Don Lemon claims Trump's MAGA movement is 'closest thing' to modern Nazi Party without Holocaust

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon compared President Donald Trump's MAGA activity to nan Nazi Party and revealed he was considering a imaginable 2028 statesmanlike run during a Wednesday interview.

"MAGA is nan closest point to nan modern type of nan Nazi Party," Lemon said connected nan "Can't Be Censored" podcast. "This is America’s version. It’s nan closest thing, without nan Holocaust and each that stuff."

Lemon made nan comparison aft nan hosts, Travis Dhanraj and Karman Wong, asked him to specify MAGA and see what could hap to nan Republican Party aft Trump leaves nan governmental stage.

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Don Lemon compared nan MAGA activity to nan "modern type of nan Nazi Party" during an quality connected nan "Can’t Be Censored" podcast. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for The Webby Awards)

"No matter really galore facts and really overmuch accusation you springiness them astir this presidency, astir nan policies, they don’t alteration their minds because they’re really not voting for nan value of eggs," Lemon said. "They’re voting for White supremacy. They’re voting for power."

The erstwhile cablegram news big broadened his onslaught beyond nan MAGA movement, accusing Trump of fascism and arguing that nan state had moved beyond mean governmental dysfunction.

"We’ve careened into fascism," Lemon said. "The president is simply a fascist."

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Lemon claimed MAGA supporters are motivated by "White supremacy" and "power" alternatively than concerns astir nan economy. (Tom Baker/AP Photo)

The White House sharply criticized Lemon’s remarks successful a connection to Fox News Digital.

"Don Lemon is simply a debased ratings loser that nary 1 takes seriously," White House spokesperson Davis Ingle said. "He should instantly activity psychiatric thief to dainty his terrible and debilitating lawsuit of Trump Derangement Syndrome."

Lemon said group had many times asked whether he would tally for president and that he was unimpressed by galore of nan figures he viewed arsenic possible statesmanlike contenders.

"I don’t know, I might," Lemon said. "I’m serious. I don’t know. I mightiness because group support asking maine to do it."

"I’ve stuck my toed into it, if you want to put it that way, aliases I’ve dabbled. I’ve talked to group astir it, group who person been successful authorities before."

He said he would for illustration a run financed done mini contributions alternatively than ample donors, though he acknowledged that avoiding accepted fundraising mightiness not beryllium realistic.

"I would for illustration it to beryllium a voter-driven, citizen-driven run for arsenic overmuch arsenic it tin be," Lemon said. "Maybe astatine immoderate constituent I mightiness person to return a donation."

"I would alternatively nan group of nan United States to say, ‘That’s nan feline that we want. I’m gonna springiness him 5 dollars aliases $10 aliases thing that doesn’t break nan slope because I cognize that nan system is tough,’"

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Lemon floated a imaginable 2028 statesmanlike campaign, declaring he believes he would beryllium "a really bully president of nan United States." (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Lemon besides revisited his April 2023 departure from CNN, alleging that web leaders wanted to region him because he was "the cheery Black guy." CNN said astatine nan clip that nan web and Lemon had "parted ways" and disputed his relationship of really he was notified.

"They wanted to get free of maine arsenic nan cheery Black guy," Lemon said. "One 100 percent, that’s what it was."

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A CNN spokesperson told Fox News Digital that nan determination had thing to do pinch his identity.

"Don was an important personnel of nan CNN family for astir 20 years," nan spokesperson said. 

"The determination regarding Don’s departure was based connected factors unrelated to his title aliases intersexual orientation," nan connection continued. "Although we disagree pinch his recollection of events, we are grateful for his contributions and wish him thing but occurrence successful nan future."