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CNN's Don Lemon: 'Blow up the entire system' remark taken out of context
The Hill ^ | 09 23 2020 | Joe Concha

Posted on 09/23/2020 5:38:34 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

CNN's Don Lemon attempted to clarify his remarks about "blowing up the entire system" as it pertains to the Electoral College, with the host saying Tuesday night he was taken out of context.

"I woke up and I saw all of these headlines, 'Don Lemon is calling for the abolishing of the Electoral College!' But I was responding to you when you said we need people with integrity!" Lemon exclaimed during a hand-off with host Chris Cuomo. "I was responding to you when you said we want people with integrity in office and I said, 'Well, then we've got to blow up the whole system, right?' And I said here's what Democrats can do and that's the danger: they can stack the court.

"But all of a sudden, I am calling for the abolishing of the Electoral College," Lemon continued. "And that I'm a Democrat, because I said 'we.' I mean the American people!"

"Run and tell this: I do think that we need to look at the Electoral College because I think it disenfranchises voters, both Democrats and Republicans," Lemon later added. "If you're in a blue state and all of the electoral votes go to the Democratic person, then the Republicans' votes aren't counted, the people who voted for the Republican candidate."

"So I do think it should be looked at because I think it does disenfranchise certain people," he concluded. "Should it be abolished? It's not for me to say. I'm saying this is what Democrats are saying; stack the courts, get rid of the Electoral College. But there is no nuance and no context anymore, so who cares."

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KEYWORDS: cnn; donlemon; dumblemming; lyingpunk
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1 posted on 09/23/2020 5:38:34 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Lemon knows a lot about blowing things.


2 posted on 09/23/2020 5:39:18 AM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt
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To: yesthatjallen

“And that I’m a Democrat...”

If you are not a Democrat Don, just how far left are you?


3 posted on 09/23/2020 5:40:05 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Eww who goes down that isle. Nothing but snakes, spiders, and the walking dead down there.


4 posted on 09/23/2020 5:40:09 AM PDT by Bayard
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To: yesthatjallen

Lying bastard!


5 posted on 09/23/2020 5:40:36 AM PDT by Agatsu77
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To: yesthatjallen
It's not for me to say. I'm saying this is what Democrats are saying

So … it is what you are saying.

6 posted on 09/23/2020 5:41:11 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: yesthatjallen

I saw the video. You’ve seen the videos of leftists losing it. Well, this was a leftist talk show host doing the same thing as far as he could to keep his job.

It caused me to gain a grain of respect for Fredo, because he was trying (unsucessfully) to reel him in.

I don’t remember who said this, but it applies: The side having the most fun is the side that wins. The left is absolutely going off a cliff. They are not having fun at all.


7 posted on 09/23/2020 5:41:31 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: yesthatjallen

He meant mostly peaceful blowing up the system.


8 posted on 09/23/2020 5:42:29 AM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: yesthatjallen

I’m going waaayyyyy out on a limb:

I believe CNN as we now know it will be gone soon. Its days are numbered.

Let’s see if I’m right.


9 posted on 09/23/2020 5:43:10 AM PDT by devane617 (Kyrie Eleison, where I'm going, will you follow?)
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To: yesthatjallen

Cuomo knew exactly what he was saying. - He was shaking his head and disagreeing. It was even worse in full context. He said they should amend the constitution by stacking the Supreme Court.


10 posted on 09/23/2020 5:44:10 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: yesthatjallen

Classic case of “Open mouth, insert foot, chew vigorously!” Lemon was caught in full chew and now wishes for a redo! Not going to happen!


11 posted on 09/23/2020 5:47:14 AM PDT by SES1066 (2020, VOTE your principles, VOTE your history, VOTE FOR ALL AMERICANS, VOTE colorblind!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Don Lemonaids sucks!


12 posted on 09/23/2020 5:48:32 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: yesthatjallen

This insane maniac should be taken off the air.


13 posted on 09/23/2020 5:48:34 AM PDT by I want the USA back (VOTE, even in basket-case democrat states. We ALL vote, we can win. Debate next week.)
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To: yesthatjallen
Who are you going to believe?

Don Lemon, or your lying eyes?

14 posted on 09/23/2020 5:48:58 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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"...we want people with integrity in office.."

I would just take someone with integrity at CNN.

15 posted on 09/23/2020 5:54:07 AM PDT by vg0va3
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“When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.”

Don Lemon asks: “Y’all got a problem with that?”


16 posted on 09/23/2020 5:57:06 AM PDT by odawg
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Don't hold your breath.

CNN is being subsidized by powers on the Left to be the voice of the opposition and to be the propaganda arm of the democRATS.

The fact that they don't have an audience large enough to support them financially would not bode well for most business enterprises, but they do have advertisers and financial support to get the hate-America, hate-Trump message out.

There will always be a need for the Left to get their message out to the public. So I don't think they are down for the count anytime soon.

They will still be the butt of jokes from the right and jabs from the president, but they aren't going anywhere anytime soon.

17 posted on 09/23/2020 5:58:28 AM PDT by HotHunt
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To: marktwain

I heard it, too...


18 posted on 09/23/2020 5:58:49 AM PDT by Does so (Kyle RITTENHOUSE neutralized three FELONS! ("Lefty" included).)
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To: Bayard

And Bolsheviks...


19 posted on 09/23/2020 5:59:52 AM PDT by Does so (Kyle RITTENHOUSE neutralized three FELONS! ("Lefty" included).)
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To: yesthatjallen

In what context is “we need to blow up the entire thing” the right answer?


20 posted on 09/23/2020 6:00:21 AM PDT by Personal Responsibility (If we disarmed democrats gun violence would decrease by 90%.)
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