CNN's Lemon Slams Desantis's 'Dog Whistle,' Claims 'Articulate' is a Racist Slur

During Wednesday's edition of CNN Tonight, host Don Lemon played a clip of Representative Ron Desantis, Republican nominee in the Florida gubernatorial election, saying "the last thing we need to do is monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda with huge tax increases and bankrupting the state."  Despite the fact that he did not even mention his opponent's race in that particular clip, Lemon apparently thought using the term monkey was racist, asking "Does anybody else hear that dog whistle? It's kind of a bullhorn."  Lemon then played a clip of Desantis describing his Democratic opponent Andrew Gillum as an "articulate spokesman for those far-left views."  Lemon seemed to think "articulate" was racist as well, describing it as a "popular slur disguised as a compliment, articulate, as if it's surprising when a person of color speaks well."