Hot Topics with Don Lemon | FILIBUSTER SHOWDOWN: KAMALA VS MANCHIN - September 25th, 2024Hot Topics with Don Lemon | FILIBUSTER SHOWDOWN: KAMALA VS MANCHIN - September 25th, 2024
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We're so happy that you're here. Sorry I'm a little bit late because it's just one of those days. And I've been thinking about this story, one of the stories that I'm going to tell you about today, which is really, really, really upsetting. So I hate to start your day on something that's not positive. But it's about the SCOTUS executing a man that was seemingly innocent, an innocent black man in Missouri. We're going to talk about that. We also have... The former president calling himself the protector of women. And then a lot of people responding to that, including Stacey Abrams of Georgia, Sarah Longwell, who is a Republican, but also is one of the founders of the Bulwark. And then we have some new ads from the Lincoln Project that we want to get you to.
And then we'll show you the former president getting booed as he is making his way to some of his campaign events. So we have a lot to talk about. MAGA pervs is one thing I want to dig in on as well. Because we have this guy who's like the school choice guy. He's a MAGA guy. And then he's talking about values and all those kinds of things. And then guess where they discovered that he had been doing some gay porn okay but not that there's anything illegal about that whereas again it's just hypocrisy and then the crime things are getting better as it relates to the economy and crime and all those things um But the folks over at Fox News and the MAGA people just cannot wrap their heads around it. They're upset.
We have an update on Chapel Roan. And then I have this video of someone who says, wink, wink, that they are Mark Robinson's campaign manager. And wait till you see exactly what they have to say about it, okay? You're going to have some fun. I'm going to, I hate to say, I hate that word, piss you off. But I'm going to upset a lot of you. this morning just from the first story and maybe the second story as well. So let's talk about this Missouri man. This is Missouri man was convicted of breaking into a woman's home, repeatedly stabbing her. He was executed Tuesday over the objections of the victim's family and the lawyer who actually prosecuted the man. Now think about what I said over the victim's lawyer and the man who actually prosecuted the lawyer, the prosecutor, the man, they think he is innocent.
They think that the evidence against him was tainted and wrong. His name is Marcellus Williams was because they executed him. He was 55 years old, was convicted in 1998 of killing Leisha Gale, who was stabbed during the burglary of her suburban St. Louis home. Now, yesterday, again, despite the objections of the three liberals on the U.S. Supreme Court, The MAGA majority, this is why it's so important who's president and who gets to decide who gets to be on the Supreme Court. The MAGA majority denied him a stay of execution and sent him to death. A video that gives you some context. Here it is.
55 minutes at 6 p.m. Central Time, Marcellus Williams here is going to die, be executed for a crime he did not commit. In addition to the lack of DNA evidence, forensic evidence, the prosecutor who brought this case in the first place believes that Marcellus is innocent and that his rights were violated. The family of the victim does not want him executed. And people have been begging and imploring the state of Missouri and Governor Mike Parsons to step in, and they won't. And so today was the last-ditch effort with the United States Supreme Court. And it just came down a few minutes ago that the U.S. Supreme Court also will not step in. Of the nine justices, the three that were appointed by Democratic presidents all voted to block the execution, whereas the other six who were appointed by Republican presidents voted for it to proceed as planned.
Y'all, this is truly a miscarriage of justice. An innocent man being put to death for a crime he did not commit. being executed for a crime where the prosecutor has admitted that he's likely innocent and where the victim's family doesn't want him put to death. That is not justice. And it goes against everything that the American justice system is supposed to stand for.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:11–10:43
2
What happened in the Marcellus Williams execution controversy and why do critics call it a miscarriage of justice?
10:43–13:59
3
How did Don Lemon react to the Supreme Court's party-line decision on the Missouri execution?
13:59–49:00
4
What did Trump mean by calling himself 'the protector of women' and why are critics outraged?
49:00–1:07:56
5
How are Stacey Abrams, Sarah Longwell and others responding to Trump's claim to protect women?
1:07:56–1:08:38
Speakers
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