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What unfolded at Cities Church in St. Paul was not journalism; it was an invasion of a sacred space dressed up as activism, and Don Lemon was there leading the charge. Video from the scene shows protesters chanting and disrupting a service while Lemon livestreamed and interviewed participants, then followed the group inside as worshippers fled.
This wasn’t a spontaneous demonstration — organizers made clear they intended to confront a pastor accused of ties to ICE, and the footage shows Lemon embedded with the group rather than standing apart as an observer. Claiming “covering the story” cannot excuse marching into a church and terrorizing congregants in the pews.
The law is unmistakable: houses of worship are protected under the FACE Act, and disrupting religious services is a federal concern when civil rights and access to worship are threatened. The Department of Justice has activated federal resources and made clear it will investigate and pursue charges where appropriate. That should be the end of the story for anyone who still thinks media celebrities are above the law.
What’s damning beyond the act itself is the political theater: local officials who seemed content to look the other way while a church was assaulted by a politicized mob. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon publicly warned that if local authorities won’t enforce the laws protecting worshippers, the federal government will — and that’s the proper response when left-wing mobs are allowed to run wild.
Don Lemon’s posture — a onetime network star positioning himself with street agitators and then playing the persecuted journalist — exposes a double standard in our culture. If conservatives had stormed a Leftist church or campus chapel, the media would be howling for arrests within hours; the same standard must apply to the left’s favorites.
President Trump’s Department of Justice, if it’s serious about restoring order and defending religious liberty, should not treat this as mere political theater. Prosecutors ought to pursue the clear statutes at play — trespass, disorderly conduct, disturbing a religious meeting, and violations under the FACE Act — and make an example that sacred spaces are off-limits to political intimidation.
Every American who believes in law and order should be outraged when churches are targeted and when media figures enable the mob. We must demand accountability from those who foment chaos and insist our justice system protects the faithful, not the activists who think they are above the law.
