Don Lemon asked a Muslim lawyer if he supports ISIS

Don Lemon asked a Muslim lawyer if he supports ISIS
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CNN's Don Lemon is no stranger to saying the exact wrong thing on air. So maybe it shouldn't come as a shocker that he fumbled an interview Wednesday night with a Muslim human rights lawyer.

Lemon had Arsalan Iftikhar on for a segment asking if radical Islam could be connected to the deadly Charlie Hebdo attack. He proceeded to ask a patient Iftikhar if he personally supports ISIS.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.