CNNs Don Lemon Has Had It With Racist Donald Trump

[babylonsister]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/cnns-don-lemon-has-had-it-with-racist-donald-trump?ref=home

CNN’s Don Lemon Has Had It With ‘Racist’ Donald Trump
The first words from Lemon’s broadcast tonight: ‘The president of the United States is racist.’
Matt Wilstein
01.12.18 12:45 AM ET
Video at link~


Last December, The New York Times reported that President Donald Trump often “hate-watches” CNN, “especially Don Lemon.”

If he was watching Lemon’s 10 p.m. broadcast Thursday night, the first words he heard were, “The president of the United States is racist.”

“A lot of us already knew that,” the anchor added. But it has rarely been quite as apparent than it was earlier in the afternoon when Trump, referring to immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador, and African nations, reportedly asked members of Congress, “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?”

“Those comments are frankly disgusting,” Lemon said. “There’s other language I would like to use, but we are on television. But you know what? They’re not shocking. Not even really surprising, because this is who Donald Trump is. This is what he thinks.”

From there, Lemon listed off a litany of similarly racist comments that Trump has made over the course of his campaign and presidency, from saying Nigerian immigrants “should go back to their huts,” to saying Haitian immigrants “all have AIDS” to calling black NFL players “sons of bitches” for protesting police brutality to saying “both sides” were to blame for the neo-Nazi violence in Charlottesville.

“A White House official told CNN they’re not worried, this is good for them, the president’s comments will resonate with his base,” said Lemon. “Jesus. Admitting that for all their talk about making America great, the president is playing to a base that welcomes his racism and will enjoy it. That is disgraceful.”

“With that said, here’s what’s worse and probably the most important point,” Lemon continued. “This is for anyone who may be taken aback by my comments. I want to be clear here, I don’t care if you are. I hope you are.” For years, he said he and others have been telling Americans that Trump is “bigoted” and “racist,” but they continue to make excuses for his “vile behavior.”

“For all of you who have uttered over the last few years that tired, lazy, uninformed, uneducated ignorant response of calling me and others who point out racist behaviors ‘racist,’ you know what you can go do?” he asked. “I can’t say that, but you can read a book, a history book, because you might learn that some of these people from ‘shithole countries’ were slaves who were brought here by force to help build this country and start your learning process from there.”

“I have to be honest, I was not shocked that Donald Trump reportedly called the majority of black and Hispanic countries or continents ‘shitholes.’ I wasn’t shocked. I’m not outraged by it. I’m tired of being outraged as a matter of fact. I’ve been outraged too many times. It’s more important to be strategic than to be outraged.”

“Here’s why I’m not outraged,” Lemon said. “Because people of color warned you.”

[llmart]

1. CBS News this morning...

Bob Schieffer made no bones about it either - he said Trump is a racist.

[heaven05]

2. really don???

Finally the HN sees the light...still will never trust this previous trump enabler. He kissed trumps ass for too long. I don't care whether he has changed his opinion. And true that most of us have seen what this POS potus was from the very beginning. Fuck lemon and his 'analysis',

[bigtree]

3. lol

Link to tweet

[mopinko]

4. especially don lemon,

gee i wonder what it is about don lemon.

[Barack_America]

5. Did anyone not get that the "great" in MAGA meant "white"?

I wasn't the least bit surprised by what he said; I was surprised by the setting in which he said them. The only "news" to me is the extent of his lack of propriety, and control (either self or via his handlers). There is clearly no decency there to emerge from any filter. And this is our sitting President; this is what the GOP is protecting at al costs?

[Wounded Bear]

6. Yeah, that was a pretty obvious dog-whistle...

It was obvious from the crowds at his rallies, it was obvious by how he spoke. This may be one of the first instances of him being caught using openly racist comments, but it has been there all along.

[Lucinda]

7. KNR