Don Lemon claims some non secular teams have White supremacy 'entitlement'

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Former CNN host Don Lemon recommended among the outrage after he adopted a group of anti-ICE agitators who stormed right into a St. Paul church got here from "non secular teams" who really feel "entitled" as a consequence of White supremacy.

Lemon, an impartial journalist since being fired by CNN in 2023, has been documenting the Minnesota chaos following the deadly ICE taking pictures of Renee Nicole Good. On Sunday, he entered the Cities Church throughout a service together with anti-ICE agitators and started filming, telling viewers that "the liberty to protest" is what the First Modification is all about.

Although Lemon has been put "on notice" by the Justice Division, he stood by his reporting and agreed with "I've Had It" podcast host Jennifer Welch on Monday that the backlash in opposition to him is getting used to intimidate him as an "impartial, homosexual, Black, comfortable, profitable man."

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Don Lemon has been criticized for following anti-ICE protesters right into a church service. (Don Lemon/YouTube)

"The entire level of it's they're detaining individuals on the streets due to accents and the colour of their pores and skin," Lemon said . "They usually're additionally concentrating on individuals of shade and Black individuals, in addition to Brown individuals, so there's a sure diploma of racism there."

He added that there is additionally a stage of "entitlement" that comes from sure non secular teams, although it was unclear whether or not he included members of Cities Church.

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"I feel people who find themselves, you already know, within the non secular teams like that, it is not the kind of Christianity that I apply, however I feel that they are entitled, and that entitlement comes from a supremacy, a White supremacy," Lemon mentioned.

Anti-ICE protesters focused the Cities Church on Sunday, shouting down churchgoers in the midst of providers. (Fb/DawokeFarmer2)

Regardless of his viral coverage of the protest , Lemon expressed shock that he turned "the face" of the protest, insisting that he was not conscious the protesters deliberate to enter a church. He recommended the eye to him was additionally a transfer to stoke a "racist" base.

"I mentioned, 'How did I change into the face of this?' And my producer mentioned, 'Don, you are a homosexual, Black man in America and you've got a platform, and also you're the most important title. After all, you are going to be the person who they single out, and they are going to make the headline as a result of it performs to their base. And their base is stuffed with racist, bigoted homophobes,'" Lemon mentioned.

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Fox News Digital reached out to Lemon for remark.

Don Lemon stood by his reporting in a remark to Fox Information Digital after his video went viral. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Pictures)

In an announcement after the video was printed, Lemon claimed that he has since confronted "violent threats" directed at him "by MAGA supporters and amplified by elements of the right-wing press" for his reporting.

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"If this a lot time and power goes to be spent manufacturing outrage, it might be much better used investigating the tragic death of Renee Nicole Good — the very challenge that introduced individuals into the streets within the first place," Lemon mentioned. "I stand by my reporting."

Fox Information' Brian Flood and Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi contributed to this report.

Lindsay Kornick is an affiliate editor for Fox Information Digital. Story ideas may be despatched to lindsay.kornick@fox.com and on Twitter: @lmkornick.