Don Lemon has sometimes been taken to task for his on-air commentary. But in a CNN segment last night, the out anchor let a Trump apologist have it for sounding the "fake news" trumpet.

Lemon was discussing the cost of protecting the extended Trump family with commentators Maria Cardona, Andre Bauer, Karine Jean-Pierre and Paris Dennard, who has been making the rounds defending the president (and getting paid for it).

While the other panelists all questioned Trump profiting off business trips by his adult children, Dennard simply called the issue "fake news."

"I think this is fake news. This... this is not a news story," he said as the others clucked. "The president is not breaking any laws, and he's not doing anything."

Frustrated, Lemon cut Dennard off to school him on what "fake news" actually is, and to defend his colleagues in mainstream media. He then asked Dennard—a former staffer for George W. Bush and director of Black Outreach for the Trump campaign—to "please stop it with that stupid talking point, that it is a fake news story."

Lemon added that, if he thought CNN was disseminating falsehoods,"don't come on [this network] and participate." When Dennard tried to start up with the same line, Lemon ended the segment early.

While we're glad Lemon didn't let Dennard's inanity go unchecked, the conservative lackey has come on CNN many times before to defend Trump. And we doubt last night will be the last.

Just last week on Lemon's show, The New York Times's Charles Blow shot daggers at Dennard when he claimed Trmup wasn't being racist by asking an African-American reporter to "set up" a meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus.

Maybe instead of blowing up at Dennard, Lemon should just stop keep inviting him on?