Lemon LIVE at 5 | The Girls Are Fighting! - June 3rd, 2025
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Why is Don Lemon calling this episode 'The Girls Are Fighting' and what is the opening context?
Hey, everybody. How are you? I love this. Look, I'm keeping an eye on you guys even before the show begins. The shirt should have said live at five-ish. Caitlin Cole. Somebody's watching. I'm watching you, Caitlin Cole. Hi, everybody. Welcome to Lemon Live at 5. We've been having a good time here getting ready for the show. I've been reading some of your comments. I know, hilarious, right? Live at 5-ish. I may just do that. I may just rename the show Live at 5-ish. because there's always some ish going on, if you know what I mean, okay? There's always some ish going on. By the way, for those of you who have been asking us, and I got to get it on the DonLemon.com platform, so we have to figure out how to do that, but the merch is here.
So at the top of the chat, There you go. Our merch store is open. It's kind of a soft launch because, again, as I said, I've got to get on a platform where you can find it very easily. But until then, the link is in the top of the chat and we'll remind you periodically that you can get it. So there you go. the merch scroll through a little bit, Andy, and then we are going to get to the program. You can order all of this stuff. And if you have some ideas, please give it to us. Yes. Jazz and laughter. Yay. Yay. Yay. Can't wait to order some merch. So go for it. Link at the top of the chat. Okay. So you guys know you can, one can tell the news and you don't have to sit there and be like this. Oh my gosh, here comes the news.
One can tell the news. and you can have a good time at telling the news. You can sometimes relish or revel in the craziness and the madness. Thank you for that, TikTok, for reminding me. Someone on TikTok reminded me that I need to mirror my camera. Let's see. There we go. Someone reminded me that I need to mirror the video. Okay, so you can tell the news and be funny and snarky and all those things. So remember I told you about how they were fighting the last time the girls were fighting? And we said the girlies were fighting. Over at the White House, it was Scott Bassett and Elon Musk, and they went at it. And now it is really Elon Musk and Donald Trump and Mike Johnson. They are. Oh, wait, do I have the right microphone on?
Because I'm whispering. Let me just make sure. I don't think that I do. I want to make sure that. Oh, yeah, wrong microphone. Here we go.
There we go. Can't hear you, Don.
Still muted.
No, I'm muted. Okay, there we go. Can you hear me now? Yep, yep. I know I'm muted. I was doing a sub-second. It's a different microphone. So now I'm on the right mic and I can whisper and you can hear me. So here's the thing. Well, why don't we just roll it and then we'll tell you the story. Roll it, Andy.
Wait! What is the tea? The girls are fighting! No! The girls are fighting! Why? Why?
Why are the girls fighting?
Oh, my gosh. That gives me joy. That was Azalea Banks when I think it was Cardi B and what's her name? Shoots. Nicki Minaj. Nicki Minaj. Nicki Minaj are fighting. The girls are fighting. OK, so the girls are fighting over at the White House. That is a meme that's been around on the on the Internet forever, ever since there was a fight. with Nicki Minaj and Cardi B and they went at it and then, you know, Azealia Banks was like, oh, the girls are fighting. So that's the meme right there. That is why we have the thumbnail that we have is because the girls are fighting. And look, this is fun. This is YouTube. We can have fun. We don't have to sit here and do it. Good evening, everybody. Welcome to the program. The girls are fighting.
Here's why the girls are fighting. Check this out. Now, this is Elon Musk. This is the head of Doge. This is Donald Trump's partner in crime, so to speak, right? He is his Oval Office buddy. Elon Musk tweeted this out on Elon Musk's platform. He said, I'm sorry, but I just can't stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled bill, congressional spending bill, is a disgusting abomination. Abomination? Okay. Shame on those who voted for it. You know you did wrong. You know it. That's what Elon Musk said. Crazy, right? And then... The New York Times wrote about it.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
Why is Don Lemon calling this episode 'The Girls Are Fighting' and what is the opening context?
0:16–14:10
2
How did Elon Musk publicly describe the 'big, beautiful' spending bill and when did he post it?
14:10–29:02
3
What immediate reactions did Democrats and congressional leaders have to Musk calling the bill a 'disgusting abomination'?
29:02–52:03
4
Which policy provisions and industry interests may have prompted Musk's criticism of the bill?
52:03–1:13:34