Don Lemon sparks uproar with offensive comments about Trump voters

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

34% : This is not the first time the controversial ex-anchor has unleashed on Trump supporters.
34% : Lemon said he tried to educate voters that the Democratic Congress was behind the stimulus checks that Trump had made a point of signing his name to, and that 'Donald Trump actually held it up so that his name could be on the check, so they think they got the check directly from him.' Treasury officials denied at the time that adding Trump's name to the stimulus checks caused any delays.
17% : I think you can be black and be a Republican.' Maher immediately challenged the claim, telling Lemon: 'I think they would find that very insulting.' Lemon replied: 'Well, the truth is often insulting.' This election, 86 percent of black voters supported Kamala Harris versus 13 percent who cast a vote for Donald Trump, according to CNN exit polls.
17% : Don Lemon , 59, shared his views about black Trump supporters during an episode of Bill Maher's 'Club Random' podcast This election, 13 percent of black voters supported Donald Trump, according to CNN exit polls In December, Lemon branded MAGA voters as f******* idiots' on his podcast and mocked what he called their 'stupid MAGA brain.' During that earlier rant, Lemon said: 'You're so f****** stupid and you deserve it.
7% : In September, Lemon angered liberals when he warned them that Kamala Harris may not be able to count on large margins of black voters in her quest to beat Donald Trump.

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