WATCH: KKK Leader Takes Jabs At CNN’s Don Lemon In Bizarre Interview

CNN host Don Lemon's interview with a Ku Klux Klan leader quickly went off the rails as they discussed the University of Oklahoma fraternity chapter that was shut down for singing a racist chant.
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CNN host Don Lemon’s Wednesday night interview with a Ku Klux Klan leader was intended to get the white supremacist’s take on the viral video of frat members at the University of Oklahoma singing a racist chant.

But the interview quickly devolved as the KKK leader lobbed racial and anti-Semitic remarks at Lemon.

James Moore, the Imperial Kludd of the Loyal White Knights, argued that it was a “double standard” to allow black fraternities on college campuses while all other fraternities must be integrated.

Lemon pointed out that white people are allowed to join black fraternities and reminded Moore that the reason black fraternities exist is because there was a period in history when blacks were not allowed to join those organizations.

Moore later started quoting Bible verses to argue that the white race should remain separate from other races and took a shot at Lemon’s biracial heritage.

“You yourself are mixed, so, we’ll see what happens with you,” Moore said.

The interview then continued to go off the rails as Moore railed against Jewish people who he said control the government, the media and the entertainment industry.

“You don’t want to hear it,” Moore said to Lemon. While the audio on the Skype call wasn’t entirely clear, Moore appeared to add “you’re part of the Jews yourself.”

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  1. CNN’s Don Lemon in Bizarre Interview

    School of redundancy school.
    Thanks jinx.

  2. The only reason I can see CNN inviting someone like this on TV is for sensationalism.
    I guess I can see the value of showing individuals like this still exist and all but I don’t need someone to put their shit in my face to know it stinks.

    Like we really needed a KKK member’s perspective on a racist chant. CNN dropped the ball on this.

  3. This is as sad, squalid, and degrading as the bad old days decades ago when a third-rate circus would have sideshow freaks for people to gawk at. Every time you think cable news has gone as low as it can, it goes lower.

  4. CNN continues to sink lower…

  5. Invite a Mother KKKlukkker into your house and then act aghast when they pee on the floor?

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