{"id":488009,"date":"2021-05-09T09:05:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T13:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=488009"},"modified":"2021-05-09T09:05:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T13:05:08","slug":"don-lemon-opposes-the-name-calling-but-not-the-sentiment-when-democratic-leader-calls-tim-scott-an-oreo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-lemon-opposes-the-name-calling-but-not-the-sentiment-when-democratic-leader-calls-tim-scott-an-oreo\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Lemon Opposes The Name Calling But Not The Sentiment When Democratic Leader Calls Tim Scott An \u2018Oreo\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\">36<\/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-opposes-the-name-calling-but-not-the-sentiment-when-democratic-leader-calls-tim-scott-an-oreo%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=488009&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-07-at-10.32.27-AM-e1620403512421.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>CNN anchor Don Lemon said Friday that he did not like name-calling, but immediately pivoted to explain why a Texas Democrat might have referred to Republican South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott as an \u201cOreo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/14\/don-lemon-all-trump-voters-kkk-capitol-rioters-cnn-chris-cuomo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lemon<\/a> joined hosts Brianna Keilar and John Berman on CNN\u2019s \u201cNewDay,\u201d and he addressed the story of <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/politics\/texas-democratic-chair-apologizes-after-calling-tim-scott-oreo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gary O\u2019Connor<\/a> \u2014 Lamar County, TX, Democratic Party chair \u2014 who had used the racial slur in a Facebook post directed at Scott. <strong><a class=\"text-black\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/15\/the-view-cnn-don-lemon-pope-vatican-same-sex-marriage-god-judging\/\">(RELATED: Don Lemon Slams Pope Over Same Sex Marriage: \u2018God Is Not About Hindering People Or Even Judging People\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had hoped that Scott might show some common sense, but it seems clear he is little more than an oreo with no real principles,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/05\/texas-democrats-resignation-larry-oconnor-chair-tim-scott-oreo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">O\u2019Connor<\/a> said in response to Scott\u2019s claim that America was \u201cnot a racist country.\u201d He has since apologized for the comment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s keep in mind he apologized but he called Republican senator Tim Scott, who is black, and did the rebuttal to Joe Biden\u2019s joint address to Congress, he called him an Oreo. This is the Democratic Party chair. What did you think about that?\u201d Keilar asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod, it\u2019s early for these,\u201d Lemon complained with a laugh. \u201cObviously, you don\u2019t need the name calling. Any time you call someone a name, any time you do that, you don\u2019t want to become them. You stoop to their level, you give your competitors ammunition and you give them a talking point and you become them. So I don\u2019t think it\u2019s helpful to call anyone names. There are ways that you can hold people to account that you can call people out by not using names. I do it all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keilar pushed back, saying that the larger point appeared to be that O\u2019Connor was suggesting that Scott, because he was black, should be a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/15\/trump-lightning-rod-post-riot-pivot-democrats-plan-attack-all-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Democrat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that is a Republican talking point when people say if you are \u2014 if you are black, you should be a Democrat,\u201d Lemon objected.<\/p>\n<p>Keilar pressed again, asking Lemon to explain what <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/04\/texas-democrat-party-leader-gary-oconnor-tim-scott-oreo-resigns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">O\u2019Connor<\/a> had meant by the term \u201cOreo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOreo is, he\u2019s black on the outside, white on the inside,\u201d Lemon explained, going on to argue that he thought it was about where Scott stood on issues that affected African-Americans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are voting against your own interests. If you are upholding a party that has really been not even \u2014 trafficking \u2014 has been trafficking in racism, an insurrectionist party. A party trying to restrict the voting rights for people who look like you,\u201d Lemon continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to be honest. Maybe if you\u2019re sitting around the kitchen table and you\u2019re black and with other black people, they may say the same thing. \u2018What is wrong with this you-know-what, the term he used?&#8217;\u201d he asked, appearing to argue that it would be understandable for black people to refer to Scott in that manner, but that they should not do so in public.<\/p>\n<p>Lemon concluded by saying that public use of that term and others like it would likely damage Democrats and hand Republicans a talking point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTim Scott should be held accountable for what he is doing and if he is voting against the interests of his own people. That is something that\u2019s valid and should be talked about,\u201d Lemon said. \u201cThe name-calling is something different. It should be kept out of the public sphere.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN anchor Don Lemon said Friday that he did not like name-calling, but immediately pivoted to explain why a Texas Democrat might have referred to Republican South Carolina Sen. 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