{"id":1103634,"date":"2021-12-09T17:59:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T22:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1103634"},"modified":"2021-12-09T17:59:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T22:59:52","slug":"don-lemon-unvaccinated-americans-should-face-some-consequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-lemon-unvaccinated-americans-should-face-some-consequences\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Lemon: Unvaccinated Americans Should \u2018Face Some Consequences\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdon-lemon-unvaccinated-americans-should-face-some-consequences%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1103634&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>CNN host Don Lemon, who finds himself caught in the midst of the unfolding Jussie Smollett trial, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/CNNW_20211203_080000_Don_Lemon_Tonight\/start\/480\/end\/540\">said<\/a> that unvaccinated Americans should \u201cface some consequences\u201d for their actions during last Thursday\u2019s show, inspiring a former Biden advisor to say the problem is \u201cthat about 20% of the public really doesn\u2019t believe in science or institutions or the Establishment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lemon, who hosts CNN\u2019s 10 p.m. program \u201cDon Lemon Tonight,\u201d heavily implied that it was mostly Republicans and other Trump voters who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19, choosing instead to brave the novel coronavirus\u2019 survivability rates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to talk to you about this new CNN analysis showing that since the vaccines have \u2026 become widely available, the risk of dying from COVID is more than 50% higher in states that voted for Donald Trump than in states that voted for Biden,\u201d Lemon told Andy Slavitt, the Biden administration\u2019s White House senior advisor for COVID response.<\/p>\n<p>Slavitt said that \u201cwhat President Biden does\u201d through vaccine mandates \u201cis continually [call] for everyone to pull together, make this not political.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lemon, who has supported punishing unvaccinated Americans for months, said he felt it was wrong that people \u201cwho are doing the right thing\u201d had \u201cto face the dire consequences of the people who are doing the wrong thing.\u201d He then asked regarding those he believes are in the wrong, \u201cShouldn\u2019t they face some consequences for that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Slavitt replied, \u201cLook, the elephant in the room here is that about 20% of the public really doesn\u2019t believe in science or institutions or the Establishment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you won\u2019t be able to convince them,\u201d responded Lemon, stoking support for mandates or other punitive measures. \u201cThey\u2019re not convincible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lemon has made his antipathy for unvaccinated Americans known for some time. In August, Lemon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dont-go-to-the-hospital-when-you-get-sick-don-lemon-screams-at-the-unvaccinated\">told<\/a> those who have not been fully-vaccinated:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2026don\u2019t go to the hospital then when you get sick! Don\u2019t take up the resources from other people who are playing by the rules, getting vaccinated, social distancing, and putting their lives on the line to try to take care of the people who are there. That\u2019s all I\u2019m saying. That\u2019s how I feel.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At that time, fully-vaccinated meant receiving two doses of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine, not three.<\/p>\n<p>In mid-September, Lemon said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/its-time-to-start-shaming-the-stupid-unvaccinated-don-lemon\">\u201cit\u2019s time to start shaming\u201d the \u201cstupid\u201d unvaccinated<\/a> population. He exploded, \u201cI think we have to stop coddling people when it comes to this and the vaccine, saying, \u2018Oh, you can\u2019t shame them. You can\u2019t call them stupid. You can\u2019t call them [silly].\u2019 Yes, they are!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Numerous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/viral-tyranny-the-worlds-most-oppressive-covid-19-policies\">foreign nations inflict draconian punishments on their unvaccinated citizens<\/a>. Australia\u2019s military rounds up patients who test positive for COVID-19, as well as those who test negative but have been in close contact with those who have tested positive, and places them in a guarded compound. Greece has announced that it intends to fine those aged 60 or older \u20ac100&nbsp;of their monthly \u20ac730&nbsp;if they are not vaccinated by January 16.<\/p>\n<p>Lemon did not specify which level of \u201cconsequences\u201d he would impose on his fellow U.S. citizens.