Don Lemon Leads Activist Mob, Quickly Regrets It; Margaret Brennan's Fact-Free Dispute With Kristi Noem
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Anti-Social Media – THE INDEPENDENTS
Don's FA excitement appears to be leading to FO realities.
On Sunday, a disturbing tableau played out on social media where a mob of Minneapolis protesters, spearheaded by Black Lives Matter organizers, stormed into an area church during services. The entire raucous incursion was recorded, and much of it was displayed by disgraced former CNN fixture Don Lemon.
The quasi-journalist was involved in the whole affair, from its start to the trespassing, and he even grilled the pastor on camera.
Don Lemon tried lecturing a pastor on the First Amendment after a mob of far-left activists stormed a church in Minneapolis.
But let’s be clear the First Amendment protects free speech, not chaos. Churches are private property, and worship isn’t a protest zone. What happened… pic.twitter.com/aexy5xOILA
Don also gleefully put this out on the socials, touting that the purpose of protests was to make people uncomfortable.
Then…reality set in.
The overall reaction to this stunt was negative, and then, many began noting how this action was a direct violation of the Biden-era protective legislation, the FACE Act. Very quickly, Mr. Lemon was changing his narrative, trying to sell the concept that he was not a part of the protest but had been a late addition, serving only as a journalist observer.
Don Lemon LIED after the DOJ launched an investigation into his involvement with anti-ICE activists who stormed a Minneapolis church. HE KNEW the EXACT ADDRESS and knew that they were going to disrupt the church service.
AFTER:
Lemon: “So let me just make it clear: is this an… pic.twitter.com/Pz6hX2lniw
There's a small – make that, a LARGE – problem with his excuse-making: There was Don, seen at the planning stages of this, and the organizer herself put out a post thanking those behind their efforts. Among those she praised? One........
