Don Lemon went on a profanity-laced rant on his podcast, accusing his married MSNBC co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski of treating President-elect Donald Trump with “decency.”
Lemon's harsh comments came in response to a recent episode of MSNBC. morning joeOn the show, former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Steele joined hosts Scarborough and Brzezinski to denounce efforts to be civil toward the president-elect.
After praising former President Barack Obama and President Trump for looking like friendly each other Last week, at the funeral of the late President Jimmy Carter, Mr. Steele questioned why liberals should befriend Mr. Trump.
“You want to say 78 million people voted for Donald Trump, but 82 million people voted for Joe Biden, but he's had the kind of decency you're talking about for the last four years against Donald Trump. “We didn't get that from Trump,” Steele said, urging Scarborough to speak. Hot reaction.
“Michael, do you think we don't know that? Michael, why do you feel the need to make the wrong choice?” the MSNBC personality asked.
“The world doesn't end just because Barack Obama smiles and talks to Donald Trump,” Mr. Scarborough continued, repeatedly interrupting Mr. Steele.
Lemon, apparently furious at Scarborough's dismissal of Steele's apparent unwillingness to be civil with Trump, appeared on a podcast titled “Joe and Micah Called Their Show!” repeatedly dropped the “bomb” during a live reaction on Friday's episode of .
“If someone disrespects someone I love, I don't have to smile in their face! And they'll know it… It's the very same MAGA people who are calling and Donald Trump helped promote Michelle Obama by calling her a man. If you call my sister, mother, wife, or girlfriend a “dude,” I'll put a smile on your face. No. Fuck it! the former CNN host said.
Lemon acknowledged that Obama is a “classy person” but argued that his current widespread association with Trump serves to legitimize him.
“If they're going to tacitly condone looking that way in public, what does that mean in the broader sense of the structure of our society?” Lemon said.
Lemon also criticized morning joe The duo has compared Trump to Adolf Hitler in the past. meeting with Mr. Trump His attempt to begin public “communications” at Mar-a-Lago shortly after his reelection drew backlash from viewers.
“We have to show the American people that this is not normal… grinning at the people we've called fascists in recent years and months. That's not normal,” he said. .
He revealed this: “People are tired of this kind of behavior becoming the norm. Civility doesn't mean getting along with people or abandoning your morals, principles and character. ”
In the days following Scarborough and Brzezinski's controversial meeting with President Trump, their ratings plummeted According to Breitbart News, there was a difference of more than 200,000 people.
