Fired CNN host Don Lemon went running back to the left-wing network to whine that Elon Musk had canceled Lemonās partnership with the social media platform X following a takedown interview in which Lemon suggested the billionaire was a drug addict and an anti-Semitic white supremacist.
Generally speaking, no sane person wants to work with a hypocritical, crybaby race-baiter like Lemon ā let alone one who makes defamatory accusations during an interview.
Musk deftly shut down the former CNN host, saying heās not required to answer questions from reporters.
āI donāt have to answer questions from reporters, Don,ā Musk said. āThe only reason Iām doing this interview is because youāre on the X platform and you asked for it. Otherwise, I would not do this interview.ā
Lemon ā who was fired by CNN in 2023 after making a misogynistic and ageist remark about then-Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley ā was dumped by X on Wednesday, shortly after he asked Musk a series of pointed questions whose apparent purpose was to embarrass the X owner.
In an interview with CNNās Erin Burnett on Wednesday night, Lemon made the absurd claim that Musk was responsible for mass shootings.
āHe doesnāt understand that that sort of rhetoric that he talks about ā the Great Replacement Theory and migrant invasion ā thatās what radicalized shooters,ā Lemon said.
āThe people who go and shoot up people ā whether they be Latino people who live in Texas or black people who are in a supermarket in Buffalo or Jewish people who are worshiping ā those people use the same rhetoric,ā he said.
The āGreat Replacement Theoryā was a theory promoted in 1947 by Democratic Sen. Theodore Bilbo, who believed there was a movement underway to eradicate the white race by replacing them with non-whites.
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The Liberal media has since used the Great Replacement Theory as a cudgel to attack anyone who opposes mass illegal immigration of the kind weāve seen in the United States and Western Europe.
Itās bizarre that the theory is considered racist since the mass migration patterns weāre seeing appear to affirm its underlying premise.
In a farcical irony, Lemon said Musk āseemed really averse to facts.ā
āIt didnāt matter that he retweeted things that were offensive to people,ā the former CNN host said.
He told Burnett he asked his confrontational questions to Musk merely to make the case for more content moderation on X.
As weāve seen time and time again, when liberals champion ācontent moderation,ā what they actually want is censorship of conservative viewpoints or any opinion they donāt like.
Musk defended his decision to not work with Lemon, saying the former CNN host merely parrots left-wing talking points so he wouldnāt add anything new to X.
The entrepreneur also underscored that Lemon is welcome to build his viewership on X just like anyone else.
In an ironic twist, Lemon whined about Musk on Muskās own platform, accusing the billionaire of trying to squelch Free Speech.
In a statement Wednesday, X reiterated that the āDon Lemon Show is welcome to publish its content on X, without censorship, as we believe in providing a platform for creators to scale their work and connect with new communities.ā
āHowever, like any enterprise, we reserve the right to make decisions about our business partnerships, and after careful consideration, X decided not to enter into a commercial partnership with the show,ā it said.
In other words, unlike CNN and other left-wing media outlets, X is not censoring or deplatforming Lemon.
The irony of Lemon griping on X that Musk is trying to limit Free Speech on that platform is both absurd and laughable.
This kvetching is especially inane coming from a bigot who has trashed white people and pushed numerous false conspiracy theories, including the Russia collusion hoax.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.