New Day show, CNN Tonight host Don Lemon showed sympathy for liberals who hate Senator Tim Scott and other black conservatives as he suggested that it would be acceptable to call them by racial epithets in private conversations. His comments came as he reacted to a Texas Democratic official who recently derided Senator Scott as an "Oreo." Instead of unequivocally condemning the vitriol, he advised against engaging in such name-calling publicly, hinting at political optics, and, as if Senator Scott had done something just as offensive, referred to it as "stooping" to the Republican Senator's level. As Lemon appeared as a guest to discuss an upcoming special on singer Marvin Gaye,