Search

Home > Don Lemon Tonight > The Lack of Common Truth Is Dividing Us
Podcast: Don Lemon Tonight
Episode:

The Lack of Common Truth Is Dividing Us
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 01:13:30
Publish Date: 2021-05-25 05:15:00
Description:

Don starts the show talking about Republican ignorance and distorting of facts, highlighting Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's comparison of the House mask mandate to the holocaust and GOP leadership’s lack of reprimanding their members lying and pushing conspiracy theories. 

One year after the killing of George Floyd, we hear about an Axios-Ipsos poll where a majority of Republican’s think race relations have improved and more on the GOP leadership attempting to stop the Jan. 6 Commission from taking place.  Matthew Dowd, former Chief Strategist for former President George W. Bush weighs in with Don.

Axios National Political Reporter Johnathan Swan and Don discuss why the GOP can’t quit the big lie regarding the 2020 election.  Then, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith talks with Don about LeBron James’ refusal to clarify his vaccination status.

Former Rep. Charlie Dent and CNN’s John Harwood go deeper on the state of the GOP, followed by more on Rep. Taylor Greene’s anti-Semitic comments with CNN’s Donnie O’Sullivan.  Then, Michael G. Masters, National Director and CEO of the Secure Community Network, and Don discuss the raised threat level facing the Jewish community.

CNN’s David Culver speaks with Don about new information on Wuhan researchers falling severely sick in November 2019, which raises questions about the origin of COVID-19.  CNN’s Richard Quest and The Washington Post’s Max Boot, talk with Don about the forced landing of a Ryanair passenger plane, by Belarus and subsequent arrest of a dissident journalist.

NBA legend and VP of the Atlanta Hawks, Dominique Wilkins says he was turned away from an Atlanta restaurant because of the color his skin and relates his experience with Don.  Finally, Don and CNN’s W. Kamau Bell talk more about what has changed in the year since George Floyd’s death.

To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
Total Play: 0