Overview

• The exchange occurred Sunday in New York City during a live man-on-the-street segment for Lemon’s YouTube program, The Don Lemon Show.
• The interview subject accused CNN and MSNBC of lying about genocide and all wars, prompting Lemon to press for specifics and dispute the claims.
• Lemon initially replied to the insult by saying, “Thank you. So are you,” before the discussion escalated.
• A separate onlooker intervened to call Lemon a racist and exchanged brief barbs that included a remark about Trump winning, according to the footage.
• Daily Caller reported the encounter followed an interviewee shouting “Free Palestine” and alleging genocide in Gaza shortly before the confrontation.