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A group of anti-ICE protesters barged into Cities Church in St. Paul on January 18, 2026, interrupting worship and chanting “ICE out” while accusing church leaders of colluding with federal agents. What should have been a Sunday of praise and prayer became another viral left-wing spectacle organized by Nekima Levy Armstrong and her allies, who apparently believe churches are fair game for political theater. Americans who show up to worship deserve better than to be shouted down for the sake of a media moment.
Don Lemon wasn’t merely reporting from the sidewalk — he livestreamed, interviewed participants before they entered, and followed the group inside as the service was disrupted, smiling and rationalizing the chaos. This isn’t journalism; it’s activism, and it’s telling that prominent hosts now traffic in mob-coverage rather than truth. When media figures join the agitators instead of standing with ordinary citizens whose rights are being trampled, you see the erosion of civic decency in real time.
The federal government has rightly taken notice: the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division opened an investigation into potential violations of the FACE Act after the church disruption. If Americans are not safe to pray without fear of harassment from political mobs, then the law must be enforced swiftly and without partisan squeamishness. Political protest has a place in this country, but storming a sanctuary crosses a legal and moral line that should not be tolerated.
Eyewitnesses reported families and children being frightened, parishioners leaving in tears, and pastors pleading for peace while officers stood by. Conservatives across the country are rightly furious — not just at the vandals who barged into a house of worship, but at the media enablers who turned a private moment of faith into a public episode of humiliation. If the left wants to make a point, they can do it lawfully; they do not get a hall pass to terrorize congregations.
To be clear about context: this stunt was built around accusations tied to a recent fatal encounter involving ICE that has inflamed Minneapolis politics, and activists insist they were protesting what they call abuses by federal agents. But righteous outrage is not an excuse to weaponize worship services — justice for any alleged victim requires legal process, not mob theater inside a pew. The double standard is glaring: the same voices that scream about “systemic injustice” suddenly embrace intimidation when it serves their agenda.
Patriots who love church, country, and the rule of law should demand accountability — prosecute anyone who broke the law, investigate the journalists who abetted it, and protect houses of worship from future intrusions. This is about more than one Sunday; it’s about whether American institutions will be allowed to operate free from intimidation. If conservatives stand silent while churches are turned into political battlegrounds, we will have already lost the culture and the commons that bind us together.
