Story highlights Trump said black communities in the US are "absolutely in the worst shape that they've ever been in before." Lemon: "Things are getting better for African-American communities." Lemon offered a rebuttal to Donald Trump's recent comments that black communities in the US are "absolutely in the worst shape that they've ever been in before." @donlemon on the state of black America: Things are getting better, "Our country is in progress." They're worse -- I mean, honestly, places like Afghanistan are safer than some of our inner cities," Trump said Tuesday at a rally in Kenansville, North Carolina.

Source: CNN September 23, 2016 12:22 UTC