Thursday, September 3, 2015

CNN's Lemon Wonders If Trump Used 'Dog Whistle' With 'Racist Intent'

CNN's Lemon Wonders If Trump Used 'Dog Whistle' With 'Racist Intent'

September 03, 2015 CNN's Lemon Wonders If Trump Used 'Dog Whistle' With 'Racist Intent' , 1 Comments


By Matthew Balan, Sep 02, 2015 NewsBusters

On Tuesday's CNN Tonight, Don Lemon wondered if some of Donald Trump's rhetoric had thinly-veiled bigotry in it. Trump indicated that the high turnout at his recent campaign rallies was "a great tribute to what we're all saying. We want to make our country great again." Lemon misquoted his guest in his follow-up question: "You said...it was a tribute to people wanting to take their country back – because I know you've heard the criticism...people out there saying it is a dog whistle...there's some sort of racist intent behind it. Can you please respond to that?" [video below]

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  1. UnknownSeptember 3, 2015 at 5:04 PM

    oh for heaven's sake, if Ben Carson said the same thing, would that be racism -the point is not that Obama is black, but that he is a socialist - and has brought this country down, so did Carter, oh wait he is white - so?

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