Lemon LIVE at 5 | Don LIVE at The White House - September 2nd, 2025
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Well, we're going in.
I didn't say when. We're going in. When you lose, look, I have an obligation. This isn't a political thing. I have an obligation. When we lose, when 20 people are killed over the last two and a half weeks and 75 are shot with bullets. So let me tell you a little story about a place called D.C., District of Columbia, right here where we are. It's now a safe zone. We have no crime. It's in such great shape. You can go and actually walk with your children, your wife, your husband. You can walk right down the middle of the street. You're not going to be shot, Peter. You're safe.
Hello, everybody. Welcome to Lemon Live at 5, the Don Lemon Show. We're glad that you could be here. It is loud. You can see how raucous it is, not just behind me, but really all around me. There's the White House right here. This protest, this giant protest is going on right in front of the White House in Lafayette Park. These have been different groups who've come together to push back against what they call is tyranny or authoritarianism. autocracy, and they believe that the country is in need of a change. We're going to go up to here and just to see some of the folks. Let's go this way. We'll talk to some of the folks. Excuse me. A lot of the signs here and a lot of the sentiment is about releasing the Epstein files, and people are upset that the Epstein files are not being released.
And again, there you go. You see the White House right behind us. This is as close as you're going to get to the public without going inside. So they're upset about Palestine, Gaza they're talking about now. And if you look right here, a bunch of boxes of files where the folks are saying release the files. So let's show them this. These guys got right in front of us. If you turn around, turn around and show them the flags around here. So a lot of it is just about Epstein, Epstein, Epstein. Where's the Epstein files? Why did they redact Donald Trump's name? Stop the oligarchs. See the difference. Yeah. And he's the MAGA. So these protests have been happening all day. This one has been, I think, this morning since about 10 o'clock when we started.
It has continued. It went to the congressional office buildings. It started in front of Union Station, and then it went to the congressional office building. Let's just go ahead and walk through here and talk to some of the people.
The people united!
How are you? Why are you here?
I'm here fighting fascism.
And I'm here because they're destroying our educational system. They're destroying our health care. They're attacking our seniors, our immigrants, our citizens, our children. And there's corruption that's rampant. The list goes on and on.
Yeah. Where are you from?
Illinois, Peoria.
We started this show. We're on live now. You're on YouTube. We started this show with a soundbite of Donald Trump saying he's going to send troops into Chicago and Baltimore. What do you think?
What is happening at the White House protest and who is attending?
Arms.
What I would say is if we have a crime problem and he thinks the solution is to send in the military or anyone else.
So I don't have an answer.
What I have is a question for you. Is that the answer? For me or for him? For Donald Trump, yeah. Is that the answer? Permanently deploy military throughout our country to stay there?
Look, there are a lot of people here and a lot of signs and a lot of ruckus, big ruckus happening. Do you think it's going to make a difference?
I'm going to keep going. I'm going to be an ambassador. So I don't know. But people need to stand up and wake up and join us. And I'm doing everything I can. Thank you.
What did you do for a living? Are you a veteran or not?
No, I'm here to support the veterans. I worked in the airline transportation industry for 20 years, and I worked in healthcare analytics for 15.
If you had a chance to speak to Donald Trump, you said you wouldn't say anything, you just have a question. For God's sake, get some help. Go home. Take care of yourself. You're ill. They would say you have Trump derangement syndrome. Or common sense. Or common sense. Yeah. I guess that's what trans-derangement syndrome means now, common sense.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:14–4:03
2
What is happening at the White House protest and who is attending?
4:03–5:48
3
Why are demonstrators demanding the release of the Epstein files?
5:48–11:50
4
What are protesters saying about the proposed deployment of troops to U.S. cities?
11:50–37:29
5
How are veterans and organized groups responding to National Guard and troop deployments?
37:29–53:50
Speakers
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