Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy hit back at former CNN host Don Lemon over Lemon’s characterization of a clash between the two, which reportedly contributed to Lemon’s firing from CNN. “A few months ago Don Lemon tried to shut me up on air when I educated him on the 2nd amendment: ‘when you have black skin & you live in this country, then you can disagree with me.’ I dismantled his argument with facts & that exchange catalyzed his firing from CNN. Now he’s aggrieved and just called me a ‘liar, bigot, and insurrectionist,’” he said. “He goes further & says ‘platforming’ people like me is ‘a dereliction of journalistic duty.’ Moral of the story: now that the R-word (“Racist”) has entirely lost its meaning, they’ll just call you an insurrectionist instead,” Ramaswamy continued.