Marc Lamont Hill launched an inflammatory attack on another guest on Monday's CNN Tonight as part of a diatribe against Donald Trump. Hill claimed that the President-Elect's meetings with African American celebrities were "demeaning" to blacks: "Bring some people up there with some expertise...don't just bring up people to entertain." The BET News host unleashed after Trump supporter Bruce LeVell defended the billionaire: "It was a bunch of mediocre Negroes being dragged in front of TV as a photo-op for Donald Trump's exploitative campaign against black people. And you are the prime example of that." [video below]

Host Don Lemon turned to Hill, along with LeVell (the executive director of the National Diversity Coalition For Trump), former Bernie Sanders spokeswoman Symone Sanders, and Trump backer Kayleigh McEnany, for a panel discussion on the Trump transition. Lemon spotlighted how comedian Steve Harvey "went to Trump Tower and has taken a lot of backlash for meeting with the President-Elect." The CNN commentator first complimented Harvey, but continued by underlining that "my disagreement is the way in which he's being used by folk like Donald Trump."

Hill added that "when you're at the table, you should have experts at the table." The BET News host spouted off a list of "experts" that Harvey could have turned to. Unsurprisingly, they were all from the left side of the political spectrum:

MARC LAMONT HILL, HOST, BET NEWS: I don't care if Steve is there, but if I'm Steve Harvey, I'm bringing Michelle Alexander; I'm bringing Cornell West; I'm bringing Ahmadi Perry; I'm bringing Eddie Glaude; I'm bringing Michael Eric Dyson — I'm bringing some folk with me who can challenge the President and inform the conversation....because all he — they keep bringing up comedians and actors and athletes to represent black interests. It's demeaning; it's disrespectful; and it's condescending. Bring some people up there with some expertise, Donald Trump; don't just bring up people to entertain.

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LeVell voiced his objection to the left-wing CNN regular's extended answer with an "oh, my God." When Lemon asked why he responded that way, the guest retorted with a simple question to Hill: "So you were at the [Harvey] meeting? You heard and saw everything?" The BET anchor brushed this aside: "Unless Steve Harvey turns into a policy analyst in the behind-the-scenes meeting, then it doesn't matter. What I'm saying — my concern is...the people who he is trumpeting up and putting in front of the cameras."

The two guests continued their back and forth until Hill dropped his "mediocre Negroes" insult at LeVell. The African American Trump supporter shot back, "So now, you want to name-call, Marc?" The CNN regular dishonestly denied that he was "name-calling." Sanders then chimed in to "back up" Hill:

SYMONE SANDERS, FORMER PRESS SECRETARY FOR BERNIE SANDERS: The point is that black people — black people are diverse — okay? And for Donald Trump to only engage actors and comedians and — you know, reality-type folks — he is not engaging the diversity of black people in America. So again, I would like to see Donald Trump bring some policy analysts — some real people who have some meat on the bones for the issues to the table.

Lemon try to let DeVille have the last word, but Sanders and Hill continued their tag-team attack on their fellow guest. McEnany came to DeVille's defense by pointing out that Trump "can bring in conservative icons. They don't have to be leftist."

The transcript of the relative portion of the panel discussion segment on the January 16, 2017 edition of CNN Tonight: