CNN’s Don Lemon on Thursday hammered President Donald Trump for what he called “the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.”
Lemon condemned the president for claiming, in a roundtable event on police reform in Dallas, that officers were “dominating the street with compassion” during anti-racism protests that have spread nationwide following last month’s police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Lemon then reeled off a long list of ways Trump has not shown compassion amid the demonstrations ― from gassing peaceful protesters so he could carry out a photo-op to spreading false conspiracy theories.
Republicans and Trump’s supporters also drew Lemon’s venom, as the CNN anchor accused them of being complicit.
Earlier in his “CNN Tonight” show, Lemon described Trump as a “relic” for appearing to deny that racism exists.
