Don Lemon says candidate "not black enough" to argue about gun control

This really is next level. I can hardly believe this is a real thing that happened on a nationally televised “news” program, on one of the foremost “news” channels in the country, and even the world. Don Lemon co-hosted a conversation with presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who is of the son of Indian immigrants, and the conversation predictably turned to race. Lemon challenged something Ramaswamy said about how the Civil War was fought to secure the rights and freedoms of black Americans, including 2nd amendment rights. Lemon said the two are not connected in any way, while Ramaswamy said that he “disagreed” with Lemon and believes that the right to keep and bear arms was one of the fundamental rights afforded to black Americans as a result of the Civil War, and remains a fundamental right of all Americans, including black Americans.

Then Don Lemon literally said, out loud, on national televisions, “When you have black skin and you live in this country, then you can disagree with me.”