Posted on 11/01/2018 8:47:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
CNN anchor Don Lemon said on his show Monday that he sees only “right-wingers,” not Democrats, committing murders over their political beliefs.
Conservative commentator Mike Shields argued on Lemon’s show,”CNN Tonight,” that blaming “fear-mongering” from Fox News over the Central American immigrant caravan for the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh was “disgusting” and “outrageous.”
Shields brought up the Bernie Sanders supporter who shot Representative Steve Scalise at a Republican congressional baseball practice in 2017, apparently motivated by his political disagreements with the GOP.
Liberal commentator Max Boot accused Shields of blaming Sanders for the shooting, something he had not suggested and that he patently denied.
“You’re not being honest,” Lemon told Shields, a recurring guest on the show. “This is not equal, and I understand the whole argument about both sides.”
“So if you’re not equivocating, if you’re not saying that they’re equal in comparing them, then why are you bringing that up?” the host asked. “Bernie Sanders is not the president.”
Critics of President Trump have blamed his provocative rhetoric for Saturday’s synagogue shooting as well as the string of pipe bombs sent to high-profile Trump critics last week.
“So why do you keep bringing up other people instead of talking about the person who is the president of the United States, the rhetoric that is being spouted by one network, and the conservative media?” Lemon said. “Why not just take ownership of that and talk about how you can correct it on that side instead of this whataboutism?”
“For both sides to understand this, they both have to realize they contribute to it, okay?” Shields responded.
“The right-wing group killed the woman in Charlottesville. This guy is a right-winger who killed the people in the synagogue. The right-winger sent bombs to CNN and to Democrats. I don’t see Democrats killing people because of political — yeah, there may be democratic operatives who are out there.”
“Well they tried to,” Shields interjected.
“Okay, fine, they tried to, and that’s not right,” he said. “But for the most part, what do you see here, Mike? You see these extreme right-wingers.”
Only because they’re lousy shots. Ask Steve Scalise.
Mr. Lemon seems to have some small holes in his historical knowledge...
At some point, Lemon is going to go too far for even CNN. It will be a fun day, when he gets canned and can’t figure it out.
Stop it, Don! You’re killin’ me. Stick with the Black Holes.
“But for the most part, what do you see here, Mike? You see these extreme right-wingers.”
You don’t have to look much further than Antifa to find psycho-violent Left-Wingers. Dime a dozen there.
I see Democrats rioting, smacking innocent folks out of the blue with heavy objects, kicking them, trying to drive anyone else from public debate, harassing folks while they try to eat, shooting up baseball games, engaging in voter fraud, and so much more because they feel empowered.
And I also see some being honest enough to say they’ll get violent if they lose.
The Left owns violence and is the tall grass in which the likes of AntiFa COMFORTABLY hides.
They’ve owned violence since two Leftist murdered the Arch-Duke and plunged the world into decades of war. Every gulag was managed by Leftists, the NAZIs were socialists, the killing fields and the cultural revolution were Leftist. Leftists took a prosperous country like Venezuela and turned it into a shithole in only a few decades. Leftists want to import Islam, open the borders, let Illegal Aliens vote, dechristianize the country, and will sit mutely by as whites anywhere are killed by black bigots. Leftists shield those that murder the innocent and helpless. They champion perverts and the want to normalize insanity.
And this guy thinks the rare Right Wing nut is a concern?
Dude.
He's black AND gay.
Hello.
James Hodgkinson would have killed several republicans is he hadn’t been such a poor shot. Instead he just crippled Steve Scalise for life
BTW Muslims vote for dems and they kill lots of people in the name of their religion.
Then there are all the murders by illegals who come here because of democrats
And of course blacks, another reliable dem voting group, are 1/8 of the population but commit over half of all murders
If we are going to play a blame game. I think all of that should be attributable to the left
And the girl that died didn’t even get hit. She died from a heart attack.
Or at least that’s my understanding. BTW, does anyone know if a trial date has been set?
He must not read very much.
but I can see you Don Lemon setting up death camps to take care of the older white heterosexual male problem. I can say something just as inflammatory as you Don lemon.
Someone should poll the dead babies.......
James Hodgkinson wasn’t a Democrat?
You have it, I want it = political
The prisons are filled with Democrats
When life gives you lemons
change the channel
It should no longer be called CNN, as it has little to do with news, and everything to do with liberal opinion. It should be changed to CON, Communist Opinion Network.
If this weren't true, you wouldn't be hearing liberals pushing for restoring the vote to ex-felons.
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