Don Lemon was in his liberal-media glory on today's CNN This Morning, taunting Kari Lake over her reported loss in the Arizona governor's race. In reaction to the results on Monday night, Lake had tweeted: "Arizonans know BS when they see it."
Playing off that, Lemon said:
"That is apparently true, since voters rejected her, and so many other liars. Obviously, her tweet is the BS here."
This was prime-time opinion-spewing at its most nakedly partisan. Once again, we ask: is this what Chris Licht had in mind when he announced his plan to make CNN less partisan and more straight-news-oriented?
Did Licht ever sit down with Lemon before handing him the morning gig, and ask him to tone down his liberal slant? Or, to use the word o' the day, was Licht's purported goal of making CNN less partisan just . . . BS?
Lemon repeatedly branded Lake's campaign a "grift." He also cited mocking comments by Liz Cheney -- as if she didn't get trounced by a much larger margin? -- and an anonymous Republican strategist in Arizona.
LEMON: Republican Liz Cheney taking credit after the projection there, telling Kari Lake "you're welcome," after Lake sarcastically thanked Cheney urging people to back Lake's Democratic opponent.
Meantime, an Arizona Republican strategist releasing a statement, after Kari Lake called John McCain a loser, and I quote, Kari Lake told a legion of John McCain supporters across Arizona that they could go to hell. Well tonight, they returned the favor.
Whatever people might think of Lake and her campaign, Lemon's comments could not have been more in keeping with everything CNN has been since Trump came down the escalator in 2015.
PS: Someone should give Lemon a dictionary for Christmas. He apparently doesn't know the meaning of grift.
On CNN This Morning, Don Lemon taunting Kari Lake over her reported defeat in the Arizona governor's race was sponsored in part by Mercedes Benz, Pfizer, Subway, and Liberty Mutual.
Here's the transcript.
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CNN This Morning
11/15/22
6:01 am ETDON LEMON: We're going to begin in Arizona. The winner in Arizona. CNN is projecting that Democrat Katie Hobbs has defeated Republican Kari Lake in the governor's race.
Lake has been one of the country's most prominent and outspoken defenders of Trump's lies about the 2020 election.
Lake will join a growing list of Republicans this election season who campaigned on election lies, and they lost! That includes two other high-profile election deniers in the same state. Republican Senate nominee Blake Masters, and the secretary of state nominee, Mark Finchem.
Now, Hobbs characterized her win as a victory for democracy. Lake, on the other hand is already starting the grift.This is a quote from her: "Arizonans know BS when they see it." Well, that is apparently true, since voters rejected her and so many other liars. Obviously, her tweet is the BS here. There is no evidence of fraud. There's no evidence of wrongdoing. It is a grift that so many Americans rejected at the ballot this year.
Republican Liz Cheney taking credit after the projection there, telling Kari Lake "you're welcome," after Lake sarcastically thanked Cheney urging people to back Lake's Democratic opponent.
Meantime, an Arizona Republican strategist releasing a statement, after Kari Lake called John McCain a loser, and I quote, Kari Lake told a legion of John McCain supporters across Arizona that they could go to hell. Well tonight, they returned the favor.
Hobbs is now set to become the fifth female governor in Arizona's history.
