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CNN’s Don Lemon Scorches Republicans: ‘Hypocrisy’ Is ‘Off the Charts’

“The hypocrisy in the Republican Party is off the charts,” CNN’s Don Lemon is proclaiming. Lemon laid into Republicans during the “CNN Tonight” show on Wednesday night, where he called out “hypocrisy” over President Joe…

Madison SummersFeb 25, 20212 min read

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Additionally, the CNN host sought to clarify that “name-calling should really be beneath our government officials, it really should. Mean tweets, bullying, no place for that.”

“But this is what I’m talking about. The hypocrisy in all of this is off the charts,” he added.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) defended Tanden, telling CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday, “Sure, she went overboard when it came to those Twitter accounts and the things that she said. And she said as much and apologized, said she was sorry for what she did in that respect.”

“Think of the barrage of… tweets that we lived with for four years with this president,” Durbin added. “There were two words not in his vocabulary: ‘I’m sorry.’ She said she was sorry.”

During Wednesday’s press briefing, White House Press Secretary Jen Psakisaid, “There’s one nominee to lead the Budget department, her name’s Neera Tanden. And that’s who we’re continuing to fight for.”