Things got a bit heated on CNN Monday during a segment with Don Lemon interviewing former Trump aide Len Khodorkovsky.
Lemon pressed Khodorkovsky as to whether former President Donald Trump was an anti-Semite. “I can tell an anti-Semite when I hear one. And I tell you with confidence that President Trump is not an anti-Semite,” Khodorkovsky said.
Syndicated radio host Howie Carr reacted to the clip on his show. Carr insisted that Lemon used Khodorkovsky’s interview as a ratings ploy as he struggles to gain traction on his new morning show.
“Don Lemon has now been exiled to morning drive on CNN where his ratings are even more abysmal than they were in primetime,” stated Carr.
Carr said Khodorkovsky was brought on specifically to denounce Donald Trump as an anti-Semite. Khodorkovsky’s grandparents survived the holocaust. Carr said Khodorkovsky did not play again with Lemon’s line of questioning.
“This is why they bring you on to these shows,” said Carr. “CNN, MSNBC, the only way you’re going to come on is if you’re going to be a Republican that’s evolving and deciding that Donald Trump is a bad guy.”
According to the Daily Mail, Khodorkovsky, who is Jewish, appeared on CNN to react to Trump’s dinner at Mar-a-Lago with white nationalist Nick Fuentes.
