“Don’t give me that fake ‘I’m being censored’ BS,” said the CNN anchor as he picked apart Rep. Chip Roy’s (R-Texas) defense of inflammatory rhetoric during a House hearing on anti-Asian sentiment earlier in the day. Lemon aired footage of Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) condemning Roy’s comments. “It’s always some excuse,” Lemon said of what now appears to be the go-to justification for racist comments. Stop making it about you ― ‘My freedom, my freedom to be a bigot, to say racist things. CNN's @DonLemon discusses the outrage over Rep. Chip Roy's comments made during a House Judiciary hearing on Asian American discrimination.

Source: Huffington Post March 19, 2021 11:48 UTC