LEMON DROP | MAGA Is Turning On Donald Trump!
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What happened during Don Lemon’s arrest and how did it unfold on social media?
Mike Nellis, you're talking. We're live. Mike Nellis and Donovan. Mike, I haven't seen you in a while. We have not done a show. What's going on? Are you avoiding me?
What's happening? No, you canceled the last two weeks, my friend, but I think you've been a little busy. When does the merch go up? I half expected you to show up with a mugshot t-shirt at this moment.
No, because, you know, there are people who have been asking me. Seriously, I've had people call and say, can we make some Free Don Lemon or whatever merch? I'm like, no. I'm not doing that.
This is serious. I did a podcast yesterday with these young guys in Michigan, and they were complaining about what happened to you. And one of the guys was like, I hate this administration so much for making me say things like Free Don Lemon. It's fucking insane.
Yeah.
And they're not fans of mine, but they want me free. They weren't. I don't think it had anything to do with you. It just was like the fact that you have to say free Don Lemon in any context just sounds so insane. Like, did you see I mean, you were you were in the slammer when it happened. Did you see the press release that Amnesty International sent out on your behalf? No. What happened? So, I mean, you were, whatever was happening to you on Friday, and they released a statement demanding that President Donald Trump release Don Lemon. And I tweeted this. I was like, go back in time 10 years and explain the sentence, Amnesty International demands the release of Don Lemon to President Donald Trump, and no one would believe you.
But that's how insane what happened to you is. It is a crazy world that we live in, right? What did you think? What did I, so I, I woke up, uh, I woke up at like 5am and was like getting through my work. And I think it was with like six 30 that it rolled in or something. And I just, I was pissed. I was worried about you, but like, I knew you were tough. So like, I wasn't worried about it. I know the case is bullshit, but I, they, they came after you because you're, you're growing like a weed and you're speaking out. And so I, I got mad. I mean, I spent basically that entire morning rage tweeting all morning about it. And I did a bunch of TV hits. They kept introducing me as Don Lemon's friend. And I was like, well, I don't know if we're friends yet.
Like that's a, you know, It's a stretch. We just have a sub stack show together. But I felt bad. I felt bad, but not for you. Like I felt bad for them because like I knew you were going to make the most of this and you'd be fine.
Have you been on with these crazy conservatives that are like trying to make this into something that it's not?
Yeah, I did. I did two Newsmax hits about it. And I did News Nation over the weekend. And they're like, Don Lemon stormed into a church and disrupted people's faith. And he's destroying our religious sanctum. You know, all the sanctimonies bullshit. It was very silly. It's very silly stuff. I mean, it's a waste of time. They should be going after actual criminals. Unfortunately, they have to look inside the White House first.
That was a good one. I needed a laugh. So thank you. Do you think that they deep down they know this?
Yeah. Yeah. I think they will abuse the power of the federal government to go after anybody that they think is a threat to them. So it isn't so much that you did anything wrong, which you didn't. You were just reporting. It was that they were like, wow, Don Lemon's got 1.3 million followers on YouTube and he's causing us problems and let's get him scared and let's try to bleed him of some legal money and it's going to backfire in their face. I saw you gained like 600,000 new followers across platforms in the last three, four days. So like it's blown up in their face. You were on, were you on Kimmel two nights ago, right? On Kimmel two nights ago.
I think it's actually more than that, but I'm not counting that, but I think, you know, I have people who do that. Of course, you know, my representatives are like, you know, they send me the stats or they tell me, and I was just like, they said, Dom, we know that's not what it's about for you, but just so you know.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What happened during Don Lemon’s arrest and how did it unfold on social media?
0:13–3:56
2
How did Amnesty International and other public figures respond to Don Lemon’s detention?
3:56–11:31
3
Why do Don and Mike say this arrest threatens freedom of the press?
11:31–18:08
4
How did the Vice President’s comments about Alex Prudy highlight administration rhetoric?
18:08–35:11
Speakers
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