HOT TOPICS | National Guard in Los Angeles: Trump's War On America - June 9th, 2025

The Don Lemon Show

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Society & Culture, News

3.8 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Thousands of Los Angeles residents hit the streets to protest ICE’s increasingly aggressive raids, exercising their First Amendment rights, as Americans tend to do. But instead of listening or de-escalating, Donald Trump decided to call in the National Guard. That’s right: federal troops, deployed without the governor’s request for the first time in decades. California officials are demanding they stand down. Trump’s cabinet is doubling down. So the question is: Are we witnessing the rise of an American Gestapo? Is this just more MAGA authoritarian cosplay, or something far more dangerous? We’re digging into the legal, political, and moral chaos of the moment, because if the federal government is now targeting citizens for protesting injustice… that’s not law and order. That’s a crackdown. Buckle up, Lemon Nation. This is not normal. WE HAVE MERCH!! Purchase here: https://don-lemon-merch-store.myshopify.com/ This episode is brought to you by Shopify. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial and start selling today at SHOPIFY. COM/lemon This episode is sponsored by Lean. Get started with 20% off when you enter LEMON20 at takelean.com. This episode is brought to you by Beam. Visit https://shopbeam.com/LEMON and use code LEMON to get our exclusive discount of up to 40% off. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/donlemon and get on your way to being your best self. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.2	Good morning, everybody.
0:32.5	Good morning, everybody. Good morning. Let me just apologize right off the top because we were ready early, but then we realized we had so much information, so much material to gather for you,
0:56.0	that it took us a little longer. I wanted to make sure that we had everything.
1:00.8	Because good morning. I hope that you had a great weekend. I'm so glad that you're here. You know,
1:06.4	you know that, right? And you know the thing where I talk is say, hit the thumbs up for the algorithm, the algorithm all of that okay thank you for joining us this morning for our live and
1:13.9	again I apologize because sometimes there are just no words for what's going on
1:20.1	like all weekend when this started happening I kept saying I think the thing that
1:24.0	comes to mind is outraged when people say, is this really America?
1:28.2	This isn't America.
1:29.6	Yeah, this is America.
1:32.5	This is America.
1:34.3	What you are, what you witnessed and are witnessing now.
1:39.1	Okay?
1:39.8	I'm just going to put up the video because I was so outraged.
1:43.4	I was so outraged. And you people should be outraged. And I'm not going to put up the video because I was so outraged. I was so outraged and you people should be outraged.
1:47.3	And I'm not outraged by the protests.
1:50.3	And look, let me just start with a caveat and say,
1:52.9	no one, I am not, I don't believe anyone is condoning any type of violence.
1:59.8	Do not get me wrong.
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