Don Lemon live-streamed as anti-ICE protestors stormed Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Sunday.
The former CNN host announced on Saturday that he was going to Minnesota to report on ICE operations.
“I’ve seen enough. I’m heading to Minnesota to report on ICE and bring you the truth,” Don Lemon said in an Instagram post on Saturday.
“I’ll be live on YouTube tomorrow, tune in!” Lemon said.
On Sunday, Don Lemon livestreamed as anti-ICE protestors stormed a church in St. Paul because the pastor supposedly worked for ICE.
“This is the beginning of what’s going to happen here,” Lemon said as anti-ICE protestors shouted down the pastor and harassed parishioners.
“They’ve stopped the service — a lot of people, a number of people have left,” Lemon said.
Don Lemon actually claimed that the protestors who interrupted a church service to harass Christians in a place of worship are protected by the First Amendment.
“This is what the First Amendment is about, the freedom to protest,” Don Lemon said. “I’m sure people here don’t like it, but protests are not comfortable.”
Harmeet Dhillon, the Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, said the Justice Department is investigating the anti-ICE protestors.
“The Civil Rights division is investigating the potential violations of the federal FACE Act by these people desecrating a house of worship and interfering with Christian worshippers,” Harmeet Dhillon said in response to the video.
US Attorney General Pam Bondi said the DOJ is investigating the leftists who stormed the church on Sunday.
A full-blown assault on Christian worship unfolded Sunday morning in Minnesota as a radical anti-ICE mob stormed a church service, shut down prayer, and harassed parishioners while disgraced former CNN host Don Lemon live-streamed the chaos.
The mob descended on the sanctuary because the church’s pastor reportedly also serves as a field director with ICE.
Lemon telegraphed his stunt the day before, boasting on Instagram that he was headed to Minnesota to “report on ICE” and urging followers to tune in to his live broadcast.
On Sunday, cameras rolled as agitators shouted down the pastor, disrupted prayer, and scattered congregants.
“This is the beginning of what’s going to happen here,” Lemon said on his stream as the service was derailed. Moments later, he admitted the obvious: “They’ve stopped the service—a lot of people have left.”
This wasn’t reporting. It was participation.
Far-left activist Nekima Levy Armstrong publicly praised the disruption on social media, thanking a roster of agitators and media allies—including Lemon, while declaring “judgment” had come to the “House of God.” The post reads like a victory lap over silencing Christian worship.
Friends, Here is a clip of our demonstration this morning at Cities Church in St. Paul. David Easterwood is a Pastor at this church and the
Acting Field Director for the ICE office in St. Paul. It's time for judgment to begin and it will begin in the House of God!!! Thank you to all of the activists who showed up + independent journalists Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, DawokeFarmer2, Brixton Hughes. Special thanks to Monique Cullars Doty, Chauntyll Allen, Satara Strong-Allen for co-organizing this mission from Black Lives Matter Minnesota & Black Lives Matter Twin Cities Metro, along
with Racial Justice Network.
The disruption has now triggered a full federal investigation.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on X:
“President Trump will not tolerate the intimidation and harassment of Christians in their sacred places of worship. The Department of Justice has launched a full investigation into the despicable incident that took place earlier today at a church in Minnesota.”
Dhillon added that the Civil Rights Division is investigating potential violations of the federal FACE Act, which protects access to houses of worship, and noted that the FBI has been activated to assess related offenses.
In another post, Dhillon made clear that activists and so-called journalists are not shielded by the First Amendment when they disrupt religious services:
“A house of worship is not a public forum for your protest! It is a space protected from exactly such acts by federal criminal and civil laws! Nor does the First Amendment protect your pseudo journalism of disrupting a prayer service. You are on notice!”
Anti-Ice Mob Storms Sunday Service Shutting Down Worship
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Notice they didn't storm a Mosque on Friday, shouting down the Iman, harassing Islamic worshippers and folding up prayer rugs.
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