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   From: Davecross@kremlin.ru   
      
   CNN anchor Don Lemon had a "total meltdown" according to critics   
   on Wednesday night after a guest on his show told him that   
   President Trump's coronavirus address from the Oval Office was   
   "fine."   
      
   Lemon, who has repeatedly insisted that he is 'not a partisan,'   
   had on former 2016 presidential candidate-turned-CNN contributor   
   John Kasich to discuss the latest developments in the Trump   
   administration's handling of the coronavirus outbreak. The   
   anchor accused Trump of "misrepresenting" the travel ban that   
   was set on Europe after the White House offered clarification on   
   what was affected.   
      
   "Look, I watched the address tonight and I thought it was fine.   
   He did fine," Kasich said. "I'm glad he did the address tonight   
   and I think that was important."   
      
   Kasich urged the president to "stick to the script" and said   
   governors will have a major role in combatting the virus.   
      
   However, none of that apparently sat well with the CNN anchor.   
      
   "I don't know if he stuck to the script or not, but whatever   
   script he read was wrong because they had to clarify it several   
   times," Lemon complained. "And I've just got to say if the   
   president came out to calm people's fears, he didn't do a good   
   job of it because he had to come back and clarify it several   
   times! And this has been going on long enough for them to get it   
   straight! We need straight, accurate information from this   
   president and this administration and we're not getting it!"   
      
   Nicholas Fondacaro   
   @NickFondacaro   
   .@CNN's Don Lemon loses his mind, shouts down Gov. John Kasich   
   for NOT bashing Trump's coronavirus address. "No, you can’t   
   [talk], John!"   
      
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   His tirade continued, "And I don't understand why you're tip-   
   toeing around it. He came out, gave an address that's usually-   
   that happens very rarely he doesn't get it right?!"   
      
   "First of all, he read it," Kasich responded. "And somebody- I   
   don't want to get into that."   
      
   "Why not?! That's why you're here!" Lemon exclaimed. "To talk   
   about the president's address!"   
      
   "Can I finish?" the former Ohio governor attempted to complete   
   his thought.   
      
   "No, no you can't, John!" the anchor shouted. "Because we're   
   here to talk about the president- I don't want you to go on and   
   deflect and talk about something else because we're here to talk   
   about the president's address. And you said that someone else   
   wrote it- he's the president! Even if someone else wrote it, it   
   should be right!"   
      
   Kasich, a longtime critic of the president, defended the Trump   
   administration, telling Lemon they were attempting to address   
   the "confusion out there."   
      
   "Now there's more confusion, John!" Lemon shot back.   
      
   After engaging in another fiery exchange, Kasich reiterated his   
   belief that Trump's address was "fine."   
      
   "I thought it was fine. You can disagree with me. I thought it   
   was fine," Kasich told his colleague. "I thought he had the   
   right tone and he no longer played with 'We're going to blame   
   Democrats'... I hope he's trying to move forward because he   
   understands the seriousness of this situation. Now the fact that   
   they clarified- it isn't unusual in a speech for somebody to   
   clarify something, OK? But I don't think that the tone he showed   
   tonight takes away from some clarification. I think he set a   
   serious tone. That's what I wanted out of him for a long time.   
   And I think we got it."   
      
   After Lemon claimed he tried "cutting Trump a break" at the top   
   of his show, Kasich then pressed Lemon on what he thought was so   
   "terrible" about the clarification."   
      
   "I never said I thought it was terrible. I'm telling you we're   
   in the middle of a pandemic right now," Lemon said. "We're in   
   the middle of a pandemic and everytime this president comes out,   
   he gives inaccurate information. So I don't understand why he   
   would even come out and do it at all if he is going to confuse   
   the American people even more! You don't understand that? You're   
   a governor! I'm surprised you don't understand that!"   
      
   Lemon shook his head after Kasich insisted that "98 percent" of   
   Trump's address "was good."   
      
   "I think I made my case here. If the president is going to come   
   out and confuse people more, then don't say anything," Lemon   
   concluded.   
      
   The CNN anchor was widely panned on social media.   
      
   "I'm surprised actually shocked. Don Lemon has lost his mind,"   
   game show icon Chuck Woolery declared.   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-don-lemon-trump-coronavirus-   
   address   
        
      
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