EXCERPT:
LEMON: “Yeah, you did it there. That’s science. You cannot argue with the science even though he’s trying to tell you and all of his apologists are trying to say oh, it is fake, and what Dr. Atlas is doing, they’re going for a herd immunity. They’re not being transparent with you about that. But that’s what they are going for. And in order to do that, as the science says, that’ll kill thousands upon thousands upon thousands of people.”
CUOMO: “Dr. Atlas knows less about fighting pandemics than my chiropractor.”
LEMON: “Yeah, there is no — when it comes to herd immunity, you know how you get herd immunity? Get a vaccine! I mean, you get herd immunity — the responsible way is through a vaccine.”
CUOMO: “Right, right, right. I’m saying, if you let the virus run its course, yes, eventually it runs its way through. But how many are lost?”
LEMON: “This is straight up killing people. That’s what that it.”
CUOMO: “And that’s the kind of thing we get mad at people ignoring in developing countries. ‘Look at what’s happening to them. We have to help them. They’re all getting killed by this.’ Now it’s happening here, it’s happening here, right now, at his own damn rallies.”
LEMON: “You know what the sad thing is? I will be honest with you. I have many people who I love in my life. You know, I come from a red state and lived in several red states. There are a lot of friends I had to really get rid of because they are so non-sensical when it comes to this issue. Every single talking point that they hear on state TV and that they hear from this president, they repeat it and they’re blinded by it. And like I said to you last night, ‘You know, they can’t believe it,’ I was just goosing you in a way. You know what they say, I was — I was breaking your — “
CUOMO: “Goosing works. It is not like that’ll be all over the Internet. Continue.”
LEMON: “Here is the thing, I had to get rid of them because they are too far gone. I try and I try and I try, they’ll say something really stupid and then I will show them the science and give them the information, and they still repeat those talking points. And all the while the state was a hot spot. If you look at the information that we put up last night, that came out yesterday, it showed you how the red states have now taken over where the blue states, where people came in because there are bigger cities and there’s more transmission, obviously where people are closer together. So now the red states are the problem. I just had to get rid of a lot of people in my life because sometimes you just have to let them go. I think that they have to hit rock bottom like an addict and they have to want to get help, they have to want to know the truth, they have to want to live in reality, they have to want to be responsible not only for other people’s lives but for their lives. So you know what? It is so sad. And I don’t know if after this, I will ever be able to go back and be friends with those people because at a certain point you just say, ‘They’re too far gone and I’ve got to let them go.’ If they’re willing to come back and willing to live in reality, then I will welcome them with open arms. But I can’t do it anymore.”
CUOMO: “Look, also, perspective is a function of who you are. I represent and care about a lot of thing that matter to you personally by proxy. You know me. You are my family. I add, I don’t subtract. People come in whatever they are, I never let them go. I will tell you this. Ten seconds. I believe in a lot of the people that follow this president because they are so desperate in their own frustration, and they are right to be. They just picked the wrong change agent. And look, he can change and everybody can change. Maybe even me. But on this pandemic, he’s lying to them and it is going to make them sick and I know people who have gotten sick because they listen to him. And it is wrong.”
LEMON: “I will let say this before I let you go.”
CUOMO: “Please.”
LEMON: “Careful of the decisions you make in desperation. Careful on the decisions you make when you are desperate. You are not thinking straight.”
CUOMO: “You know who does not have that excuse? The president. Although that’s why he’s lying to them because he’s desperate.”
LEMON: “I am desperate to get to the show.”
CUOMO: “I love you D. Lemon. Great suit.”
LEMON: “It’s just a jacket.”
CUOMO: “Whatever."