Trump: "CNN's Don Lemon, the dumbest man on television"
President Trump on Wednesday renewed his attacks on CNN’s Don Lemon, one of the moderators of the Democratic debate, calling him “the dumbest man on television” and suggesting he was “too dumb” to understand that he should ask fair questions.
Trump’s ire, directed at an African American TV host whose intelligence he has publicly questioned before, appeared prompted by Lemon’s assertion at Tuesday’s debate in Detroit that Trump is pursuing “a reelection strategy based in part on racial division.”
Lemon’s questioning of the Democratic candidates came in the wake of relentless attacks in recent weeks by Trump on House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), an African American, and four liberal minority congresswomen known on Capitol Hill as “the Squad.”
“CNN’s Don Lemon, the dumbest man on television, insinuated last night while asking a debate ‘question’ that I was a racist, when in fact I am ‘the least racist person in the world,’ ” Trump wrote on Twitter. “Perhaps someone should explain to Don that he is supposed to be neutral, unbiased & fair, or is he too dumb (stupid} to understand that.”
Trump, who frequently accuses CNN of biased coverage, added: “No wonder that CNN’s ratings (MSNBC’s also) have gone down the tubes - and will stay there until they bring credibility back to the newsroom. Don’t hold your breath!”
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