Former CNN host Don Lemon stands at the ready He described Trump's supporters as “stupid idiots.” Critics telling their “ass” it's “so bad.”
At the beginning of his reign YouTube show Tuesday nightLemon addressed the backlash he received after calling MAGA supporters “stupid and stupid” in an expletive-laced rant days ago.
Although he insisted he was responding to people having a “racist” reaction to President-elect Donald Trump Appointment of Sriram Krishnan As a senior AI advisor, he has continued to attack Trump supporters.
Former CNN host Don Lemon doubled down on his rant in a YouTube video on Tuesday. (Reuters/Andrew Kelly)
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“So, as always, everyone get upset! I'm not referring to all Trump supporters,” Lemon said. “I'm talking to MAGA-minded people who will say and do anything to make excuses for any behavior by Donald Trump, or any bad behavior by the MAGA movement.”
He continued, “So yeah, I'm sticking by my words! And if you don't like what I said, that's too bad, I don't care!”
Lemon also pointed out the “hypocrisy” of Trump supporters attacking him for his language while defending their “sect leader.”
“That's how absurd you are. Your expectations of me, as a freelance journalist and former TV news anchor, are higher than you would of the person sitting in the Oval Office. Because his mouth is worse than mine,” Lemon said.
Lemon insisted he was not referring to all of Trump's supporters during his rant. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
He added: “He calls everyone stupid. He calls black women stupid. He called me stupid. He calls people stupid. He calls Kamala Harris stupid. He calls her names. He used profanity against athletes. He called them sons of a b—.” -He calls people names all the time and you love it, but when someone tells the truth about you, you explode with all your emotions!
In his original video, Lemon called out supporters President-elect Donald Trump “Stupid idiots” and mocked their “stupid MAGA mind.”
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“You're so stupid and you deserve it. You deserve it because you're so stupid,” he said. “Yes, I gloat over your stupidity.”
Lemon called Trump supporters “stupid and stupid” and compared them to cult followers. (Photo by Lee Vogel/Getty Images for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation | Photo by Chris Unger/Zova LLC)
“You were chosen because you're in a fucking cult and you don't even realize it because you have a stupid MAGA mind, and you don't get it,” he added. “How stupid and stupid are you?”
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Fox News' Kendall Tietz contributed to this report.
