The One Where a Woman Calls Don Lemon an 'Uncle Tom' Live on CNN

A woman called CNN reporter Don Lemon an "Uncle Tom" live on the air today, and the rant got crazier than that.

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Don Lemon and John Berman remained pretty chill as a woman screamed at them during a live newscast on CNN today, you have to give them that. 

The reporters were broadcasting from Charleston, S.C. in the aftermath of shooting at a historic black church that left nine people dead when a woman walked up and said "Uncle Tom? Hello?"

“We’re mad! We’re angry! Tell the truth!," the woman shouted from off camera before Lemon was introduced. "White people are terrorists. This is not a hate crime."

After Lemon appeared on camera and she made the "Uncle Tom" comment, she continued.

 “Don, are you angry?," she said. “We’re angry. Speak about the anger. Talk about the anger."

Berman mentions that President Obama spoke about the tragedy earlier in the day, and she kept going.

“The president is a puppet! Stop the lies. Stop the lies. He’s an Uncle Tom, too."

[Via Gawker]

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