Don Lemon Smacks Down Conservative Former NFL Player for Being 'Un-American'

Constitutional rights were an elusive concept to the ex-athlete.

Don Lemon was discussing protests during the national anthem at football games with former NFL player Chris Vallett, who is white, when the CNN host decided he couldn't take Vallett's nonsensical argument any longer.

Vallet tried to claim that players should stand during the anthem because the U.S. affords freedom of speech, despite the fact that kneeling is an exercise of free speech. He then scaremongered about a future in which allegedly no one sings the anthem.

"But how can you as an American citizen who believes in the First Amendment and in the Constitution and everything you say about the anthem how can you tell another citizen how and when to protest? That’s un-American," Lemon responded.

Vallett said he "took offense to that" and declared himself a "bold American."

 

"You may be a bold American, but that's misguided, because, even if you disagree with it, you should fight for the right for others to do whatever they want," Lemon said, reminding Vallett about the Constitution.

 

After a bit more nonsense from Vallett, Lemon was over it.

 

“You’re not making sense. This is not a dictatorship, totalitarian country you can’t tell people when to stand and when not to, otherwise, we would be living in North Korea and Kim Jong-Un would be our leader."

 

Watch the full discussion below.

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