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babylonsister

(170,962 posts)
Tue May 4, 2021, 07:14 AM May 2021

Don Lemon Loses It Over Rick Santorum's CNN Return: 'It Was Horrible and Insulting!'



Don Lemon Loses It Over Rick Santorum’s 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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“I was furious watching that interview in my office. I cannot believe the first words out of his mouth weren’t ‘I’m sorry, I said something ignorant, I need to learn about the history of this country,’” the CNN anchor seethed. “No contrition! Didn’t talk about the suffering that Native Americans have had to deal with in this country.”

“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 he’s done it so many times! So many times!”


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Don Lemon Loses It Over Rick Santorum's CNN Return: 'It Was Horrible and Insulting!' (Original Post) babylonsister May 2021 OP
Rickey is just another example MyOwnPeace May 2021 #1
+1, uponit7771 May 2021 #2
Yep USAFRetired_Liberal May 2021 #7
Ha!!!! MyOwnPeace May 2021 #9
White privilege, squared. (nt) Paladin May 2021 #13
Remember his "Blah people" comment ? rickford66 May 2021 #3
Santorum: the frothy mix of lube and fec... Mazeltov Cocktail May 2021 #4
Fire Santorum. They'll just hire another Republican/Nazi to replace him. Republican hatred. johnthewoodworker May 2021 #5
Yep USAFRetired_Liberal May 2021 #8
Since when is Frothy the NoMan relevant? Fritz Walter May 2021 #6
Santorum knew exactly what he was saying . . . Lovie777 May 2021 #10
I missed what Senator Frothy said, so I found a clip. progressoid May 2021 #11
Grrrrr! Fire his ass is right! I can't believe KPN May 2021 #19
I spent about 40 minutes total LittleGirl May 2021 #12
Little rickey is nothing but a carnival barker. The Jungle 1 May 2021 #14
He is an embarrassment to the country. gab13by13 May 2021 #17
Has a Republican ever apologized for anything? world wide wally May 2021 #15
Santorum a fascist racist Christo-Nazi who is constantly being polished up and presented,... magicarpet May 2021 #16
There isn't much Christ in Christian culture... More Mammon. keithbvadu2 May 2021 #18
Frothy is simply doing his job as CNN's designated asshole piata and will continue to be well paid. Marcuse May 2021 #20
Santorum's point about the founding of the US was correct. elevator May 2021 #21
Why anyone gives that festering sack of santorum any oxygen at all is beyond me. BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #22

MyOwnPeace

(16,887 posts)
1. Rickey is just another example
Tue May 4, 2021, 07:19 AM
May 2021

of giving exposure and 'credibility' to rejected politicians not deserving of it.....

USAFRetired_Liberal

(4,167 posts)
7. Yep
Tue May 4, 2021, 07:55 AM
May 2021

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 - it’s 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)
9. Ha!!!!
Tue May 4, 2021, 08:27 AM
May 2021

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.......

USAFRetired_Liberal

(4,167 posts)
8. Yep
Tue May 4, 2021, 08:01 AM
May 2021

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 wouldn’t have given them the platform....two examples are Tucker Carlson and kayleigh mcenany

Fritz Walter

(4,281 posts)
6. Since when is Frothy the NoMan relevant?
Tue May 4, 2021, 07:49 AM
May 2021

He's a has-been. Washed up.
CNN should have just let him wallow in obscurity.

Lovie777

(11,986 posts)
10. Santorum knew exactly what he was saying . . .
Tue May 4, 2021, 08:31 AM
May 2021

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.

KPN

(15,585 posts)
19. Grrrrr! Fire his ass is right! I can't believe
Tue May 4, 2021, 09:59 AM
May 2021

Chris Cuomo had him on! “We birthed this nation ...”. Who the fuck is “We” Santorum?! Certainly not you. You don’t get to appropriate “We”. This isn’t your country. Go back into your sewer and stay there.

LittleGirl

(8,261 posts)
12. I spent about 40 minutes total
Tue May 4, 2021, 09:04 AM
May 2021

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 Don’s 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)
14. Little rickey is nothing but a carnival barker.
Tue May 4, 2021, 09:05 AM
May 2021

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)
17. He is an embarrassment to the country.
Tue May 4, 2021, 09:37 AM
May 2021

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.

magicarpet

(13,935 posts)
16. Santorum a fascist racist Christo-Nazi who is constantly being polished up and presented,...
Tue May 4, 2021, 09:15 AM
May 2021

.... as a statesman of stature to be held in high regard. But he is only a fascist Nazi goon.

keithbvadu2

(36,361 posts)
18. There isn't much Christ in Christian culture... More Mammon.
Tue May 4, 2021, 09:55 AM
May 2021

There isn't much Christ in Christian culture... More Mammon.

Marcuse

(7,391 posts)
20. Frothy is simply doing his job as CNN's designated asshole piata and will continue to be well paid.
Tue May 4, 2021, 10:05 AM
May 2021

Title won’t accept piñata.

 

elevator

(415 posts)
21. Santorum's point about the founding of the US was correct.
Tue May 4, 2021, 10:11 AM
May 2021

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)
22. Why anyone gives that festering sack of santorum any oxygen at all is beyond me.
Tue May 4, 2021, 10:52 AM
May 2021

His views are several decades behind the times, and in the hateful way of that era, not the quaint part.

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