Less than 24 hours after the highly contentious interview between CNN’s Don Lemon and Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clark, CNN Host Erin Burnett demanded to know if Donald Trump agreed with him. “He’s [Sheriff David Clark] going to be speaking tonight. He blames black lives matter for these tragedies against police. Does Donald Trump condone that,” Burnett asked to a Trump supporter on her OutFront panel.
Her question was to the Andy Dean who was the lone Trump supporter on the panel. “Well I’ll tell you first you’re talking about David Clarke. He’s an excellent police officer. And he is right that black lives matter, their rhetoric is completely out of control,” Dean responded.
But Bakari Sellers, a Hillary Clinton supporter, was not having it. “And this is the problem, because David Clarke, Donald Trump, Michael they have no solutions. They have absolutely no solutions,” he exclaimed. Sellers also claimed that Trump and Clark are doing little to bring people together, and only driving them apart:
We're at a moment in the country where, Donald Trump, David Clarke, all of these speakers on a night where we're talking about make America safe again, need to be bringing this country together. This type of language where you hint around, it's almost McCarthy-ite. Where you’re talking about Barack Obama, somehow, condoning the slaughter of these police officers.
Bernett let her guest go off on Clark and Trump, even aiding Sellers’ argument. Before shifting away, she managed to get in one last push for Trump to condemn Clark, “he has an opportunity at this event and tonight, others speaking for him, but to speak to everyone.” She also got in one last dig in on Clark, “Not just to police, to everyone.”