Don Lemon couldn’t hold back or maybe he didn’t try, he busted out laughing while his guests Rick Wilson and Wajahat Ali mocked Trump supporters as ‘credulous boomer rubes’ who hate elites because they are intellectuals. See the video at the end of the article.
Daily Caller breaks it down:
Wilson got the party rolling by saying that “Donald Trump couldn’t find Ukraine on a map if you had the letter ‘U’ and a picture of an actual, physical crane next to it,” which sent Lemon into a hysterical fit of laughter. They were just getting started.
Wilson went on to sneer at “the credulous boomer rube demo that backs Donald Trump, the ones that think that” — and here he broke out into a Southern accent — “Donald Trump’s the smart one, and there all y’all, y’all elitists are duuuumb.” Lemon laughed even harder.
Ali chimed in: “You elitists, with your geography and your maps and your spelling.” At this point, Lemon was laughing so hard that he pulled out a handkerchief to wipe his tear-filled eyes.
Wilson, still in a faux Southern accent, added: “Your math and your readin!’”
Yeah, your readin’, your geography, knowing other countries, sipping your latte,” said Ali.
“All those liiines on the map,” said Wilson, continuing to use the fake accent.
“Only them elitists know where Ukraine is,” Ali shot back, before seeming to half-realize that the panel had gone too far. “Sorry, I apologize,” he said with a smile.
Lemon, meanwhile, was still laughing hysterically, only managing to say: “Oh my gosh!” in between cackles.
The anchor finally, slowly, regained his composure, but not before extending his gratitude for the sneers: “Rick, that was a good one, I needed that.” “
In response, Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) took to Twitter to display his disappointment. @RepKenBuck I’m disappointed to see this kind of smug rhetoric from Don Lemon and his guests. Painting a majority of Americans as illiterate and uneducated “rubes” is low, even for CNN.
I’m disappointed to see this kind of smug rhetoric from Don Lemon and his guests.
— Congressman Ken Buck (@RepKenBuck) January 28, 2020
Painting a majority of Americans as illiterate and uneducated “rubes” is low, even for CNN.https://t.co/BplTZesD9M
Donald Trump Jr also went on Twitter to remind everyone that Lemon is being sued for alleged sexual assault. @DonaldJTrumpJr Now is probably a good time to remind people that @CNN anchor @DonLemon is currently being sued in court for alleged sexual assault. I guess CNN doesn’t “believe all victims” when the person being credibly accused is one of their left-wing anchors.
Now is probably a good time to remind people that @CNN anchor @DonLemon is currently being sued in court for alleged sexual assault.
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) January 28, 2020
I guess CNN doesn't "believe all victims" when the person being credibly accused is one of their leftwing anchors. https://t.co/P0IZeuobvG
Tweet from Steve Krakauer, Senior Digital Producer: CNN, VP: TheBlaze, shows the full clip see below:
The arrogance, the dismissiveness, the smug cackling, the accents.
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) January 28, 2020
If Donald Trump wins re-election this year, I’ll remember this brief CNN segment late one Saturday night in January as the perfect encapsulation for why it happened. pic.twitter.com/8kQ6zN9AZV
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