‘That is Bullsh*t!’ CNN’s Don Lemon and Chris Cuomo Go Off on Republicans Over Kenosha Vigilante Shooter
CNN’s Don Lemon got heated as he and Chris Cuomo lambasted Republicans for ignoring the killings of protesters in Kenosha, for which 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse has been arrested and charged.
Lemon kicked off the late-night relay rant by denouncing Republicans for failing to mention Rittenhouse or the killings he’s alleged to have committed.
“It’s unbelievable, Chris, when you look at the shooter, the alleged shooter, who is now charged with first-degree intentional homicide, you look at his background, how he supports the president, he’s gone to rallies, part of the blue lives matter, on and on, complete silence from most Republicans tonight. Nothing mentioned about it at the Republican convention,” Lemon said.
“Worse than that,” Cuomo said. “Mike Pence took the time, and look they may very well wind up leading this country for the next 4 years…”
“And they may talk about it tomorrow, but why not tonight?” Lemon interjected.
“This is on their watch,” Cuomo continued. “Mike Pence is aware of this now, and he said tonight ‘Let’s run the race that’s marked out for us.’ Is solving the division here not part of what’s marked out for them?”
“He followed it by saying ‘Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. As a Christian, Mr. Vice President, if you don’t believe that your faith demands that you speak about what’s happening in Kenosha right now, not in terms of showing rights and fomenting tension, when it’s a symptom of a problem that we are seeing in real time with how this situation was dealt with in real time. If you don’t speak about that, don’t talk about the spirit of the Lord guiding a race for you. Because you are erasing the guidance that the Lord should have been given you on this. If you are a Christian, you should care about what happened there because justice matters,” Cuomo said, making a broader point about the cause of the unrest in Kenosha — the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
“And don’t say this is Don Lemon, Chris Cuomo, liberal media going, we said with the former vice president Joe Biden that he should speak out about the violence that’s happening on the streets, that he must do it, that it was an issue for Democrats and the possibility of his election, and also just in general, he should speak out against about violence and about what he wanted to do when it comes to reforming police and also the violence in our country,” Lemon said.
“But if you don’t address it, how do you think people aren’t going to be outraged and take to the streets?” Cuomo said.
Lemon said that “Republicans have to talk about it, they have to talk about these vigilantes, and they have to talk about these groups who go in and start this violence and break windows,” then in an aside to the control room, said, “Hey, we’re going to wrap, relax, we’re going to get to the commercial, we got till 3:00 a.m., please.”
“So we’ve got to talk about this, they have got to address it because there are people coming in from these groups, white guys coming in from these groups starting unrest, promoting violence in places where they shouldn’t, they are a big part of the problem as well,” Lemon said.
He concluded by saying “And so you’ve got to talk about it, you’ve got to own up to it, and stop saying ‘Well it’s no wonder that a young person would take a gun and want to defend or whatever, that is bullshit. That is ridiculous. 17 years old, it’s illegal, it’s not his community, and no one should be a vigilante out there taking lives. Stay home.”
Lemon was referring to a segment in which Fox News host Tucker Carlson defended Kyle Rittenhouse’s armed presence on the streets of Kenosha.
Watch the clip above via CNN.
