Democrats loudly condemned the arrest of former CNN host Don Lemon on Friday, but they have not condemned the invasion of a Minnesota church in the middle of a service—the incident for which Lemon faces charges.

Lemon, now an independent journalist, has claimed that he covered the invasion of Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Jan. 18 as a journalist, and therefore is protected by the First Amendment guarenteeing freedom of the press. Democrats have taken up his cause, suggesting that President Donald Trump targeted Lemon for his political leanings.

Yet the indictment against Lemon focuses on his alleged conduct before, during, and after the invasion, not his political leanings.

The Daily Signal reached out for comment to the Democrats (listed below) who condemned Lemon’s arrest, seeing if thy would also condemn the church invasion and whether they would respond to concerns that Lemon’s conduct might warrant charges.

None of the Democrats responded to The Daily Signal’s request for comment by publication time.

According to the indictment, between 20 and 40 agitators interrupted a Sunday service at Cities Church, shouting, “Justice for Renee Good!” and surrounding and intimidating members of the congregation, which included children. The agitators, who claimed to be opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement because one of the church’s pastors worked for ICE, refused to leave when asked and shouted, “Who shut this down? We shut this down!”

The indictment also mentions that agitators screamed at crying children, blocked parents from getting to their children in Sunday School, and that one agitator told a child that his parents were Nazis and going to hell.

The indictment states that Lemon strategized with the group’s leaders Nekima Levy-Armstrong and Chauntyll Louisa Allen before the invasion, and notes that Lemon said the group planned to “disrupt business as usual” at the church. Lemon appeared to hide the target location before the attack.

?HORRIFYING NEW DETAILS

The invasion of Cities Church was even worse than we thought.

Agitators blocked stairs so "parents were unable to get to their children" at Sunday School.?

One told a kid, "Do you........

© The Daily Signal