Don Lemon

Donald Carlton Lemon (born March 1, 1966) is an American television journalist. He was the host of CNN's Don Lemon Tonight. CNN sacked him in April 2023.

Don Lemon in 2018

Quotes

• We have to stop demonizing people and realize the biggest terror threat in this country is white men, most of them radicalized to the right, and we have to start doing something about them. There is no travel ban on them. There is no ban on -- you know, they had the Muslim ban. There is no white guy ban. So, what do we do about that?
  • CNN (October 29, 2018)

• Earlier this week, I made some comments about that in a conversation with Chris,
  I said that the biggest terror threat in this country comes from radicals on the far right, primarily white men. That angered some people. But let’s put emotion aside and look at the cold hard facts. The evidence is overwhelming.
  • The Washington Post (October 31, 2018)

• This whole talk about age makes me uncomfortable. I think it’s the wrong road to go down. She says people, you know, politicians or something are not in their prime. [...] Nikki Haley isn't in her prime, sorry. A woman is considered to be in their prime in 20s and 30s and maybe 40s.
  • "CNN's Don Lemon addresses backlash over his claim Nikki Haley is not ‘in her prime’" The Independent (London, February 16, 2023)
  • Nikki Haley, a candidate for he Republican presidential nomination in 2024, had said politicians over 75 should have mandated competency tests. Lemon later said his comments had been "inartful and irrelevant" and expressed his regrets.

About Don Lemon

• Amazing. I thought this was some sort of joke quote taken out of context but no... it’s just Don Lemon being a moron. Unfortunately this is how so many leftists actually think. Disgusting! Imagine the outrage if you changed “white men” with any other demographic?
  • Donald Trump Jr. in Tweet (October 31, 2018)