CNN’s Don Lemon tries to explain why riots destroying mom & pop shops aren’t as bad as when politicians feel threatened
CNN host Don Lemon on Tuesday seemingly sought to downplay the damage caused to small businesses amid the civil unrest in 2020, dismissing comparisons between them and the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol. .Appearing on CNN's "New Day," Lemon claimed trying to undermine democracy was "quite different" than people protesting because they were upset about something, and while an insurance policy could replace damage done to businesses or stolen products, it couldn't replace a democracy. Host John Berman noted to Lemon that a number of federal judges held differing opinions on the comparison between rioters at the U.S. Capitol and those taking part in riots following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer, with some suggesting the treatment in sentencing wasn't equal enough, and others suggesting it would be a false equivalency to liken the two. "One of them operating in reality, the other one operating not so much in reality,...