Ex-CNN host Don Lemon stands by calling Trump supporters “dumb f—ing idiots,” telling “butthurt” critics “too f—ing unhealthy.”
At first of his YouTube present Tuesday night time, Lemon addressed the backlash he acquired after calling MAGA supporters “silly and dumb” in an expletive-filled rant days earlier.
Although 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 at all times, 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 in case you 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.”
“That is how tousled you might be. You will have a better expectation of me, an unbiased journalist, a former cable information host, than you do for the one that sits within the Oval Workplace. As a result of his mouth is worse than mine,” Lemon stated.
Lemon insisted he was not referring to all Trump supporters throughout his rant. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Pictures for WarnerMedia)
He added, “He calls everyone dumb. He calls Black ladies dumb. He’s referred to as me dumb. He calls individuals 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 individuals out on their names on a regular basis. And also you like it. However when somebody says the reality about you, you get all butthurt! And also 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 are so f—ing silly and also you deserve it. You f—ing deserve it since you’re so dumb,” he stated. “Sure, I’m gloating over your stupidity.”
Lemon referred to as Trump supporters ‘silly and dumb’ and in contrast them to cult followers. (Photograph by Leigh Vogel/Getty Pictures for Congressional Black Caucus Basis | Photograph 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 may have silly MAGA mind, and you do not get it,” he added. “How silly and dumb are you?”
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Fox Information’ Kendall Tietz contributed to this report.
