Don Lemon and His Agitator Friends are a DISTRACTION From the REAL Scandal, Says James Woods

What this episode is about

James Woods critiques Don Lemon and highlights what he perceives as a distraction from more significant issues, likening current media tactics to historical military deceptions. He argues that the focus on Lemon's controversies diverts attention from critical national concerns, analogizing it to pivotal moments in American history where diversions were employed strategically.

Key takeaways

• Church trespassers? A federal crackdown might just be a symbolic Hail Mary in a stalled game.
• Don Lemon as a journalistic 'dingleberry'—a colorful claim, but is sensationalism the new media standard?
• Political diversion tactics: less '1776' heroism, more modern-day theatrics; who needs substance when drama sells?
• Democrats accused of graft and corruption—irony is their traditional 'vote early, vote often' mantra morphs into reality.
• Assassinating Hitler hypothetical: our moral compass bends, but is it okay when the target is Trump?

Who speaks in this episode?

• Megyn Kelly (Guest) · 4 min speaking
• James Woods (Guest) · 9 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 3:00: James Woods, Nicki Minaj
2. 3:00 – 6:00: Tammy Hall
3. 6:00 – 9:00: Nicki Minaj
4. 9:00 – 12:00: Birch Gold Group, James Woods

Notable quotes from "Don Lemon and His Agitator Friends are a DISTRACTION From the REAL Scandal, Says James Woods"

• Right., But, there's, there's, something here that you're going to be surv I look I know what you wanted to hear me say is James Woods is going to come on. He's going to rip…

  about James Woods · at 0:07

• They can't deport me because my family's been here. She brought it. Oh, she was great. James Woods and Nicki Minaj. Whoever would have thought two peas in a pup. No. Anyway, my…

  about Nicki Minaj · at 1:52

• Supermarkets like people do in local elections, every time you were around a Democrat, the joke was, Hey, vote early, vote often. And they say it Oh, it's a little joke. Except…

  about Tammy Hall · at 4:37

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Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Nicki Minaj — Person · Referenced celebrity (used as supporting example) · 4 mentions · first at 1:47
  Cited for a provocative social-media post about Don Lemon; discussion frames media reaction to her language versus the underlying allegation/anger.
• James Woods — Person · Referenced speaker/guest figure (invoked by host/guest) · 3 mentions · first at 0:12
  Mentioned as someone expected to strongly criticize Don Lemon; later paired rhetorically with Nicki Minaj as unlikely allies in the narrative.

Companies & orgs

• Birch Gold Group — Company · 1 mention · first at 11:41

Concepts & topics

• Tammy Hall — Concept · 2 mentions · first at 3:42

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 I just feel like it was a red line to go into a church and the full force of federal law needs to be brought down on everyone who did it.

0:07 Right., But, there's, there's, something here that you're going to be surv I look I know what you wanted to hear me say is James Woods is going to come on. He's going to rip Don Lemon a new Not that I'd be the first person to have done that by the way. Oops. Anyway, so but the the bottom line is this is all a dog and pony show. It's a trick. I I give you an example of what I'm talking about. Do you ever see the movie The Patriot with Mel Gibson? At the end of The Patriot, the militia guys, the hardworking colonials who want to build this beautiful country, stand on the line against the British regulars. They have no chance of surviving. They break and they run over a hill. The British now they've got them. They're going to go over and slaughter them all. And as they come over the hill, the entire colonial army is waiting for them and wipes them out. Sends Bannister Talton to Yorktown to hide with Cornwallis and

1:03 they end up surrendering to Washington and America is born. I am a ninth generation descendant of uh one of the patriots who was one of the militia men at the battle of Kalpins which was just a few days ago short of for 245 years ago. It was in January of of 17 uh uh uh 81. Now, why am I bringing this up? Because they were a diversionary tactic.

1:28 Don, Lemon,, a, journalist., I, mean,, this guy a journalist here. Here's another sound bite for you. They're going to love this one. Don Lemon is the dingleberry hanging off the ass of American journalism. Okay? And let me tell you, when CNN got rid of him, they didn't wipe hard enough. But all of that's colorful and it'll be a headline tomorrow. I know. Everywhere. Uh, not as good as me. Nicki Minaj, by the way. And they can't deport me because my family's been here. She brought it. Oh, she was she was great. James Woods and Nicki Minaj. Whoever would have thought two peas in a pup. No. Anyway, you know, my family's been here since 1721. So, I I have a pretty good chance of not getting deported, I think. But here's the bottom line. This is a trick. It's a diversion.

