MSNBC host Chris Hayes is drawing quite a bit of flak on Monday morning, having said that America was “very very lucky” that the suspect behind this weekend’s bombings used explosives as his method of attack.

As the news broke that Ahmad Rahami was taken into custody in connection to the attacks in Manhattan and New Jersey, Hayes issued this peculiar tweet:

We're also very very lucky that the attackers tried to use explosives rather than guns. — Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) September 19, 2016

Unfortunately for Hayes’ Twitter feed, quite a few people were not so impressed by what he had to say:

Dumb Tweet of the day. https://t.co/27UTeUigWr — Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) September 19, 2016

Dear terrorists, could you use just bombs from here on? Chris Hayes would really appreciate that. https://t.co/3fFdUdiXjm — Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) September 19, 2016

I'm thinking of a movie starring Jim Carrey & Jeff Daniels as it pertains to Hayes/Stein on this one. In a related story, gun w/gun ended it https://t.co/AaQbTltDTN — Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) September 19, 2016

Hayes, for his part, shook the backlash right off:

It's not even noon and I've resisted getting into, like, five arguments on twitter already. Feeling pretty good. — Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) September 19, 2016

Of course, National Review editor Charles C. W. Cooke followed up and demonstrated how the criticism for Hayes didn’t just stop right there:

@chrislhayes It’s good to resist getting into arguments after you’ve said something stupid. — Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) September 19, 2016

UPDATE – 2:10 p.m. ET: As Hayes continues to field criticism, he explained that he was only trying to make a point about how none of the attacks this weekend resulted in any deaths.

168 ppl Died in OKC to a bomb that exploded at 20% but sure… https://t.co/ekp2NUbjSv — Johnny (Joey) Jones (@Johnny_Joey) September 19, 2016

@Johnny_Joey and it seems pretty clear that had he just opened fire at that intersection we'd be dealing with a lot more fatalities. — Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) September 19, 2016

@chrislhayes did it ever cross your mind that the actor/intent/motive/inspiration is infinitely more deadly than weapon used? — Johnny (Joey) Jones (@Johnny_Joey) September 19, 2016

@Johnny_Joey I really wasn't trying to make some grand point about guns, just the string of lucky breaks that meant no one died. that's all — Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) September 19, 2016

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