Don Lemon Claims US Does ‘Very Same Things’ To Protesters As Iran — Which Slaughtered 30,000 In 3 Months

Former CNN host Don Lemon likened America to Iran on free speech issues, including killing protesters, during a Friday episode of “This is Gavin Newsom.”

While there have been some isolatedshootings by Department of Homeland Security agents of individuals who opposed President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, Iranian security forces reportedly massacred30,000 anti-regime protesters in the lead-up to the U.S. conflict with Iran. Yet Lemon suggested on the podcast that America lacked “moral authority” over the Islamic Republic after host Gavin Newsom asked him about the January FBI raid of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home and devices.

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“Reporters have privilege. It’s like an attorney. And so you have to be very careful about those things. And we cannot lose those things,” Lemon said. “Otherwise we are going to lose the First Amendment. We’re going to lose the freedom of the press because part of that is having sources and being able to be trusted by those sources that you’re not going to give any information away that they give you.”