Both Beege and I have written about the storming of a Minneapolis church during services that happened yesterday.
The event was live-streamed by Don Lemon and other citizen journalists, and Lemon himself indicated that he coordinated with the protesters prior to the attack.
Don Lemon tried lecturing a pastor on the First Amendment after a mob of far-left activists stormed a church in Minneapolis.
— Digital Gal (@DigitalGalX) January 19, 2026
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
I'm not going to recapitulate everything that happened, but suffice it to say that the whole point of the exercise was to ensure that worshippers would be driven out of their church, and that the parishioners would be terrorized and left to wonder whether they could congregate without fear of attacks.
Don Lemon himself said as much.
Don Lemon is explicitly stating that his intent in storming this church during Sunday services was to traumatize the participants.
— Andrew Branca Show (@TheBrancaShow) January 19, 2026
He's just confessed to terrorism.
Hey, @AAGDhillon, you catching all this? https://t.co/HwQAgfWBp3
Don Lemon flew to Minneapolis to live-stream this protest, having coordinated with people who he had every reason intended to break federal law. He participated, at least to some extent, by badgering and lecturing the pastor. One could argue either side about whether he was a journalist or a participant, and I am not sure what side I would come down on yet, but at the very least this would be equivalent to a journalist being informed of and invited to broadcast a federal crime. That seems, on its face, to be prosecutable, as he is acting as a propagandist for the criminals.
💥: #NEW - INTENT: The opening to Don Lemon’s insane livestream is an admission of foreknowledge that the group he was in contact with was going to storm a church, based on his prior communications with its leader.
— Brandon Tatum (@TheOfficerTatum) January 19, 2026
Nekima Armstrong's FB post below thanking Don lemon and others… pic.twitter.com/WjC3BbCaDU
Lemon seems to believe that this is First Amendment-protected activity because Don Lemon is a moron. In fact, aside from violating basic property rights and arguably being low-level terrorism, it is also a violation of several federal laws that have been prosecuted under both Republican and Democratic administrations.
BREAKING: DOJ Announces Intention to Charge Don Lemon under the Ku Klux Klan Act.
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 19, 2026
The KKK Act makes it illegal to threaten, hurt, or intimidate people to prevent them from exercising their God-given rights.
HARMEET DHILLON: "The Klan Act is one of the most important federal… pic.twitter.com/GWnXAMtWc9
BREAKING: DOJ Announces Intention to Charge Don Lemon under the Ku Klux Klan Act.
The KKK Act makes it illegal to threaten, hurt, or intimidate people to prevent them from exercising their God-given rights.
HARMEET DHILLON: "The Klan Act is one of the most important federal civil rights statutes. Its a law that makes it illegal to terrorize and violate the civil rights of citizens. Whenever people conspire this, the Klan Act can be used."
"Everyone in the protest community needs to know that the fullest force of the federal government is going to come down and prevent this from happening and put people away for a long time."
President Biden pursued and got convicted abortion protesters who prayed outside an abortion clinic in a hallway, and the entire left applauded as they were convicted of felonies for sitting outside the clinic silently and praying.
BREAKING: Six pro-life activists were just found guilty in federal court after being prosecuted by Biden's DOJ under the FACE Act for protesting outside a Nashville abortion clinic.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 30, 2024
Here's a snippet of the protest, which occurred on March 5, 2021.
For the crime of praying and… pic.twitter.com/UPzZvtZebM
The FACE act applies as well to impeding access to places of worship, and these "protesters" committed acts far more disruptive, and conspired to do so with people across state lines.
NEW: Don Lemon loses it after a much smarter man shuts down his gaslighting attempts at the Minnesota church that was stormed by far-left agitators.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 19, 2026
Lemon was seen harassing the man and following him around as he tried to leave.
"They've emptied a house of worship. Everybody… pic.twitter.com/7BzvV2IO5L
NEW: Don Lemon loses it after a much smarter man shuts down his gaslighting attempts at the Minnesota church that was stormed by far-left agitators.
Lemon was seen harassing the man and following him around as he tried to leave.
"They've emptied a house of worship. Everybody has gone home. Their point has been proven worthless, and so in the end, I think they lose," the man said.
"But more importantly, if I were to break into any of their houses uninvited, cause derision and upset according to their values, I would be kicked out."
Deputy AG Harmeet Dillon has signaled the intent to prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law.
This heinous act that occurred in Minnesota yesterday is receiving the highest level of attention from @TheJusticeDept. @AGPamBondi & I are working around the clock, because no right in our Constitution is more sacred than the freedom to assemble & pray to God. pic.twitter.com/kwwfI48dTZ
— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) January 19, 2026
One assumes that all good liberals will cheer her on as she uses the same law that the Biden administration used to sentence people to years in jail, in this case.
“We did an act of journalism which was report on it and talk to the people who were involved.” - Don Lemon
— Kristen Mag (@kristenmag) January 19, 2026
Ah I see so Don barges into a church and he’s just a heroic journalist but when I knock on a few daycare doors I’m a racist vigilante. Got it. 🙄
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Right?
Right?
Yeah, of course not. Because abortion is a sacrament, and people in church are praying to the Sky Daddy, and deserve this.
...The reference to the faith of the congregants is only going to strengthen the federal investigation. While a civil rights charge could be dismissed as a political rather than a religious-centered protest, the DOJ clearly has authority to investigate the group...
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) January 19, 2026
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