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jussie-smollett-says-he-didnt-hand-over-phone-because-don-lemon-texted-that-police-didnt-believe-him\">Lemon became a footnote<\/a> in Jussie Smollett\u2019s trial, as the \u201cEmpire\u201d star said he did not turn over his cell phone because the CNN host had tipped Smollett off that police did not believe his story about being assaulted by two white assailants screaming, \u201cThis is MAGA country!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As of this writing, no verdict has been returned in the Smollett case.<\/p>\n<p>On November 4, The Daily Wire sued the federal government over the OSHA mandate for private businesses. The Daily Wire also launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/lp.dailywire.com\/osha-petition\/\">petition<\/a> for signees to express support for its lawsuit against the mandate.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN host Don Lemon, who finds himself caught in the midst of the unfolding Jussie Smollett trial, said that unvaccinated Americans should \u201cface some consequences\u201d for their actions during last Thursday\u2019s show, inspiring a former Biden advisor to say the problem is \u201cthat about 20% of the public really doesn\u2019t believe in science or institutions or the Establishment.\u201dLemon, who hosts CNN\u2019s 10 p.m. program \u201cDon Lemon Tonight,\u201d heavily implied that it was mostly Republicans and other Trump voters who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19, choosing instead to brave the novel coronavirus\u2019 survivability rates.\u201cI want to talk to you about this new CNN analysis showing that since the vaccines have \u2026 become widely available, the risk of dying from COVID is more than 50% higher in states that voted for Donald Trump than in states that voted for Biden,\u201d Lemon told Andy Slavitt, the Biden administration\u2019s White House senior advisor for COVID response.Slavitt said that \u201cwhat President Biden does\u201d through vaccine mandates \u201cis continually [call] for everyone to pull together, make this not political.\u201dLemon, who has supported punishing unvaccinated Americans for months, said he felt it was wrong that people \u201cwho are doing the right thing\u201d had \u201cto face the dire consequences of the people who are doing the wrong thing.\u201d He then asked regarding those he believes are in the wrong, \u201cShouldn\u2019t they face some consequences for that?\u201dSlavitt replied, \u201cLook, the elephant in the room here is that about 20% of the public really doesn\u2019t believe in science or institutions or the Establishment.\u201d\u201cAnd you won\u2019t be able to convince them,\u201d responded Lemon, stoking support for mandates or other punitive measures. \u201cThey\u2019re not convincible.\u201dLemon has made his antipathy for unvaccinated Americans known for some time. In August, Lemon told those who have not been fully-vaccinated:\u2026don\u2019t go to the hospital then when you get sick! Don\u2019t take up the resources from other people who are playing by the rules, getting vaccinated, social distancing, and putting their lives on the line to try to take care of the people who are there. That\u2019s all I\u2019m saying. That\u2019s how I feel.At that time, fully-vaccinated meant receiving two doses of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine, not three.In mid-September, Lemon said \u201cit\u2019s time to start shaming\u201d the \u201cstupid\u201d unvaccinated population. He exploded, \u201cI think we have to stop coddling people when it comes to this and the vaccine, saying, \u2018Oh, you can\u2019t shame them. You can\u2019t call them stupid. You can\u2019t call them [silly].\u2019 Yes, they are!\u201dNumerous foreign nations inflict draconian punishments on their unvaccinated citizens. Australia\u2019s military rounds up patients who test positive for COVID-19, as well as those who test negative but have been in close contact with those who have tested positive, and places them in a guarded compound. Greece has announced that it intends to fine those aged 60 or older \u20ac100\u00a0of their monthly \u20ac730\u00a0if they are not vaccinated by January 16.Lemon did not specify which level of \u201cconsequences\u201d he would impose on his fellow U.S. citizens.Lemon became a footnote in Jussie Smollett\u2019s trial, as the \u201cEmpire\u201d star said he did not turn over his cell phone because the CNN host had tipped Smollett off that police did not believe his story about being assaulted by two white assailants screaming, \u201cThis is MAGA country!\u201dAs of this writing, no verdict has been returned in the Smollett case.On November 4, The Daily Wire sued the federal government over the OSHA mandate for private businesses. The Daily Wire also launched a petition for signees to express support for its lawsuit against the mandate.The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1103634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1103634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1103634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1103634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1103634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}