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Federalist Radio Hour

‘You're Wrong' With Mollie Hemingway And David Harsanyi, Ep. 185: Don Lemon

Federalist Radio Hour

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4.53.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Join Washington Examiner Senior Writer David Harsanyi and Federalist Book Editor Mark Hemingway as they discuss the arrest of Don Lemon, analyze the hypocrisy of celebrities' anti-ICE appeals at the Grammys, dive into the latest Epstein file update, and debate the geopolitical ramifications of potential regime change in Venezuela and Iran. Mark and David also review To Live and Die in L.A., The Night Manager, and Miracle: The Boys of '80.

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0:00.0

Welcome back, everyone to a new episode of Your Wrong with me, David Harsani, senior writer at the Washington Examiner.

0:22.0

Today, we have a special guest, another Hemingway, Mark Hemingway, who's sitting in for Molly.

0:27.6

Mark, you still iced in there?

0:30.0

Yeah, it's been pretty crazy.

0:31.3

I'm still trying to clear a section of sidewalk.

0:33.0

That's pure ice, but I've got all three cars mobile now, finally.

0:37.4

Nice. Yeah, it's finally warmed up here

0:40.9

I'm happy about that um I think today let's start with by talking a little more about Don

0:46.1

Lemon um mom and I spoke about him a bit but he's been arrested uh by the feds I think he was at an event or something, right? I forget exactly. But, um, yeah, I was at some event in Los Angeles. I, that's where they arrested him. Yeah, I totally am not a Don Lemon fan. I don't even really consider him any kind of real journalist. But I, stuff like this does concern me to some extent, right? Uh you have the feds going after someone who's embedded with a group that that does something that I think is clearly unlawful and unconstitutional, I guess I'd start with.

1:25.7

What is your concern level about this arrest, this being a journalist yourself?

1:30.4

That's a good question.

1:32.2

I'm writing a fine line here, like my instinctual reaction to any sort of journalists getting

1:38.8

arrested is one of unease.

1:41.9

And I think that applies here too.

1:45.3

That said, it is really astonishing if you listen to Lemon what he says ahead of the event,

1:57.1

the direct action thing, whatever he tagged along with.

1:59.9

I mean, he's speaking as if he's a participant and not a journalist.

2:03.8

You know, there are facts about the indictment that are very troubling in terms of, you know, he was, you know, in the church and he was asked several times by the pastor to leave, and he didn't.

2:17.2

There were, he was alleged he was blocking people, his human as camera career, whatever,

2:21.3

were blocking people from leaving the church, you know.

2:24.8

So there's all these things where, yes, he's a journalist, but was he acting like one

2:30.0

in his capacity?

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