{"id":569145,"date":"2021-06-21T10:21:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T14:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=569145"},"modified":"2021-06-21T10:21:52","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T14:21:52","slug":"kayleigh-mcenany-sounds-off-on-don-lemon-after-cnn-host-says-opposition-to-crt-rooted-in-privilege","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kayleigh-mcenany-sounds-off-on-don-lemon-after-cnn-host-says-opposition-to-crt-rooted-in-privilege\/","title":{"rendered":"Kayleigh McEnany Sounds Off On Don Lemon After CNN Host Says Opposition To CRT Rooted In \u2018Privilege\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fkayleigh-mcenany-sounds-off-on-don-lemon-after-cnn-host-says-opposition-to-crt-rooted-in-privilege%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=569145&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\/06\/GettyImages-1227216300.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>CNN host Don Lemon claimed last Thursday night that only people laden with \u201cprivilege\u201d oppose the teaching of Critical Race Theory in the nation\u2019s public schools, setting off an explosive response by numerous members of a show on Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to speak to the Right,\u201d Lemon told fellow CNN personality Chris Cuomo during the 10 p.m. hand off between their shows.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo recounted how a parent had told him parental opposition sprang from the fact that \u201cI don\u2019t want people lecturing my kid like, \u2018Hey, you\u2019re white, you\u2019re bad.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said that the only problem is your perception,\u201d Cuomo said, opening a long discussion with Lemon about the increasing number of parents objecting to CRT-based curricula beginning to saturate public schools.<\/p>\n<p>Lemon said the opposition to CRT is \u201cwhat privilege is. That people don\u2019t like to have their pleasure interrupted, their peace interrupted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFolks on the other side, stop making it about you. And be curious, instead of judgmental,\u201d Lemon lectured.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to say that opponents of controversial CRT lessons, which teach that the United States is \u201csystematically racist\u201d and that all Americans are either \u201coppressors\u201d or \u201coppressed\u201d based on their skin color, \u201cdon\u2019t think that the full history of our country should be taught in schools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHistory, you know, they say, is written by the victors,\u201d he said. \u201cBut when it comes to whitewashing history, it is often the losers, or the people on <a href=\"https:\/\/therightswriter.com\/2014\/10\/the-wrong-side-of-history-2-0\/\">the wrong side of history<\/a>, who want to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.5964912280702\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CNN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/donlemon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@donlemon<\/a> on parents upset about Critical Race Theory creeping into curriculums: \u201cThat\u2019s the whole thing about what privilege is. It\u2019s that you \u2014 people don\u2019t like to have their pleasure interrupted. Their peace interrupted \u2026 stop making it about you&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G1ioRhCuyo\">pic.twitter.com\/G1ioRhCuyo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1405833164564672518?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lemon then appeared to cast stones at people who attend church.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery Sunday, you know, people go\u201d to church, where \u201cwe\u2019re supposed to be seeing each other\u2019s humanity and loving each other and opening up and learning about each other. But yet, and still \u2026 you know what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear where Lemon \u2014 who said last July that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/don-lemon-jesus-christ-admittedly-was-not-perfect-when-he-was-here\">Jesus \u201cwas not perfect<\/a> when He was here on this Earth\u201d \u2014 got the notion that other human beings are the primary focus of church.<\/p>\n<p>Lemon\u2019s remarks triggered a major backlash on Friday\u2019s episode of \u201cOutnumbered,\u201d which began by playing a video of Illinois father Ty Smith saying that he does not want his black children taught that they are incapable of succeeding thanks to systemic discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do I have two medical degrees if I\u2019m sitting here oppressed?\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-black-father-explodes-at-critical-race-theory-during-school-board-meeting\">asked<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The panelists then pointed out numerous parents opposing CRT do not fit Lemon\u2019s demographic caricature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no question, he\u2019s just lying. He\u2019s lying to make a point,\u201d said male panelist Steve Hilton, host of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox.com\/the-next-revolution-with-steve-hilton\/\">The Next Revolution<\/a>\u201d on Sunday nights. \u201cThe solutions are conservative ideas like strong families, and family stability, and school choice. And there was a time when Don Lemon argued for that on TV \u2026 but now he\u2019s just parroting this pathetic propaganda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris Faulkner said that CRT is offensive to people who are \u201cbiracial like me,\u201d because it\u2019s \u201ctelling half of my family that one half has more power than the other half.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no room for us now, because we don\u2019t fit the box that says no, you\u2019re supposed to see your color and your victimhood first \u2026[and] be angry about the things they want me to be angry about,\u201d she continued. \u201cI\u2019m not a privileged white person, and I am pushing back against this, because it\u2019s about at the end of the day something that makes us all equal in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former White House spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany said it\u2019s Don Lemon who has been overgeneralizing about people based on race. \u201cI\u2019m sick of him telling me that Trump voters are rubes, as his panelist says and he laughs, who can\u2019t point out a country on a map,\u201d she said.\u201d Get rid of that broad brush, Don, because it\u2019s not working for you. It is insidious and it\u2019s tearing us apart.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.7263157894737\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CNN host Don Lemon blasted for calling out &#8216;privilege&#8217; of critical race theory critics.  The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Outnumbered?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Outnumbered<\/a> panel reacts |  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aCqqP2lRCm\">https:\/\/t.co\/aCqqP2lRCm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Outnumbered (@OutnumberedFNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OutnumberedFNC\/status\/1405936147113693188?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOutnumbered\u201d earned nearly twice as many viewers as \u201cDon Lemon Tonight,\u201d according to Nielsen <a href=\"https:\/\/ctv.kwayisi.org\/networks\/fox\/outnumbered\/\">ratings<\/a> lists posted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/ctv.kwayisi.org\/networks\/cnn\/don-lemon-tonight\/\">website<\/a> Kwayisi.com.<\/p>\n<p>An Economist\/YouGov poll released this week found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/democrats-overwhelmingly-support-racist-critical-race-theory-while-rest-of-u-s-soundly-rejects-it-poll\">58% of Americans have an unfavorable view of Critical Race Theory<\/a>, with only 38% supporting the controversial, collectivist creed.<\/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\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN host Don Lemon claimed last Thursday night that only people laden with \u201cprivilege\u201d oppose the teaching of Critical Race Theory in the nation\u2019s public schools, setting off an explosive &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280831,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1227216300.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Kayleigh McEnany Sounds Off On Don Lemon After CNN Host Says Opposition To CRT Rooted In \u2018Privilege\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-569145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1227216300.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Kayleigh McEnany Sounds Off On Don Lemon After CNN Host Says Opposition To CRT Rooted In \u2018Privilege\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569145","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}