Lemon LIVE at 5 | Who Is This Week's SOUR LEMON?! - March 14th, 2025
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What breaking news about Schumer and the Senate vote kicks off the show?
You're live, Don. Oh, wow. I can't hear anything. Something's going on. No, I heard no music, no nothing. What on earth is going on? That's not good. Yeah, I know. We've had some technological technology issues all week. We got knocked offline. I don't think it has anything. I have a new connection. I have a new... Internet. So anyways, hi, everybody. What a way to start the show. Welcome to Lemon Live at 5, The Don Lemon Show. We're so glad that you're here. What a week it has been. So much. So I don't even know where to start. Actually, I do know where to start. I'm going to start with the breaking news, okay? So as we are streaming with you live, the breaking news is happening now. You guys kind of knew it was happening.
I think people sort of hoped that the Democrats would not – Relent, acquiesce, any of that stuff? Well, they did. Chuck Schumer, nine Democrats and nine Democratic senators have voted to end debate on Mike Johnson's continuing resolution, effectively giving a massive win to the Republicans. The government will not shut down, which is probably a good thing, but it's still a very dark day for our country because if, I mean, what happens next? It seems like, you know, Donald Trump has complete control of the government and the country. Here are the Democrats that we have up that we know about. We know about a couple of Chuck Schumer, John Fetterman, Catherine Cortez Masto, Dick Durbin, Angus King, Brian Schatz, Maggie Hassan, Gary Peters.
Let's see if there are any other standby who are on this list. Gary Peters and then King. Right. Schumer, Durbin, Schatz, O'Gillibrand, Hassan, Shaheen, Fetterman, Cortez Masto, Peters, and King. So for all of you hoping that, hey, we're going to fight back, they're going to fight back, they're going to fight back, no fighting back. So in moments like this, I say we either laugh or we cry, as I say every Friday. So in the Don Lemon Show, we choose to laugh on Friday. So Judy Gold joins us. She's a legend. She's a stand-up circuit, in the stand-up circuit. She's an actor. I think she's, can I call you an activist, Judy?
Yes, please.
Yes. Television writer and producer. She's won daytime Emmys. I mean, you know, for her work on The Rosie O'Donnell Show. And I just saw her the other night in Joy, the Joy Behar, I think, written and produced. My first ex-husband.
My first ex-husband. I'm in it till the 23rd. It's really good. And I'm with Susan Lucci.
I know. You guys were fantastic. Thank you. Can we talk about Susan Lucci? Yeah, she's amazing. And so she looks like she's like 35 years old. And I remember watching her on soap operas, I think in the fricking seventies.
Well, also, you know, we, we stay on stage during the other monologues and her ass, can I tell, she is the tiniest human being and her ass is so tight and she's 78 years old. She's so amazing. And the nicest, the nicest.
Are you crushing or just complimenting?
No, I'm complimenting.
But, you know. One had to think about that. So if you're looking in the chat, people will say hello to you. Welcome, Judy, to the Lemon Nation.
Wait, how do I do that?
Okay. If you're watching, if you look on the stream, some of the folks, but if you're watching on YouTube, I would suggest. I can only see my awful face.
Why do Don and Judy accuse Democrats of failing to fight Trump’s agenda?
I don't know why. Okay, well, then don't worry about it. I'll tell you what people say. I'm doing you. So let's – how do you feel about this? How do you feel about Democrats this week in general, first in the Congress and then – I should say Congress because the whole thing is the Congress – first in Congress and then now in the Senate? How do you feel about that?
I don't even know if I can be a Democrat anymore. I – what – I am speechless at their behavior. What is going on? This man, well, human being, is ruining, like literally demolishing our democracy in front of our eyes. And you're like, oh, it's going to be really, you know, then he's going to control the narrative and say that the government shut down because of, so what?
Right.
Do something, do something. He just did a speech where he wants his enemies imprisoned.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What breaking news about Schumer and the Senate vote kicks off the show?
0:19–3:43
2
Why do Don and Judy accuse Democrats of failing to fight Trump’s agenda?
3:43–22:05
3
Which nominees are introduced for 'Sour Lemon of the Week' and why are they controversial?
22:05–30:16
4
How do guests and clips (Jack Schlossberg, AOC, Jeffries) frame the debate over Senate leadership?
30:16–54:01
5
What happened with Wendy Williams’s guardian and her niece’s outing?
54:01–55:33
6
How does Stephanie Ruhle explain market uncertainty and Trump's pro‑business stance?
55:33–59:22
7
Why did Chuck Schumer win Sour Lemon and what are the Senate strategy criticisms?
59:22–1:05:45
8
Should Democrats shut down the government or fight via filibusters and messaging?
1:05:45–1:49:50
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