Don Lemon on Dog Whistles: We’ve Got To Stop Pretending How They Didn’t Know What It Meant

RUSH TRANSCRIPT Cyndi s ░░░░░░░░ left opponent he s ░░░░░░░░ left Oh he s ░░░░░░░░ there How does he ░░░░░░░░ in with Mississippi I ░░░░░░░░ I could go over ░░░░░░░░ but how does he ░░░░░░░░ in In fairness to ░░░░░░░░ there s more to ░░░░░░░░ quote If you look ░░░░░░░░ can see the president ░░░░░░░░ struggling whether or not ░░░░░░░░ wanted to go somewhere ░░░░░░░░ who s W H ░░░░░░░░ He s backing in ░░░░░░░░ the fool that he ░░░░░░░░ in Virginia What he ░░░░░░░░ with Roy Moore in ░░░░░░░░ is a president who ░░░░░░░░ t shied away from ░░░░░░░░ people who support causes ░░░░░░░░ are way too akin ░░░░░░░░ bigotry that we ve ░░░░░░░░ seen with a Republican ░░░░░░░░ the modern era a ░░░░░░░░ back them Was it ░░░░░░░░ us versus them of ░░░░░░░░ or was it something ░░░░░░░░ Let s bring in ░░░░░░░░ Lemon What did you ░░░░░░░░ in terms of the ░░░░░░░░ to Mike espy by ░░░░░░░░ way born in Mississippi ░░░░░░░░ successful there served in ░░░░░░░░ there Certainly he fits ░░░░░░░░ the state I didn ░░░░░░░░ hear anything Come on ░░░░░░░░ Are you kidding me ░░░░░░░░ got to stop prtending ░░░░░░░░ oh no they didn ░░░░░░░░ that s exactly what ░░░░░░░░ meant What s worse ░░░░░░░░ he didn t know ░░░░░░░░ he was saying or ░░░░░░░░ he did I think ░░░░░░░░ re equally as damaging ░░░░░░░░ fact that you can ░░░░░░░░ it and you know ░░░░░░░░ s a dog whistle ░░░░░░░░ it is or it ░░░░░░░░ just be a loud ░░░░░░░░ or you re just ░░░░░░░░ of the facts So ░░░░░░░░ got he didn t ░░░░░░░░ what a nationalist was ░░░░░░░░ by saying he was ░░░░░░░░ nationalist Didn t know ░░░░░░░░ ramifications of that the ░░░░░░░░ of that Cindy hyde ░░░░░░░░ saying I d be ░░░░░░░░ the front Front row ░░░░░░░░ a public hanging Okay ░░░░░░░░ should know better than ░░░░░░░░ but it didn t ░░░░░░░░ anything That didn t ░░░░░░░░ anything We don t ░░░░░░░░ to monkey this race ░░░░░░░░ down in Florida Oh ░░░░░░░░ I didn t know ░░░░░░░░ any of that means ░░░░░░░░ I go back to ░░░░░░░░ original question Is it ░░░░░░░░ that you know what ░░░░░░░░ means or that you ░░░░░░░░ in a position where ░░░░░░░░ re going to be ░░░░░░░░ people in this country ░░░░░░░░ you don t know ░░░░░░░░ it means I think ░░░░░░░░ re both equally as ░░░░░░░░ And I think that ░░░░░░░░ win this round because ░░░░░░░░ context it doesn t ░░░░░░░░ the same sense that ░░░░░░░░ would out of context ░░░░░░░░ the president had only ░░░░░░░░ this it would be ░░░░░░░░ thing But he s ░░░░░░░░ too many things and ░░░░░░░░ to many candidates who ░░░░░░░░ too many ugly things ░░░░░░░░ take it any other ░░░░░░░░ I m a son ░░░░░░░░ the south Chris None ░░░░░░░░ this stuff surprises me ░░░░░░░░ whole segregation school None ░░░░░░░░ it none of it ░░░░░░░░ of it surprises me ░░░░░░░░ conversation before not you ░░░░░░░░ it just gave me ░░░░░░░░ headache because Dave was ░░░░░░░░ about look how much ░░░░░░░░ If you re in ░░░░░░░░ traditionally red state You ░░░░░░░░ money It doesn t ░░░░░░░░ how much money you ░░░░░░░░ into it It s ░░░░░░░░ ideology But it takes ░░░░░░░░ to change people s ░░░░░░░░ because you ve got ░░░░░░░░ pound message That s ░░░░░░░░ I m saying I ░░░░░░░░ see you at the ░░░░░░░░ of the hour We ░░░░░░░░ a lot to talk ░░░░░░░░ because we got Mississippi ░░░░░░░░ second Thank you for ░░░░░░░░ me out as always ░░░░░░░░ s happening at the ░░░░░░░░ right now?