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Don Lemon shuts down guest who harps on Bill Clinton's affair

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By Jennifer Brett
Dec 23, 2015

CNN anchor Don Lemon cut the cord when an interview guest ostensibly on air to discuss presidential politics instead harped on former President Bill Clinton's Oval Office peccadilloes using graphic and distasteful language.

"This is the lowest of the low and it has nothing to do with Hillary Clinton," Lemon said after repeatedly trying to get conservative pundit Kurt Schlichter to stay on topic. "Thank you. We're done."

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Schlichter immediately posted a tweet from a site blasting Lemon's actions to the top of his Twitter page:

Here's the clip:

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