What Happens When MAGA Is Confronted By Facts?!

The Don Lemon Show

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🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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This morning, we're diving into a question that keeps coming up in American politics: why do so many MAGA influencers and pundits seem completely unprepared when they're confronted with basic facts? 😳 Don is joined by political commentator Adam Mockler to break down the media ecosystem, the misinformation machine, and why reality often seems to take a back seat to outrage. This episode is brought to you by Freedom From Religion Foundation. Visit https://ffrf.us/don or text DON 511511 to join or learn more. Because freedom belongs to all of us. Text Fees May Apply This episode is sponsored by Byron Publishing. 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. This episode is sponsored 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. See less carts go abandoned and more sales go with Shopify and their Shop Pay button.Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at https://SHOPIFY.COM/lemon WE HAVE MERCH!! Purchase here: https://don-lemon-merch-store.myshopify.com/ WATCH & Subscribe on YouTube @TheDonLemonShow! Become a member of our channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXs0PlIGUDSXfBaF7j-1euA/join Follow Don on Substack and Twitch! Listen on Apple, Spotify and iHeart Radio! The views and statements expressed by guests do not reflect the opinions of Don Lemon or The Don Lemon Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:46.7	Spend £200 on your first campaign and get a £200 credit. Go to LinkedIn.com slash lead. Terms and conditions apply. All right, what do you guys think? Music or no music?
0:47.9	I wonder if it's two people call it boomer music.
0:50.2	I do it because it's sort of a throwback.
0:53.4	That's the whole point of it. So music or not? Should we do the Don Lemon Show music as a start? Andy, you don't have that handy, right? I'm sure. But maybe we should play the music. We haven't played the music in a long time. We were going to play it the other day. Anyway, I'm sitting here talking to myself as I always do. Hi everybody um like and thumbs up you know the score hello
1:12.6	st. Louis STL you know I used to live in the st. Louis hello Dallas never lived there never lived
1:16.9	in Florida um yeah you like the music do you guys like the opening music it is a little it's catchy
1:23.2	right you love it is it tough to play again Andy you have to play it if you do you have to roll the
1:27.3	open again right we don't want to do yeah you got to see the whole open again but people seem to like it
1:32.2	people seem to like it all right good so when andy speaks we all listen grab your mug your
1:38.9	coffee andy's like e f hutton for those of you who are old enough do you even know what that is
1:44.1	andy not quite like E.F. Hutton, for those of you who are old enough. Do you even know what that is, Andy?
1:45.8	Not quite.
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1:55.3	I don't know if you guys remember that. So Grand Rising. All right. So like and thumbs up.
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