Don Lemon Nods Along As Texas Dem Likens Congressional Redistricting To Holocaust

Fired CNN host Don Lemon nodded along Tuesday as Democratic Texas state Rep. Jolanda Jones compared congressional redistricting to the Holocaust.

Jones is among the over 50 Democrat state lawmakers who broke quorum by dodging the Monday vote on redistricting by fleeing to blue states like Illinois and New York. The left-wing lawmaker claimed with a straight face on Lemon’s podcast, “The Don Lemon Show,” that black Americans may have the same fate as Jews during the Holocaust if her colleagues do not protect them from being “targeted” by Republicans.

“I will liken this to the Holocaust,” Jones said. “People are like ‘well, how did the Holocaust happen? How is somebody in the position to kill all of them people?’ Well, good people remain silent or good people didn’t realize that what happens to them can very soon happen to me or somebody I love. So even if you made it, you have an obligation to help people who can’t, because God forbid they end up targeting you and your family.”

Lemon nodded in agreement as Jones made this comparison.

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Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an order for the arrests of the lawmakers on Monday after they refused to show up for the vote on redistricting. Republican Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows signed the civil warrants to permit the chamber’s sergeant-at-arms and state troopers to arrest the lawmakers and return them to the chamber.