Lemon LIVE at 5 | MAGA is Trying to Strip Away Voting Rights & Rig Elections! - August 5th, 2025
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You know what that sound means? That music. That boomer music. It means it's time for the Don Lemon Show. Lemon Lime at 5. Thank you. Man, I missed you guys since I saw you at 10 a.m. And everyone loved this morning's show. The engagement was great. And not because of me. It was because of Representative Jolanda Jones from Texas, who is, I believe, the voice that everyone wants to hear now that should be elevated because of just how crazy the times that we're in. But this administration is nuts. And she's a Democrat. And this is the fire and the energy, I believe, that the people want. And especially Democrats want that type of energy. And I think that's probably the dim establishment that they push back on her and they push back on Jasmine Crockett and others whose voices they should actually be trying to elevate in the party.
Maybe even Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. I'm sure they push back on her. So, yeah, this is what they want. And the thing is, is that, you know, they're probably scared of those guys because these people shoot from the hip. I mean that metaphorically, okay? It's figure of speech. So these folks shoot from the hip. And I think they're worried about, oh, my gosh, we can't make a mistake. And if we make a mistake, we're going to get canceled. The only people who are going to cancel you, Democrats, are you. And you're going to cancel yourself by trying to be too perfect all the time. No one cares about perfection anymore. Perfection is boring. I've often said that. So stop being so perfect. Stop being so, oh my God, I have to have purity and all this.
We can't speak this way. We've got to be all on. Talonda Jones. That's the energy that we need in this country right now. Welcome to the program. Where are you watching us from, streaming world? Where are you? I see some folks here from Texas. happy that you're here oregon is in the house let me know how you feel in the chat okay let me know how you feel and we are really really really glad you're here we're a little bit behind and we have a guest coming on we need to let her know we're a little bit behind because i was dealing with my doggy that's why i had to go downstairs i was yelling for my mom because the dog was we had some issues um however I want to talk to you guys about, first of all, let me just show you this, because the Lemon Legends are on.
Hi, Legends. Let's put them on for a second. Wave. You're on TV. Smile. You're on Candid Camera. Now, I want you to stop waving, if you remember that, and just raise your hand. Smile. You're on Candid Camera. Nope. Don't know it. Some of you guys too young. Oh my gosh. Anyway, I'm showing my age. Candy camera was like the first sort of punk show that they, you know, sort of punk people. It was fun. Okay. So those, those are the lemon legends. And so there's this one lemon legend. I said, what do you guys want to talk about today? And she said, I want to talk about people waiting on the roof. Okay. So main money, but put them in the back. We're going to talk to them in just a minute. What was this? So Donald Trump was, I don't know what the story is.
Can we put it up walking around the roof of the white house? Like, what was this about? I don't, let's just watch this.
On the roof of the White House, he's taking questions. Or he was, just a few moments ago. Let's listen in, please.
Oh, my gosh.
so some of you are in the chat and you were reading my mind because i was wondering the same thing that you guys are wondering too i just won't say it okay so he's walking out of the here's what i think happened you know he's proposing this new ballroom and um he just added he just ripped out the rose garden i think he was probably looking at that to see what it looks like probably also checking it out um trying to figure out if it's going to work with this whole new 200 and whatever million dollars that he wants to spend on a ballroom uh a distraction An ego project, right? So here we go. I shouldn't say here we go. That's where we are right now. But the big story on Action News is when I used to work in Philadelphia, it would say that's Donald Trump walking around the roof.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:17–25:29
2
Why are Texas Democrats fleeing the state to block redistricting and what is at stake?
25:29–32:25
3
How could Trump's push for aggressive Texas redistricting destabilize national politics?
32:25–42:17
4
Why are Democratic governors being asked to consider counter-redistricting strategies?
42:17–47:17
5
How have historical examples shown the risks of overly aggressive gerrymanders?
47:17–1:03:19