Amid ongoing criticism over his comments about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, Don Lemon was absent Monday from CNN This Morning. CNN reported that Licht chastised Lemon during an editorial call Friday, saying his remarks were “unacceptable” and “unfair to his co-hosts.”A CNN spokesperson had no immediate comment on whether Lemon would be back Tuesday. Haley weighed in on Lemon’s remarks on Twitter. They can’t stand the idea of a conservative minority woman running for president,” she wrote. If elected, Haley would be the nation’s first female president and the first U.S. president of Indian descent.
