Posted on 04/16/2020 8:54:20 AM PDT by Morgana
CNN Tonight host Don Lemon showed off how bitter and heartless he could be during Wednesday’s handoff from PrimeTime host Chris Cuomo. The same day The Washington Post disgustingly mocked the death of a Virginia pastor due to the coronavirus, Lemon decided he needed to get his kicks in as well. According to Lemon, his death should be a “lesson” for those who believed “God is larger than this dreaded virus,” as the pastor said.
Shortly before to the handoff, Cuomo had interviewed Bishop Gerald Glenn’s daughter, Mar-Gerie Crawley to see what kind of man he was and to set the record straight on what he thought of the virus. Crawley explained that her father did take the virus seriously, enforced social distancing, and provided hand sanitizer to his parishioners. She also explained that because the information was changing so rapidly in the early days of the outbreak, things got confusing.
Those facts were thrown out since Lemon had his sights set on scolding the faithful.
Despite saying his heart went out to the Bishop’s family, Lemon needed to make sure his viewers knew he was dunking on a dead man and people of faith:
But let that be a lesson that you can have faith, but you also have to heed the warnings of the authorities and the people who -- and the experts. And so, I think that should be a lesson to people who are trying to gather, whether it's ten or more people in places that you shouldn't do it.
And God loves you. God wants you to praise him and glorify him and raise his name, but at this moment in our history, at this time, it's better if you do that at a distance, socially distant. And that means at home or whether it's streaming or whatever, that you shouldn't be doing it.
He reiterated that his “heart goes out to that family...but they should be a lesson to everybody out there who is trying to defy the authorities who are saying don't do it.”
Cuomo responded with a weak defense of the man whose daughter he just spoke too. He said he didn’t think the Bishop was a “floater” of warnings, but suggested, “there are too many who have had doubt with not good enough a reason all over this country, and it continues.”
He used that as a springboard to launch into a discussion about how he was “scared to death” by the idea Trump would direct portions of the country to reopen. “And you should be,” Lemon piled on.
“Because we do not have the testing capabilities down. We will not be safe in any of these places if we can't trace and treat and test. But when they say to wear a mask, people are going to get frustrated,” Cuomo added. “When they say wait in these lines, people are going to get frustrated and we're going to have problems until we learn to adjust to the new normal.”
It’s worth noting that CNN (Cuomo included) spent much of Tuesday pushing a doomsday scenario that said the country would be in some form of lockdown until 2022. So, would Lemon demand no church services for two years?
The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:
CNN Tonight April 15, 2020 10:01:58 p.m. Eastern
DON LEMON: Can I just talk about your last guest, just for a moment? My heart goes out to their entire family. Because it has hit their family. And you know how it is when it hits a family. Luckily, your family at this moment better off, and it's going to stay that way, we know it will.
But let that be a lesson that you can have faith, but you also have to heed the warnings of the authorities and the people who -- and the experts. And so, I think that should be a lesson to people who are trying to gather, whether it's ten or more people in places that you shouldn't do it.
And God loves you. God wants you to praise him and glorify him and raise his name, but at this moment in our history, at this time, it's better if you do that at a distance, socially distant. And that means at home or whether it's streaming or whatever, that you shouldn't be doing it.
So, I just say my heart goes out to that family. Bless them, but they should be a lesson to everybody out there who is trying to defy the authorities who are saying don't do it.
CHRIS CUOMO: It's a big loss to the community. Mar-Gerie and the family are telling people listen to the warnings, heed the warnings.
LEMON: Yep.
CUOMO: I don't think the guy was a floater. I think that there was doubt and there are too many who have had doubt with not good enough a reason all over this country, and it continues. And now we'll see it, Don, when we go to the next step of what it's like to re-open, which I'm scared to death about.
LEMON: And you should be.
CUOMO: Because we do not have the testing capabilities down. We will not be safe in any of these places if we can't trace and treat and test. But when they say to wear a mask, people are going to get frustrated.
LEMON: Yeah.
CUOMO: When they say wait in these lines, people are going to get frustrated and we're going to have problems until we learn to adjust to the new normal.
LEMON: Yeah. And we don't know what that new normal is going to be. Chris, take care of yourself. Take care of your family. We’ll see you tomorrow.
CUOMO: Love you.
LEMON: Love you as well.
Has he scolded Fredo for breaking quarantine and infecting his wife and possibly the fat tire biker?
I’ll bet the pastor went to a place that’s north of where Lemon will end up
Yep
Kinda like when an illegal kills a liberal/progressive?
Or is that something cruel to say?
Yes, evil along with being a pompous ass.
Lemon is to be pitied.....he isn’t even HUMAN!
Did you see any of the posts when this happened? Plenty here at Freerepublic share Lemon’s position.
Meh. I wouldn’t say the headline matches the article. Lemon clearly is a pompous ass, but he does make a number of sympathetic statements.
THIS...is CNN.
Apparently, it’s socially acceptable now as long as your politics are ‘on the side of angels’. {spit}
Get some screen shots of this for when the double standard will rear its vile head. And you can bet on that with confidence identical to the prediction that the sun will be shining tomorrow somewhere in the world...
And lucky for us, God makes those decisions not the Cuomos or Lemons or others of their ilk.
“Dumb Lemming”
Clearly, Lemon has absolutely no understanding of the glory eternity. For me to die is gain! Don Lemon needs to contemplate where he will reside in all of eternity.
“”but he does make a number of sympathetic statements.””
And you bought those as genuine - as sincere? With hard times ahead, there will be plenty of bridges for sale in NYC....
So, does this mean that he thinks gay people deserve AIDS?
Ignore this turkey.
So, Jesus said be not afraid, do good works and spread the Word and you will be with Me in Paradise. And this guy does that, goes to meet his Savior...and he’s a moron? He knew he wasn’t going to live forever. So he kept doing what he did. He made HIS choice. We’ve had OUR choice made FOR us. Who’ll be better off in the long run...?
Can we say the same about HIV/AIDS?
CNN’s job application must have a line that states:
“Must have given soul over to the Evil One completely”
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