Don Lemon stands by rant on Trump supporters after online backlash: 'Too f---ing bad'
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Former CNN host Don Lemon defended his controversial rant calling Trump supporters “dumb f---ing idiots" in the latest episode of his YouTube series Tuesday.
Though he insisted that he was reacting to people who had a "racist" response to President-elect Donald Trump appointing Sriram Krishnan as a senior advisor on artificial intelligence, he went on to further attack Trump supporters. Lindsay Kornick is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to lindsay.kornick@fox.com and on Twitter: @lmkornick.
"So, as always, everybody gets all butthurt! I’m not referring to all Trump supporters," Lemon said. "I’m talking to the MAGA-brained people who will say and do anything to make excuses for any behavior that Donald Trump does, any bad behavior that the MAGA movement does."
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