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Don Lemon Contradicts 1619 Project: ‘Europeans Did Not Found This Country’

Ben Johnson
Don Lemon Contradicts 1619 Project: ‘Europeans Did Not Found This Country’
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After nearly two years of promoting the 1619 Project’s claim that the United States’ founding began when the British imported African slaves, CNN’s Don Lemon said on Monday night that Europeans actually “had nothing to do with the founding of this country.” 

The idea that British colonists founded the U.S. is dangerous, potentially incites violence, and explains “why you have an insurrection,” he said.

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