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Don Lemon Loses It Over Rick Santorums CNN Return: It Was Horrible and Insulting!
FURIOUS!
I apologize to the viewers who were insulted by it, Lemon said moments after Santorum appeared on Chris Cuomo's program and showed no contrition over his Native American remarks.
Justin Baragona, Contributing Editor
Published May. 03, 2021 11:44PM ET
CNN anchor Don Lemon was absolutely beside himself on Monday night after CNN political commentator Rick Santorum showed no contrition during his first on-air appearance after his offensive remarks about Native American culture. Apologizing to viewers, Lemon said it was horrible and insulting that Santorum tried to whitewash his comments.
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Did he actually think it was a good idea for him to come on television and try to whitewash the whitewash that he whitewashed?! Lemon exclaimed. It was horrible and insulting! And I apologize to the viewers who were insulted by it. I was sitting in my office furious because hes done it so many times! So many times!
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MyOwnPeace
(16,887 posts)of giving exposure and 'credibility' to rejected politicians not deserving of it.....
USAFRetired_Liberal
(4,167 posts)After his 17 point shellacking as an incumbent senator, we should have never heard from him again....no reason why he should have ever been on CNN in the first place.
Edit - its similar to how NBC gave credibility to a billionaire and a great businessman when they gave him his own show even though he filed for bankruptcy a dozen times
MyOwnPeace
(16,887 posts)Love the 'edit' - indeed, quite the perfect example of misappropriation of credibility - only to give that "billionaire" and "great" businessman another chance to prove to be a disaster - only this time it came at a much greater expense.......
Paladin
(28,202 posts)rickford66
(5,498 posts)Just an awful person.
Mazeltov Cocktail
(569 posts)You get the picture...
johnthewoodworker
(694 posts)USAFRetired_Liberal
(4,167 posts)This is so true....There are so many blathering idiots CNN has hired on that side just for the sake of hearing both sides....unfortunately they give them a platform and then they become bigger than what they would have if CNN wouldnt have given them the platform....two examples are Tucker Carlson and kayleigh mcenany
Fritz Walter
(4,281 posts)He's a has-been. Washed up.
CNN should have just let him wallow in obscurity.
Lovie777
(11,986 posts)it was no misspoken bullshit. RWers truly believe they are the center and creator of everything and no other group exists in their tiny little brains.
progressoid
(49,825 posts)KPN
(15,585 posts)Chris Cuomo had him on! We birthed this nation .... Who the fuck is We Santorum?! Certainly not you. You dont get to appropriate We. This isnt your country. Go back into your sewer and stay there.
LittleGirl
(8,261 posts)listening to Chris Cuomo and Santorum debate this topic with Charlie Dent. Chris got in some good punches. I especially liked the reference to Chris and Rick being just two generations of Others that was discussed. I was rooting for Chris.
Then continued to watch the full exchange with Chris and Don (it was several minutes long) and then Dons explanation after that. Excellent rant!
Santorum is or should be done at CNN. They (CNN) has done a good job of keeping the insurrectionists off their shows but Santorum is one that needs to be silenced. His apology was disgusting! He makes Italians look bad.
The Jungle 1
(4,552 posts)He makes contribution money by staying in the news and running for president.
Nothing but a low live scum running a scam.
He is a huge embarrassment to my state of Pa. I wish he would just shut his filthy pie hole.
gab13by13
(20,864 posts)I remember the big reason he lost the election for Senator. He home schooled his kids and took the money for doing so from Pa. the problem being is that he home schooled them in another state and then he tried to lie about not living in Pa.
world wide wally
(21,718 posts)magicarpet
(13,935 posts).... as a statesman of stature to be held in high regard. But he is only a fascist Nazi goon.
keithbvadu2
(36,361 posts)There isn't much Christ in Christian culture... More Mammon.
Marcuse
(7,391 posts)Title wont accept piñata.
elevator
(415 posts)I loathe him and he is despicable, but no sense in giving ammunition to the right arguing an invalid premise. The US was founded by Europeans and they wrote the Constitution. The native Americans were not part of that. They were on the continent before Europeans and had many diverse nations and cultures. And they had a significant contribution to our culture as it developed is some parts of the country.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,535 posts)His views are several decades behind the times, and in the hateful way of that era, not the quaint part.