Former CNN host Don Lemon stands nearby calling Trump supporters “ignorant idiots,” telling “butthurt” critics “it's f— too bad.”
In his beginning YouTube show on Tuesday nightLemon spoke about his latest reaction after calling MAGA supporters “stupid and dumb” in a scathing rant days ago.
Although he insisted he was responding to people with a “racist” reaction to President-elect Donald Trump choosing Sriram Krishnan as a senior adviser on artificial intelligence, he continued to attack Trump supporters.
Former CNN host Don Lemon doubled down on his comments in a YouTube video on Tuesday. (REUTERS/Andrew Kelly)
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“So, as always, everybody gets all butthurt! I'm not talking about all the Trump supporters,” Lemon said. “I'm talking to MAGA people who will speak up and do anything to stand up for any behavior that Donald Trump does, any bad behavior that the MAGA movement does. .”
He continued, “Yeah, I stand by my words! And if you don't like what I said, then f-ing bad, I don't care!”
Lemon also called out the “hypocrisy” of Trump supporters who attack him for his speech while defending their “religious leader.”
“This is how messed up you are. You have higher expectations of me, a freelance journalist, a former cable news anchor, than someone sitting in the Oval Office. Because the mouth “His is worse than mine,” Lemon said.
Lemon emphasized that he was not talking about all Trump supporters during his rant. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
He added, “He calls everybody dumb. He calls Black women dumb. He called me dumb. He calls people strong. He calls Kamala Harris dumb. He calls her names. He's used slurs against athletes. He called them sons of b- — he calls people by their first names all the time.
In his first video, Lemon called out supporters of President-elect Donald Trump “ignorant idiots” and scoffs at their “stupid MAGA brains.”
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“He's very strong and he deserves it. He deserves it because he's so dumb,” she said. “Yes, I enjoy your stupidity.”
Lemon called Trump supporters 'stupid and dumb' and compared them to cult followers. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Congressional Black Caucus Foundation | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
“You were chosen because you're in a f—ing cult and you don't realize it because you have a stupid MAGA brain and you don't get it,” he added. “How stupid and dumb are you?”
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Fox News' Kendall Tietz contributed to this report.