Ex-CNN host Don Lemon stands by calling Trump supporters “dumb f—ing idiots,” telling “butthurt” critics “too f—ing unhealthy.”
At the beginning of his YouTube show Tuesday night, Lemon addressed the backlash he obtained after calling MAGA supporters “silly and dumb” in an expletive-filled rant days earlier.
Though he insisted that he was reacting to individuals who had a “racist” response to President-elect Donald Trump appointing Sriram Krishnan as a senior advisor on synthetic intelligence, he went on to additional assault Trump supporters.
Ex-CNN host Don Lemon doubled down on his rant in a YouTube video Tuesday. (REUTERS/Andrew Kelly)
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“So, as all the time, everyone will get all butthurt! I’m not referring to all Trump supporters,” Lemon stated. “I’m speaking to the MAGA-brained individuals who will say and do something to make excuses for any habits that Donald Trump does, any unhealthy habits that the MAGA motion does.”
He continued, “So sure, I stand by my phrases! And for those who don’t like what I stated, then too f-ing unhealthy, I don’t care!”
Lemon additionally referred to as out the “hypocrisy” of Trump supporters attacking him for his language whereas defending their “cult chief.”
“This is how tousled you might be. You have the next expectation of me, an unbiased journalist, a former cable information host, than you do for the one that sits within the Oval Office. Because his mouth is worse than mine,” Lemon stated.
Lemon insisted he was not referring to all Trump supporters throughout his rant. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for WarnerMedia)
He added, “He calls everyone dumb. He calls Black ladies dumb. He’s referred to as me dumb. He calls folks silly. He’s referred to as Kamala Harris silly. He’s referred to as her names. And he’s used profanity in opposition to athletes. He referred to as them sons of b—hes. He calls folks out on their names on a regular basis. And you like it. But when somebody says the reality about you, you get all butthurt! And you get all in your emotions!”
In his unique video, Lemon referred to as supporters of President-elect Donald Trump “dumb f—ing idiots” and mocked their “silly MAGA mind.”
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“You’re so f—ing silly and also you deserve it. You f—ing deserve it since you’re so dumb,” he stated. “Yes, I’m gloating over your stupidity.”
Lemon referred to as Trump supporters ‘silly and dumb’ and in contrast them to cult followers. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Congressional Black Caucus Foundation | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
“You’ve been co-opted since you’re in a f—ing cult and you do not even notice it as a result of you’ve gotten silly MAGA mind, and you aren’t getting it,” he added. “How silly and dumb are you?”
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Fox News’ Kendall Tietz contributed to this report.
