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The Don Lemon Show

Could Athlete Activism Fight MAGA Redistricting?

The Don Lemon Show

18Hundred LLC.

News, Society & Culture

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Tonight, we break down the state of the American economy, and for a lot of people, things are feeling bleak. Inflation remains high, recession fears are growing, and millions of Americans are struggling just to keep up with the cost of basic necessities. Add in rising gas prices fueled by ongoing tensions and conflict abroad, and the pressure on everyday people keeps building. So how much worse could this get, and who’s actually paying the price? Then we pivot to the growing movement around sports and political protest. Calls are intensifying for athletes to boycott SEC events in states pushing racist redistricting plans that weaken Black political representation. Can sports create real political pressure? And could athlete activism actually move the needle? Tonight, Don is joined by activist and Tennessee State Representative Justin J. Pearson and sports journalist Jemele Hill to break it all down. This episode is brought to you by Helix. Go to helixsleep.com/DON for 27% off sitewide. Make sure you enter our show name after checkout, so they know we sent you! This episode is sponsored by Lean. Get started with 20% off and free rush shipping so you can add LEAN to you healthy diet and exercise plan. Visit https://takelean.com enter LEMON for your discount. This episode is brought to you by Incogni. Go to https://incogni.com/donlemon and use code donlemon for 60% off. Incogni HELPS wipe yourself from the Internet — they can’t harm you if they can’t find you. Click the link below to claim your 60% off and get your personal data off the market! Erase yourself from the internet This episode is sponsored by “Bullies, Parasites and Slaves.” Get your copy of “Bullies, Parasites and Slaves” at https://www.BPS.online or text the word, “BULLY” to 511511 and receive an immediate link to get the book – paperback, E-book or audio. Text Fees may apply. NMLS 182334, nmlsconsumeraccess.org. APR for rates in the 5s start at 6.327% for well qualified borrowers. Call 888-675-4090 for details about credit costs and terms. Visit http://www.AmericanFinancing.net/Lemon. Average savings based on borrowers who save over $199.99 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, everybody.

0:16.0

Hello everybody, Lemon Live at Five is on.

0:19.0

Welcome, everyone.

0:20.0

I'm glad that you are here this evening. Thank you so much. We're live. Unlike most people, we do lives. Every single day, that's our life. I'm live in front of this camera. I live in front of this camera, except today I went down for the count. I don't know if that's ever happened to you. You were just like, say, I'm going to lay down. I'm going to just take a little cat nap nap and then you wake up and you're like where am I everything was happening around me the team was meeting and I'm like the alarm was going off so that meant that means you're exhausted so I needed it so welcome to lemon live and five thank you make sure you hit the like and thumbs up it's really important I'm not sure everybody's been doing that make sure we had that up in the and subscribe. Hit the thumbs up. It's very important to the health of our channel and for us folks out here on these streaming streets. So again, I'm glad that you're here. You probably saw the thumbnail. I don't know what you guys think about this idea. I actually don't think it's a bad idea. When I say, when we say boycotts a black athletes boycott or a boycott, I forget which one we did,

1:15.5

boycott white schools basically is what they're saying.

1:18.3

I think that should be the thumbnail, boycott white schools.

1:20.7

Why don't we put that on there?

1:21.5

Make sure that's it.

1:23.1

Because they're asking black athletes to stop participating in these schools' wealth and livelihood

1:31.6

and go to black schools, support black schools.

1:35.6

I don't know if that's going to happen because people are like, I've got a football career.

1:38.8

That's the only thing.

1:39.5

Yeah, we'll see.

1:41.0

So I want to start with a quote.

1:42.6

A reporter asked the president a very simple question today.

1:45.2

We're going to get to all of that, by the way, as he was walking out to Marine One, headed to China,

1:49.5

he said, when you are negotiating with Iran, to what extent are Americans financial situations

1:56.2

motivating you to make a deal? Roll it. I don't think about American financial situation.

2:04.6

I don't think about anybody.

2:05.6

I think about one thing.

2:08.6

I don't think about Americans financial situation.

2:12.6

Basically, he said, I think about one thing, and he said that's so that Iran won't get a nuclear weapon. Well, if he were being honest about it, there was no intelligence, no imminent threat.

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