Don Lemon was again on CNN Tuesday — and when you ever marvel what acquired him dismissed from the community within the first place, he definitely wasn’t reticent about reminding you.
In an look on “Inside Politics With Dana Bash,” Lemon rehashed a low-rent model of former President Barack Obama lecturing “the brothers” about not voting for the Democratic nominee, saying that he’s been touring to swing states to “appropriate” black males who could be contemplating Donald Trump as an alternative of Kamala Harris.
The looks comes as Harris lags within the polls amongst minority voters usually, males specifically.
“There’s an issue, and look, I went from battleground state to battleground state to battleground state,” Lemon stated throughout the phase.
“After they invited me to the conference, I didn’t simply need to fly there. I stated I’m gonna go discuss to voters in battleground states, and I did.
“It was not curated. I went as much as individuals simply doing man on the road and stated, ‘Who’re you gonna vote for, black males?’ And time after time after time they stated, ‘I’m voting for Donald Trump.’
“Now the explanation why, more often than not they stated, ‘Oh, for financial causes’ or as a result of ‘he gave me a stimulus test.’ And I needed to appropriate them again and again and inform them that stimulus test got here from a Democratic Congress and Nancy Pelosi and that Donald Trump truly held that test up, so his title could possibly be placed on the test, so that they suppose they acquired the test instantly from him,” Lemon said.
“In the meantime, Joe Biden has given one or two stimulus checks, as nicely, however they appear to not know or perceive that,” he added.
“You possibly can vote for whoever you need to vote for, however the causes that you just’re going to vote for them, I believe, needs to be correct and factual, and it’s best to know why you’re supporting somebody.”
NEW: Don Lemon says he traveled to swing states to “appropriate” black males, implies they’re ignorant for desirous to vote for Trump.
Throughout a phase on CNN, Lemon talked down on black males who wished to vote for Trump.
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— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 16, 2024
First, you could have heard the outdated saying concerning the plural of “anecdote” not being “information.” It may additionally be rewarding for CNN to notice to viewers that the singular type of “anecdote” isn’t “information,” both. On this case, Lemon’s expertise isn’t backed up by minority voters who haven’t had the scales fall from their eyes like Paul on the Damascene street but. They definitely haven’t had a scarcity of media voices shouting it at them, least of all on CNN.
Second, if having a former president blacksplain why you’re not voting the correct way to you isn’t condescending enough, how about having a fired former cable information host who’s foundered on social media clarify it to you?
As a result of that’s apparently what the liberal institution is hoping for right here … with Don Lemon.
One New York Times ballot launched final Saturday discovered that Harris was forward amongst black voters by 78 % to fifteen % for Donald Trump. Whereas that appears OK, needless to say this was a relative low in comparison with the estimates that confirmed the Democratic presidential candidate getting north of 90 % of the vote in 2016 and 2020.
“Ms. Harris is little question on monitor to win an awesome majority of black voters, however Mr. Trump seems to be chipping away broadly at a longstanding Democratic benefit. His marketing campaign has relied on focused promoting and sporadic outreach occasions to courtroom African American voters — particularly black males — and has seen an uptick in help. About 15 % of black possible voters stated they deliberate to vote for the previous president, in line with the brand new ballot, a six-point enhance from 4 years in the past,” the Instances famous.
“A lot of the erosion in help for Ms. Harris is pushed by a rising perception that Democrats, who’ve lengthy celebrated black voters because the ‘spine’ of their get together, have did not ship on their guarantees,” the ballot confirmed.
“Forty % of African American voters beneath 30 stated the Republican Celebration was extra more likely to comply with by on its marketing campaign commitments than Democrats had been.”
However Don Lemon coming into the group to learn “the brothers” the riot act, similar to President Obama did, goes to assist? That was from an precise workplace holder, not a kinda-employed anchorman who as soon as entertained ideas on air that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 might need disappeared right into a black hole.
That is the precise reverse of the true drawback that Democrats face: After too lengthy of taking their vote with no consideration, minority communities are beginning to get up to only how empty the get together’s guarantees are and are making up their very own minds. With a number of weeks to go, the thought {that a} talking-to by the man who acquired himself fired from CNN’s morning show goes to assist issues a lot is a part of the issue itself.
This text appeared initially on The Western Journal.