Former CNN host Don Lemon stands by Calling Trump supporters ‘stupid idiots’ Tell “butthurt” critics “that’s too bad.”

when he first started Tuesday night YouTube showLemon was responding to the backlash he received days earlier after he called MAGA supporters “dumb and stupid” in an expletive-filled rant.

Although he insists he was responding to those who responded to President-elect Donald Trump’s “racist” Appointment of Sriram Krishnan As a senior adviser on artificial intelligence, he continued to further attack Trump supporters.

On Tuesday, former CNN host Don Lemon stepped up his rant in a YouTube video. (Reuters/Andrew Kelly)

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“So, as always, everyone hurts! And I don’t mean all Trump supporters,” Lemon said. “I’m talking to people who are MAGA-minded and will say anything and do anything to excuse any behavior from Donald Trump, any bad behavior from the MAGA movement.”

He continued, “So, yeah, I stand by my words! If you don’t like what I say, that’s too bad, I don’t care!”

Lemon also accused Trump supporters of being “hypocritical” for using language that attacks him while defending their “cult leader.”

“You’re just such a mess. You expect more from me, an independent journalist, a former cable news host, than you expect from the guy sitting in the Oval Office. Because his mouth is worse than mine,” Lemons said.

Lemon insisted he was not referring to all Trump supporters in his rant. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)

” – He always calls people names and you love that, but when someone tells your truth, you get hurt!”

In his original video, Lemon called out supporters President-elect Donald Trump “Stupid idiots” and laugh at their “stupid MAGA brains”.

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“You’re so fucking stupid, you deserve this. You fucking deserve this because you’re so stupid,” he said. “Yes, I gloat at your stupidity.”

Lemon called Trump’s supporters “dumb and stupid” and likened them to cult followers. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images Congressional Black Caucus Foundation | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)

“You’re being co-opted because you’re in a fucking cult and you don’t even realize it because you have a stupid MAGA brain and you don’t get it,” he added. “How stupid, how stupid are you?”

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Fox News’ Kendall Teets contributed to this report.