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The Don Lemon Show

Lemon LIVE at 5 | Is MAGA Trying To Rig The Midterm Elections?!

The Don Lemon Show

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News, Society & Culture

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Tonight, we’re tackling DHS funding and election integrity. First, Don is joined by Hakeem Jeffries to break down the partial government shutdown fight over Department of Homeland Security funding and what it means for the country. Then we pivot to elections. Kristi Noem says they want to make sure the “right people” are voting. The right people? What exactly does that mean? And should Americans be concerned about how this administration plans to oversee this year’s election? Big stakes. Real consequences. No sugarcoating. 🍋 This episode is sponsored by Graza. Take your food to the next level with Graza. Visit https://graza.co/LEMON and use promo code LEMON today for 20% off your first order! This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. BetterHelp makes it easy to get matched online with a qualified therapist. Sign up and get 10% off at https://BetterHelp.com/donlemon 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 Lean. Let's get you started with 20% off and free rush shipping so you can add LEAN to you healthy diet and exercise plan. Visit https://TAKELEAN.com and enter LEMON for your discount. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Lots of discussion. You can see there. The minority leader is with us. Hakeem Jeffries, I just want to sort of tee you up. Good evening to you, leader. Let me just tee it up before I get to the questions. The Department of Homeland Security's funding has lapsed and lawmakers are deadlocked over a proposal to restore with Democrats seeking restrictions on the federal agents carrying out President Trump's

0:38.5

immigration crackdown. And so much to discuss with that, are there, will there be federal agents,

0:44.3

ICE agents at polling places come 2026, the 2026 midterms? So we have so much to discuss

0:50.9

with the leader, House Minority Leader, Hakeem Jeffries, has served New York's eighth congressional district since 2013. Thanks to joining us, Leader. How are you? Great to be with you. And before I say anything further, Don, just thank you for your courage, your character, your conviction. We're with you in this fight until you win this fight, and we know you're going to win this fight. It's

1:10.8

unjustified what the Department of Justice is doing. It's egregious and it's a stain on their

1:16.9

legacy which continues. But we're with you until this fight has been concluded. Thank you,

1:23.2

leader. I really appreciate that. So let's talk about getting to some normalcy

1:27.6

and having institutions attacked

1:30.1

that they want the institution of our elections

1:31.9

possibly attacked during 2026.

1:34.5

I know that you're in the fight now

1:36.1

to figure out what happens with the funding

1:38.2

of the Department of Homeland Security.

1:41.3

But that is a real question about the election,

1:46.0

election integrity come 2026. No doubt about it. We know that the president is going to try to do everything he can

1:53.4

to alter the electoral landscape to try to prevent there from being a free and fair election.

2:00.2

Because as we've seen over the last

2:02.2

14 months, Democrats have won every significant election now for 14 consecutive months,

2:08.6

including most recently in states like Texas and Louisiana, that they are frightened to death

2:16.3

because they know they're about to go down in flames electorally.

2:20.5

Now, in the midst of this funding fight, amongst the many demands that we've put on the table,

2:25.7

and we believe, look, ICE is out of control.

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