HOT TOPICS | Government SHUTDOWN! - October 1st, 2025
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How did the government shutdown on October 1, 2025, begin and what scenes were shown from Washington, D.C.?
Good morning, everyone. Happy Wednesday to everyone. Well, a little late because I figured you don't have anything to do, right? It's all shut down. Isn't America closed? I mean, maybe you haven't felt it yet. But yes, and happy Yom Kippur, Yom Kippur to everyone, not just my Jewish brothers and sisters. So, yeah. Yeah. What on earth is going on? I know it's a holiday, and I also know the government is closed down. I don't want to depress you or whatever, but I'm always here. I'm tasked with telling you the truth. I'm serious. I wake up in the middle of the night, and I think about these things. I start writing it, and then I go back to sleep, and then I wake up. I do the meeting, and I start writing it, and then I'm late because I was like, oh, I want to change it.
Anyway, it's nuts right now. Shut it all down. Shut down ICE. Shut down Trump. Shut down the military. Shut it all off, says Juicebox in the comments. Okay, if that's how you feel. A lot of folks feel that way, and I'm going to talk about that this morning. So thank you for joining us for Hot Topics here on the Don Lemon Show on the Don Lemon channel. Make sure you hit the like, which is a thumbs up. It affects the algorithm. More people become aware of our channel and our conversation, and this is an important one we're having this morning. Also become a member. That's how we stay viable on these streaming streets. So let's get to it. So I'm going to take you live to Washington. We're going to show you what's happening in our nation's capital right now.
That is the capital. Looks pretty quiet, right? See a couple of people milling about, but not much happening there. Except there are lawmakers still speaking. You know, they're out there talking to the media. The Republicans are blaming it. There's D.C., Slow. Quiet. Someone says, Don, keep us sane. I'm going to keep you sane. And thank you, Breezy Seabrook, for because of your generosity, 10 people get to become members of the Lemon Nation. Thank you so much. So before I go to that, I'm going to set you up with this. These are the things that keep me up. Things like this. Because it shouldn't happen in America anymore. And then what is the recourse for this? What's to stop this from happening? Why is this being normalized?
Normalized so much so that I wonder, are people just getting used to it and that's the point? But it's infuriating. And I think it will spark more violence because people are, maybe some of them are, people are going to, start fighting back. But this really broke my heart, and it also infuriated and angered me to see American citizens and members of the press being treated this way. Okay, are you guys ready? Roll it.
Get out the fucking elevator!
Who is that?
Back up. Back up.
Give him some room, everybody.
Well, the lawsuits are coming. I certainly would be with me. Now, I wonder why. Why aren't these people showing their faces so that they can be held accountable? And they're not even real law enforcement agents. Now, what if someone had hauled off and punched them in the face or kicked them or, God forbid, pulled out something and just shellacked them with it? Then they would say, oh, my God, this person is assaulting a member of the law, assaulting an ICE agent. These are goons. These are masked thugs. This is not how members of law enforcement are supposed to conduct themselves. This is the way January 6th insurrectionists conduct themselves. This is the way proud boys, those kinds of people, thugs, goons, that's how you conduct yourself.
That's how they conduct themselves. So are you okay with that, America? Because remember, Donald Trump told them, hey, do what you want. That could be you. Now, this person is obviously injured. You saw the woman, and then he went flying, and the guy's like, get off the effing elevator. Didn't have to do that. And that is the kind of treatment when people say, you know, why are black people complaining about cops? That's how they treat people. I don't allow that. Yes, officer, why are you pulling me over? Okay, officer, you don't have to speak to me that way.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
How did the government shutdown on October 1, 2025, begin and what scenes were shown from Washington, D.C.?
0:17–14:53
2
What are the allegations about ICE conduct and the elevator incident caught on camera?
14:53–29:30
3
Why does Don Lemon warn this could be a slide into authoritarianism and how does he define 'shakedown'?
29:30–35:32
4
How are claims about transgender athletes and ‘Cadillac’ benefits used to justify the shutdown, according to the show?
35:32–1:00:24
Speakers
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