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Don Lemon Accuses Stephen A. Smith of Cozying up to Whitey for Money
BizPacReview ^ | January 12, 2026 | Frieda Powers

Posted on 01/13/2026 1:06:50 PM PST by nickcarraway

Former CNN host Don Lemon unloaded on Stephen A. Smith for being ignorant and “cozying up” to white people.

While he claimed he is not one to criticize black people, Smith left him no choice after the radio host and sports analyst delivered his take on last week’s ICE agent shooting of a Minnesota activist.

“I try not to criticize, especially black men, or just black people in general, you know, because we get so much sh*t. The rules are different for us,” Lemon said on his podcast show. “But Stephen A. Smith goes off and talks about sh*t that he has no idea about.”

In his reaction to the video of the deadly incident in which Renee Good appeared to drive her car toward an ICE agent who discharged his weapon in self-defense, Smith simultaneously wondered why the officer could not get out of the way, but also noted that the law is likely on the side of the agent.

“I saw the video on numerous occasions, and seeing what transpired from a lawful perspective, as it pertains to a law enforcement official, don’t expect him to be prosecuted,” Smith said on his ‘Straight Shooter’ podcast. “He was completely justified,”

“From a humanitarian perspective, however, why did you have to do that? If you could move out of the way, that means you could have shot the tires. That means you could have got a few feet away after you shot the tires, and if you were unsuccessful at doing that, you could have got her down the road,” the ESPN analyst continued.

But Lemon blasted Smith for speaking about something he had “no facts” about, saying he “just gets on these like white boy, right-wing podcasts or his own show and just goes off about black people and things that for which he has no clue.”

“It’s just shocking to me, this sort of cozying up to white people,” Lemon continued after impersonating Smith.

“And it’s gotta be for the money,” he declared.

“If I became a black conservative, I would be richhhhh!” Lemon exclaimed. “Like a gazillionaire.”

He continued to attack the ESPN star for abandoning his “stock and trade” of sports for insulting black people.

“Stop it, you’re embarrassing yourself,” Lemon said. “You’re embarrassing yourself all the way to the bank, but still, it’s embarrassing, for you, for the ancestors, for young black people, and for all black people.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: donlemon; stephenasmith; white

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LOL. Don Lemon says Stephen A. Smith is cozying up to white people? Talk about the pot calling the kettle white?



“If I became a black conservative, I would be richhhhh!”

To bad some ghosts can't visit him, to show him it's the opposite.

1 posted on 01/13/2026 1:06:50 PM PST by nickcarraway
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I haven’t heard anything from Don LeMoan since Elon Musk showed him up for a fool.


2 posted on 01/13/2026 1:08:19 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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Isn’t Don “married” to a white guy?


3 posted on 01/13/2026 1:08:59 PM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: nickcarraway

Is this the same Don Lemming who told the Antifa-types to buy guns?


4 posted on 01/13/2026 1:09:59 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ( )
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While he claimed he is not one to criticize black people...

Then that means he is a racist.

Singling out one race for special treatment at the expense of persons not of that race.

Rather than "...the content of their character, not the color of their skin."

5 posted on 01/13/2026 1:11:00 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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Isn't Lemon's boy toy white?

Or am I thinking of some other black sodomite Dim mouthpiece?

6 posted on 01/13/2026 1:11:02 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (The tree accused of killed Sonny Bono was planted.)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgFCFzAP8Ts

Gary Byrd: Every brother ain’t a brother

FunkyChickenAllStars


7 posted on 01/13/2026 1:11:31 PM PST by one guy in new jersey
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RE: cozying up to Whitey for money

But that race lost billions in tax money, set asides, EBT, welfare, housing, special scholarships by race, money devoted to urban law enforcement and prisons and outright fraud by Somalians and others in several states.

Tapped out.

But as US Congress member Ilhan Omar said in February, 2019:
“It’s all about the Benjamins, baby.”

So the group has not been totally bled dry.


8 posted on 01/13/2026 1:15:57 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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<< Smith simultaneously wondered why the officer could not get out of the way, but also noted that the law is likely on the side of the agent. “I saw the video on numerous occasions, and seeing what transpired from a lawful perspective, as it pertains to a law enforcement official, don’t expect him to be prosecuted,” Smith said on his ‘Straight Shooter’ podcast. “He was completely justified,” >>

That’s it? That’s what triggered Lemon? Perhaps he, like the brain-dead Doc Rivers, still thinks Good is “brown.”


9 posted on 01/13/2026 1:16:04 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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It’s okay when he does it.


10 posted on 01/13/2026 1:17:48 PM PST by yuleeyahoo (“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” - the deep-state)
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I’m pretty sure he was sued for sexual assault by a white guy. I guess you could call that cozying up, leftist style.


11 posted on 01/13/2026 1:17:55 PM PST by RightOnTheBorder
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How cozy is their marriage?


12 posted on 01/13/2026 1:18:04 PM PST by nickcarraway
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Isn’t Don Lemon white?


13 posted on 01/13/2026 1:18:38 PM PST by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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It’s always the light-skinned blacks that are the most racist.

They really do consider themselves superior to dark-skinned blacks. That SNL skit with Julian Bond had a ring of truth about it.


14 posted on 01/13/2026 1:19:59 PM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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How cozy is their marriage?


I don’t want to know.


15 posted on 01/13/2026 1:20:18 PM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: nickcarraway

Does anyone with one neuron still firing listen to what Lemon has to say?


16 posted on 01/13/2026 1:20:53 PM PST by econjack
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To: nickcarraway

This is going to get interesting quickly I predict.


17 posted on 01/13/2026 1:26:46 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: nickcarraway

Whatever you say Blackey.


18 posted on 01/13/2026 1:29:45 PM PST by traderrob6
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Yet Don Lemon has NO problem having a white guy use his ass as a battering ram am I right


19 posted on 01/13/2026 1:30:54 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: nickcarraway

Unemployment isn’t working out for Don Lemon very well.


20 posted on 01/13/2026 1:33:08 PM PST by Vaduz (?.)
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