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The Don Lemon Show

Republicans Held a Moment of Silence for Derek Chauvin...WTF?!

The Don Lemon Show

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News, Society & Culture

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Don reacts to the outrageous moment Minnesota Republicans held a moment of silence for Derek Chauvin, the man convicted of murdering George Floyd. Seriously... what the hell is going on here? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Minnesota Republican Party just held a moment of silence for Derek Chauvin.

0:06.0

If you don't remember that name, he's a police officer who's convicted of killing George Floyd.

0:10.0

They held a moment of silence, not for George Floyd, but the man who killed George Floyd and was convicted of killing George Floyd.

0:18.0

It was Saturday at their state convention in Duluth before any

0:22.7

official business. A delegate stood up and asked the room to bow their heads for the man who

0:31.5

kneeled on George Floyd's neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds while George Floyd called out

0:40.3

for his mother and begged for his life.

0:46.3

If you thought the Republican Party had sunk as far as they can right now,

0:50.3

the party of MAGA has not.

0:52.3

So Derek Chauvin, just to remind you, is not dead. Derek Chauvin just to remind you is not dead

0:56.0

Derek Chauvin is very much alive in federal custody in Big Spring Texas he is

1:01.5

serving 22 years for second-degree murder convicted in state court as well

1:08.5

convicted in federal court every appeal has been denied every legal

1:13.8

challenge has been rejected and a judge denied his request for a new trial just this month

1:20.8

and the minnesota republican party stood up for him anyway days after the sixth anniversary of

1:26.7

george floyd's death in the state where George Floyd died.

1:31.5

Now, there's a state representative that was behind this. It was Danny Nadal. He led this, you know,

1:37.9

moment of silence. He's not a rogue delegate. He's a sitting state representative after taking

1:43.9

an informal vote of the room.

1:47.1

And now conservatives.

1:50.0

I think the thing that you should know that led to this because for a while now,

1:53.3

there have been conservatives, including Ben Shapiro, pushing for Trump to pardon Derek Chauvin. Watch.

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