CNN's Lemon Wonders If Trump Used 'Dog Whistle' With 'Racist Intent'

Matthew Balan | September 2, 2015
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[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]

On the 1 September 2015 edition of CNN Tonight, Don Lemon wondered if some of Donald Trump's rhetoric had thinly-veiled bigotry in it. Trump indicated that the high turnout at his recent campaign rallies was "a great tribute to what we're all saying. We want to make our country great again." Lemon misquoted his guest in his follow-up question: "You said...it was a tribute to people wanting to take their country back – because I know you've heard the criticism...people out there saying it is a dog whistle...there's some sort of racist intent behind it. Can you please respond to that?"

 

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