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.”
Mr. Lemon also commented that the real terrorists were white men. I wonder what his white man girlfriend thinks of that.??
AT&T owns CNN.... its time to get after AT&T to rein in its corrupt, dishonest “news” outlet.
Politics = religion. Democrats kill for religion all the time.
He must be deaf and blind => and certainly dumb, to say such a thing. I guess Scalise needs to stop in and show him his scars!!!
Really; us older folks remember mass shooter Colin Ferguson shooting white people on the Long Island Railroad as well.
To the enemedia, these events simply never occurred; they made them disappear.
I am not sure. Firing Lemon will only prove Trump correct. I don't see CNN giving Trump that type of "victory".
Jim Jones was a Democrat.
ALL the Budweiser Clydesdales combined-—3 sets of 8 horses—do NOT have as many combined blinders on as Don Lemon lives in every day.
Let’s be honest about what his goals are shall we?
Getting “to” Ol’ Shep at FOX ?
AND...They have a better home than 90% of St.Louisans.....
This guy is so clueless and ignorant one wonders just how he managed to learn how to form words and sentences.
I wonder if his mother is his sister as well. Maybe his father is his brother too. All in the family. It would explain a lot.
No, they kill each other over drugs, tennis shoes, and being disrespected... ect.
That is the problem Don. You cannot see the obvious.
Then you’re not looking very hard
I dont recall ANY violence from the GOP when Odip$hit was president...
It ONLY started from the left when Trump won.
IT IT *ALL* YOUR SIDE
Remember what Obama’s mentor Bill Ayers said-
He said they may have to KILL as many as 25 million people in order to implement their agenda (socialism).
This was about the time he was bombing police stations and the pentagon.
He was actually there WITH the protesters
Don Lemon is a poofter and a liar.
lol
When you think about it, he may be right.
After all, white people were not killed in Africa for politics. It was for their farms. Collateral damage.
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