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The Don Lemon Show

Lemon LIVE at 5 | BREAKING: Gavin Newsom vs. Donald Trump - IT'S ON! - August 14th, 2025

The Don Lemon Show

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News, Society & Culture

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

California is officially jumping into the fight against Trump and MAGA’s racist, unconstitutional gerrymandering schemes in Texas and beyond. Governor Gavin Newsom spoke out today, calling for action, and it’s clear: the gloves are off. Democrats are finally showing some fight. Joining us to break it all down are Reecie Colbert and our very own Lemon Legends. From the legal battles to the political stakes, we’re covering how this showdown could shape the future of our elections. This episode is brought to you by Shopify. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial and start selling today at https://shopify.com/lemon This episode is sponsored by ZBiotics. Go to https://zbiotics.com/LEMON and use LEMON at checkout for 15% off any first time orders of ZBiotics probiotics. This episode is sponsored by Wild Alaskan. Not all fish are the same! Get seafood you can trust. Go to https://wildalaskan.com/LEMON for $35 off your first box of premium, wild-caught seafood. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://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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0:00.0

Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming.

0:02.3

Hiya.

0:02.9

So, Benny has really blossomed this term.

0:05.6

You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay.

0:09.6

Oh, that's not quite what I meant.

0:11.1

It's free to sell on there?

0:12.3

Free to sell?

0:13.4

Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket.

0:16.8

You sold my guitar?

0:19.9

Shall we talk about Benning?

0:22.1

When it's this easy to sell for free,

0:24.3

you can't help but say you when it's eBay.

0:26.7

Things people love.

0:28.0

T's and Cs apply, exclusive vehicles.

0:33.8

Music Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Down Limit Show. We start starting with breaking news. You see a lot of folks up there on your screen. Recy Colbert is joining us. She's going to help us get through this. She's going to talk about she has an economics degree. We're going to talk about what's happening with the economy and the jobs numbers that came today or the economic numbers that came in today. But we're going to start with some breaking news. And that is on this Texas redistricting efforts and this special session and the breaking of quorum. And I'm joined now by

1:12.4

Representative Jolanda Jones from the Texas legislature, also Charlene Ward Johnson, also on the Texas

1:17.9

legislature. Politico is reporting this. Politico is saying that the Texas Democrats have

1:25.3

signaled that they are poised to end their redistricting walkout.

1:30.4

Representatives, welcome to the show. Is this true? What's going on? Thank you. Some people are going

1:35.4

back. We're not. They are going back after all of this. What's the point then? What was the

1:43.2

point of all of this? I can't speak for them,

1:46.3

but I can tell you that for myself, and Rep Ward Johnson will tell you for herself, I came here

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