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In the wake of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement announcement on Wednesday, and realization that President Trump would get a second conservative nomination, the liberals were torn between organizing a feeble resistance and eating their own. This was obvious in the massive flare up on CNN Tonight where host Don Lemon and Democratic strategist Symone Sanders blow up at each other over who was to blame for allowing Republicans to get control of the White House.
Their explosive back and forth was on a long fuse but it was what was obvious from the start was that both were ready for a fight. “You know I said in the opening of the show tonight, it makes it pretty clear that elections have real consequences, what are some of those consequences Symone,” Lemon asked. Sanders responded by recalling the “hot takes” she saw on Twitter blaming Sanders and Jill Stein supporters for Hillary Clinton’s embarrassing defeat, but she blamed the party’s GOTV effort.
“So are you saying it wasn't Bernie's fault without saying it wasn’t Bernie’s fault,” Lemon asked with a lot of snark. “I don't think that's anything I need to say, Don, because it's ridiculous to assert it was Senator Sander's fault,” Sanders bitterly shot back while hilariously declaring the Democratic Party didn’t have an identity crisis.
Lemon then directly called out Bernie supports by citing Wednesday’s outcry on social media:
Listen, I hear what you’re saying and I saw that on social media. And I got a lot of messages as well and pretty much everyone was in agreement. Not in what you said, the opposite way or the protest vote. And they were asking all the people who were screaming “Bernie, Bernie, Bernie” at the convention after Hillary Clinton got the nomination if they’re happy with themselves.
He even threw in the classic “I’m just saying that, it’s not me.”
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