HOT TOPICS | Trump RUINS Charlie Kirk Memorial - September 22nd, 2025
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And because it involves something that I believe is controlling of people. something that distorts people's thinking and something that is disrespectful of actual true Christianity and the danger that religion poses. Now, I say this as a person of faith. As you know, I wrote a book about it. I'm not saying that you don't have to go out and buy it. I'm just saying, I'm just showing you this because I know. Just a year ago. Was it September? A year ago this month. This book came out. And I warned people about the dangers of Christian nationalism, white nationalism, but wrapped in Christian nationalism. And that's a real thing. You can want to believe that it's happening or not. That's your business. That's on you.
Whether you would like to believe what I'm saying or not. But good morning and we're going to get into it. And I'm going to show you some of the things that happened this past weekend. But this is something that I need to say because I think it's very important, especially for my country and for anyone of faith, regardless of whatever your faith is. Whatever it is, I want to talk to you about sanctified power. and what Charlie Kirk's memorial revealed about America. That's what I want to talk about. And I'm going to talk to you, and this is from, this is on page 77 of my book. And I went back and I read it and I was a little bit late this morning with my producers because I've been thinking about this all night and I was writing and I said, do I want to do this?
Do I want to write it as a sub stack? What do I want to do? So let me just tell you, this is the pretext to what I'm about to tell you. True freedom of religion. would support democracy, foster mutual understanding, and encourage critical thinking. You guys with me? True advocates of religion, of freedom of religion, would advocate for enlightenment, education, and open-hearted dialogue, respectful conversations among people who disagree without judging or jockeying for power. You see where I'm going? True freedom of religion is possible only if we honor the absolute separation of church and state. Remember I said the impetus of this book that I said on every single time I had to promote it or talk about it was the blurring or the erasing of the line between state and church.
And that's what religious nationalists were doing. And many of them white nationalists wrapped in It's white nationalism wrapped in religious nationalism. We can have freedom of religion or we can have a Christian nation.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:13–17:11
2
What happened at Charlie Kirk's memorial and why does Don Lemon call it a 'revival meeting'?
17:11–19:28
3
How does Don Lemon define 'sanctified power' and its threat to democracy?
19:28–48:29
4
Which moments from the memorial show political mobilization rather than mourning?
48:29–50:24
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Why does Lemon argue the memorial blurred church and state and violated the First Amendment?
50:24–1:19:34