After St. Paul Church Stunt, Don Lemon Accuses His Critics Of ‘Homophobia And Racism’, by Alex Christy

By Alex Christy, MRC TV, January 23rd, 2026

As of Friday, former CNN host Don Lemon has been able to avoid being arrested for his role in a Sunday takeover of a St. Paul church service thanks to some judicial activism. Reacting to everything on his Thursday podcast, Lemon patted himself on the back for his role in the incident while accusing his critics of “homophobia and racism.”

While Lemon has thus far avoided legal problems, the leaders of Sunday’s incident have not been so lucky. Responding to certain criticisms that everyone involved violated the same law that the left uses to prosecute people who block the entrances to abortion clinics, Lemon insisted that not only is he immune, but his friends should be as well:

I wasn’t a protester. And everybody knew that if my name was in it, that it would be big news. ‘Oh my God, we got this one.’ And not the people who are on the ground who are doing great work, meaning the journalists who are there, not the protesters. That’s a whole different thing. People can protest, they have their First Amendment rights. And they are allowed to protest, but I was not a protester, nor am I a protester. …