James and Lemon talked about race, President Donald Trump and the state of the country. It's worth checking out the entire interview -- it's only 15 minutes long -- but one line from James in it really jumped out at me. That's an important insight from James -- and something that the debate that rages over whether Trump is actually racist or not misses. But what I do know is that equating peaceful protesters with white supremacists emboldens those who hold bigoted views. It affords them some semblance of credibility; the President said the counterprotesters were just as responsible as we are for this violence!

Source: CNN July 31, 2018 12:52 UTC