HOT TOPICS | Did We Just See Another MAGA Salute at CPAC?! - February 21st, 2025
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Hello. Hey, Drake. I just thought about that. Say Drake. That was awesome. Say Drake. So good morning, everybody. Welcome to Hot Topics. Okay, guys. I got to talk about something very serious. You guys know where I am on this. Our country is falling. The democracy is falling quickly. And I think we're falling or we are falling or have fallen into fascism. So I have to ask you very serious questions here. And I don't I want you to take this here. Sit down and listen to me, y'all. I feel like the teacher in my school when the bell rang and everybody's making noise and you're like, come on, calm down, calm down, calm down. Everybody, everybody, why don't you pay attention to me? Because I think this is really important, okay?
And I'm going to show you the evidence in all of that. So how are you doing today, class? Good morning. Thank you so much for joining. This is Hot Topics at 10 Eastern every day on the Don Lemon Show, on the Don Lemon channel, on YouTube, on TikTok, on Instagram. instagram and on facebook and then later on the podcast streaming places so um make sure if you love us or if you hate watching make sure you hit the thumbs up like and subscribe to the channel okay at what point do you call a nazi a nazi right coming in hot right do you do it when they use nazi rhetoric Do you do it when they propose Nazi policy prescriptions? Do you do it when they perform, you know, I'm not even going to go this far. I'm not doing that.
Do you do it when they perform gestures that look an awful lot like a Nazi salute? At what point do you call a Nazi a Nazi? Do you have to wait until someone outright just declares that they are a Nazi or that they're doing it? Or is it sleight of hand gestures, sleight of hand gestures? I like that. Sleight of hand gestures. I wonder if anyone has done that. That's what we have to discuss today. And, you know, is it a gaslight? Is it? Are they trolling? And I don't think it matters if they're trolling at this point because it's bad. Either one is bad. The trolling and doing it or the actual doing it. They're still playing in your face and it's still as bad. And by the way, let me know where you're streaming from.
Okay, this is what I'm talking about. This is Steve Bannon. You guys know who Steve Bannon is. This is him yesterday. I think he's at CPAC. Watch.
The only way that they win is we retreat, and we're not going to retreat. We're not going to surrender. We're not going to quit. Fight, fight, fight. Amen.
Okay, again, play it one more time, please, Andy. Now, you have eyes, right? Okay, play it again, please.
The only way that they win is we retreat, and we're not going to retreat. We're not going to surrender. We're not going to quit. Fight, fight, fight. Amen.
Let me know in the comments. I haven't seen any comments this morning. Is anybody there? Am I the only one here? Do we not have comments? Okay, Amanda Jackie says, clear salute. Okay, so what do you guys think? I just want you, you know, maybe you are a MAGA, maybe you are, maybe you're a Jewish person and you know what that means. If you are, I understand how, look, I'm not Jewish and it just, I don't like it. It pisses me off. It unnerves me. It's concerning, especially since, you know, we've been dealing with a lot of anti-Jewish Anti-black hate, anti-Jewish hate, anti-Asian hate, a lot of hate going around. A lot of Islamophobia, all kinds of crap. Yeah, Maureen Marfell says that looked like a Nazi salute.
Call the shit what it is, says Kristen Moore. Yeah. Okay, Maria. Marie, thank you. It is what it is. It's what we saw. They're going to try to pretend that we didn't see that with our own eyes.
Now, this is three folks who are MAGA.
And they have done it recently. One of it, I think, is a priest who's been defrocked. One of it is the head of Doge. And the other one is Steve Bannon. Watch.
Fight! Fight!
I can encourage you and my heart goes out to you. God bless. Nothing.
Thank you. Thank you.
I can encourage you and my heart goes out to you. God bless.
I mean, I didn't put that video together, but again, I want to know what you think.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–13:15
2
Did CPAC feature another apparent MAGA salute—what happened in the opening clips?
13:15–16:12
3
How are hosts and viewers reacting—are the gestures being defended or condemned?
16:12–22:00
4
Which CPAC figures repeated the salute and what explanations were offered?
22:00–1:00:11
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Could Trump be positioned for a third term—what arguments surfaced at CPAC?
1:00:11–1:13:05