke’s post, she shared a Halloween warning against SNAP fraud.The image depicts a mock Spirit Halloween ‘SNAP FRAUDSTER’ costume inspired by an actual photograph of a black Atlanta influencer, Mercedes Reshard New, also known as Shawty Dred. The influencer was reportedly indicted in October this year on federal charges related to a scheme over $4 million, involving over 350 fake SNAP accounts created using stolen identities.In her post, Brooke Rollins wrote that the fraudster Halloween costume doesn’t come with a “price tag,” but a “prison sentence.” She wrote:“Some costumes come with a price tag. This one comes with a prison sentence. To anyone stealing from American taxpayers: The tricks are over. The treats are running out. Happy Halloween!”As the post went viral, Mehdi Hasan slammed Rollins and accused Trump’s cabinet members of “white supremacy” and “open brazen racism.” In response, Mehdi Hasan wrote:“Just insane white supremacy, out in the open brazen racism, from Trump cabinet members. But hey, let’s return to our regularly scheduled programming on Hasan Piker and the left.”Rollins seemingly responded to the criticism in her next X post. She told the “left” to read about Shawty Dred before calling her out.Brooke Rollins faced online backlash for her Halloween postIn addition to Mehdi Hasan, many others called out the Secretary of Agriculture for her allegedly racist Halloween post. US Rep. Brendan Boyle labeled it as “textbook racism.”US Rep. Shontel Brown called Brooke’s post “disgusting” and “despicable.” Brown wrote:“Despicable. Disgusting. Not even hiding it… And I look forward to your answer to what motivated this graphic when you appear in front of the Agriculture Committee in January.”American lawyer George Conway referred to Brooke Rollins as “Secretary of Racism.” Rep. James Walkinshaw also criticized Brooke’s tweet, saying that some costumes come with a fail.