CNN panel breaks out in laughter after claims Trump isn’t racist
As a Donald Trump surrogate denied Trump’s instances of racism and misogyny, over and over again, CNN host Don Lemon and his panel could not contain their mirth.
After one exchange, Lemon said, “people in the studio are even laughing.”
It was Trump advocate Gina Loudon who was denying that Trump ever said anything racist. She was including the time Trump took out ads in a newspaper calling for the death penalty for the Central Park Five, who were eventually exonerated for rape.
It was when guest panelist Symone Sanders began listing all the racist things Trump has said and done when things really took a turn.
— Why we all should be tuning into ‘Atlanta’ tonight —
“Words matter,” Sanders said to Loudon. “Donald Trump is running for president of the United States, okay? So, his words are extremely important because as president, your words — I mean we can talk about the fact he’s discriminated against African-Americans, Latinos in this country, Muslims –”
“He has when?” Loudon broke in.
It was then that CNN analyst Bakari Sellers pointed out that there is evidence of these claims against Trump.
“Gina was asking one simple questions about actions, and Donald Trump’s actions, and when has he discriminated so I decided we can recite a few of his actions,” Sellers stated. “We can go to his housing discrimination lawsuits, in which he had to settle not one, but two, because he literally marked ‘C’ on applications for ‘colored.’ We can go to the Central Park Five in which he took ads out for these five people –”
“Donald Trump had nothing do with that!” Loudon said.
“Wait, wait wait,” said Lemon. “You said Donald Trump had nothing do for taking out ads on the Central Park Five?”
“Donald Trump himself,” she answered. “It was not Donald Trump himself.”
When Lemon showed Loudon the ad that was taken out in the paper, the one with Trump’s signature on it, she had no reply.
— Michael B. Jordan, Marc Lamont Hill and Danny Glover star in police brutality PSA —
Then, when it came up how Trump mocked a disabled reporter at one of his rallies, Loudon said, “He did not do that.”
“You wanted to list the number of black people who have senior positions on Donald Trump’s campaign? You named Katrina Pierson. I bet you can’t name two,” said Sellers.
Loudon paused before replying, “I could go on all day — Omorosa. I mean I could go on all day. I’m not going to play into your little tester –”
It was then that people began to laugh, some of them uncontrollably.
Sanders asked, “Wait, name a third. Who is the third? Omarosa and Katrina are the only two black people.”
Lemon then stepped in, saying, “Stop. Stop it y’alls. People in the studio are even laughing.”
