“We should all be trying to lower the temperature….but for Donald Trump and his folks to say — and J.D. Vance — to say that it’s Democrats who are causing this….He’s [Trump] called everyone who works in this building the ‘enemy of the people.’...We had pipe bombs sent because he kept calling us the ‘enemy of the people,’ and that CNN was ‘fake news.’ ‘Crooked Joe’ ‘crooked Hillary’ ‘crooked Kamala,’ ‘comrade Kamala,’ ‘deranged Jack Smith,’ ‘bird brain Nikki Haley.’ ‘Bloodbath,’ if he’s not elected. ‘There won’t be another election,’ if he’s not elected. ‘They’re bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they’re rapists.’ ‘Poisoning the blood of our country.’ ‘Destroying the blood of our country,’ — which was something that was Hitler-esque.’ ‘Communist, Marxist, fascist.’ ‘Left-leaning that live like vermin.’ ‘Sons of bitches,’ to NFL, NBA players. ‘Shithole countries.’ Haiti was one and now he’s blaming Haitian immigrants for things. ‘Blood coming out of her wherever,’ as he talked about Megyn Kelly….If Donald Trump wants people, wants Kamala Harris and others to say — to stop saying that he is a threat to democracy, then he should stop threatening democracy. Perhaps he shouldn’t be overturning, trying to overturn elections, overthrow the government and inciting insurrections.”
— Former CNN host Don Lemon on CNN’s Erin Burnett Outfront, September 16, 2024.
