Earlier this week, McConnell faced backlash when he commented at a press conference that “African-American voters are voting at just as high percentage as Americans.”
Lemon noted that after the initial remarks, “[McConnell’s] office told CNN that he left out the word ‘other’ before Americans. And today, McConnell sought to clarify but got that missing word wrong again.”
“I want to take an opportunity at the outset here to address the outrageous mischaracterization of my history and record on voting rights and race relations, as I inadvertently leaving out the word ‘almost’ in my comments the other day,” McConnel says in one clip, and later had to wander back to add with an awkward laugh “The omitted word is all. Not almost, sorry.”
“As the kids say, cringy, right? Or just cringe,” Lemon said, then introduced CNN analyst Toluse Olorunnipa and asked “That’s cringe, right?”