Lemon: Racism Is the Story of the Capitol Riot and ‘Stop the Steal’ Slogan

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LEMON: "You don’t like that language? Does that offend you? Does it make you uncomfortable? Good. Because it should. I hope it does. I was just thinking of how Harry Dunn felt that day and still feels. Think about how the other black officers felt and still feel. Think about how black Americans feel hearing that and knowing what we know now. Think about all Americans, even white Americans. It’s offensive. And what is that? What we know is racism isn’t a side angle in this story. Racism is the story, and let me explain. Because the big lie that lit the flame that exploded into an inferno at our nation’s capital that day, the big, bogus lie that the election was stolen, well, who do they think stole it? Think about all the evidence. Atlanta, Detroit, Philadelphia and so on. Black people — stop the steal, it’s just another way of saying stop black people from voting. Who do they think was stealing? Big cities with sizable black populations. Now they’re trying to change the rules with a legislative assault on the vote in those same places. This isn’t that hard. It’s quite simple. The evidence is there. This is not my opinion. The evidence is there. Race is what helped to propel Trump on the national stage. Remember? 'He wasn’t born in this country.' 'We need to take our country back, make America great again.' It is what he exploits to stay relevant, and his Republicans, they’re enablers and they’re culpable. It's no accident that those Trump supporters were calling black officers N-words and then trying to recruit white ones."