CNN’s Don Lemon and guests mock Trump supporters on live TV





A clip of CNN’s Don Lemon and two guests is going viral after they spent just over a minute mocking supporters of President Trump as uneducated and illiterate.

Lemon’s guests were New York Times columnist and CNN contributor Wajahat Ali and GOP strategist Rick Wilson. Lemon had them on to discuss Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent feud with NPR when he told NPR’s Mary Kelly to locate Ukraine on an unlabeled map.

That is when Rick Wilson began mocking Trump supporters, claiming they are the ones who couldn’t point out Ukraine on a map. Lemon was laughing throughout the whole exchange.

According to the Washington Examiner, “The clip went viral on Monday night after former CNN digital producer Steve Krakauer tweeted it, writing, “The arrogance, the dismissiveness, the smug cackling, the accents. 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.”

The arrogance, the dismissiveness, the smug cackling, the accents. 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 — Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) January 28, 2020

President Trump, members of his campaign, and supporters around the country responded online with outrage to the demeaning moment.

Don Lemon, the dumbest man on television (with terrible ratings!). https://t.co/iQXCc7lvCt — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 28, 2020

Deplorables. This Deplorable is ready. ???? https://t.co/r61DGsbWFM — Brad Parscale – Text TRUMP to 88022 (@parscale) January 28, 2020

This is a real segment from an actual program on a cable news network that asks to be taken seriously. Not subtle message to huge parts of America: THEY HATE YOU. pic.twitter.com/iKtsPtzl3F — Tim Murtaugh – Text TRUMP to 88022 (@TimMurtaugh) January 28, 2020

You consistently make fun of half the country and then complain that it is divided. The arrogance, mocking accents and smug ridicule of this nation’s ‘Real Elites’ is disgusting. https://t.co/p3RQzymx4s — Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) January 28, 2020

These media hacks don’t just hate the President, they hate the Americans who support him. No wonder their ratings are so low, they find it funny to mock regular, everyday Americans. November is coming, & those Americans will once again have the last laugh pic.twitter.com/HwXDO0KpZF — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) January 28, 2020