2:13 This small man, Don Lemon, is, you know he was aware of everything that was going to go on. Oh, we're MAGA coded. He knew all the strategies because he planned it. He wasn't just embedded. He was literally one of the ring leaders of this heinous act. And of course, we're all enraged, disgusted, disappointed just ready to just eat blood red meat to to stop this kind of insanity. And that's what they want us to do. Because you know what they really are trying to do?

2:51 Divert, us, from, their, fraud., You, betcha. And it's not just a scandal, Megan. The Democratic Party, every single thing they do is centered on one strategy. How can we stay in power with nothing to offer the American people? There's nothing they have to offer. Nothing. They don't offer anything. All they do is take. They take trillions of dollars it's turning out, in graft and greed and corruption. Why are they taking the money? To fund their campaigns to make sure that they can get in power. When they're in power, they open the floodgates. They let unvaccinated unvetted illegals storm across the border to wreak whatever havoc they're going to wreak. But the one thing they're going to do is vote Democrat because they know where the money is and they know where the prizes are and they know where all the the the free crap is. In the old days of Tammy Hall, they stand outside a voting booth with five bucks in their

3:48 hand. the bad guy to vote. You know, my my brother ran uh for mayor in our my late brother, God rest his soul, uh ran for mayor in our little town in War Rhode Island. And in Rhode Island, you have to run as a Democrat because you can't win any other way. It's like California. There are no Republicans in office. And anyway, he ran as a Democrat. And you know, I I noticed, you know, and I supported him. People said, "You're supporting your brother. Aren't you more aren't you rightwing?" I was like, "No I'm very centrist. I believe in the Constitution. I believe in the laws of the land. My brother's a good and decent man, so I support him and, you know he'll have his opinions and and I'll have mine and maybe he'll listen to some of my stuff. Maybe I'll learn something from him." But either way, he's a good man and I support him. Every single fundraiser event where we sit outside supermarkets like people do in local

4:39 elections, every time you were around a Democrat, the joke was, "Hey, vote early, vote often." And they say it like, "Oh, it's a little joke." Except when you say a mantra long enough, there are people who sort of feel it's okay. Why was everything they do is a scam. Why were they no kings pro no kings for Christ sake? It's so absurd. No kings. Trump's a dictator. All this stuff. You know why? If you took a poll of anybody in America and you said, "Listen, you go back in time and you could assassinate Adolf Hitler, commit a crime, murder the leader of a country, would you do it?"

5:18 And yes, because according to Pia Colberg in their theories of moral development, the greatest level of moral development is even to break the standard law to do a greater good which any decent human being would know was necessary for the survival of the race and to rid the world of Hitler was important. So the ends justify the means. Now, if you call Donald Trump a dictator and everybody supports him a fascist and we're all Nazis and we're all pedophiles, we're all, you know, you say, "Listen, we got to get rid of this guy, no matter, what.", How, is, it, even possible that any American citizen can watch a presidential candidate, a former president of the United States, and about to be the future president of the United States, get shot in the head, oh it was only in his ear, but okay. three inches over and his brains would be splattered across the the podium the way John Kennedy's were across the back of a

6:15 limousine. Okay. And we've been watching that video that's a prud film for 40, 50 years. Okay. Now, why is it there were people making jokes, entertainers making joke from the stage, you know, I mean

6:30 journalists, questioning, whether, it, even happened while while Cory Crompi is dead behind him, suggesting the whole thing is an op that Trump did just to make him him look good himself look good. But listen, I So, let me ask you this because I agree with you. The Somali fraud scandal is

6:44 of, epically, bad, proportions. Don't, take, the, bait., And, don't, take, the bait. Well, but but but okay, but I disagree on that point because

6:53 Well,, what what, what, I'm, not, saying, that you shouldn't take the baby. You, can't, like, what, what, next?, Do, they they storm a maternity ward and terrorize the babies and we just say don't take the big No, them. them. We can fight many battles at once.

7:07 When, you, ask, that, question,, are, they still in the maternity war? This is the party of that murdered 50 million babies in the womb. I mean, I Yeah

7:15 which, is, why, I, wouldn't, want, them anywhere near the maternity war. I'm just saying like we we we have to fight the certain tactics go beyond

7:23 and, they, must, be, answered, and, I, agree with you 100%. It's, a, new, low. I, I, agree, with, you, 100%., But, in, the process of doing that, okay, we can't you know, it's that bright shiny object. Oh, look over here. And it's like, oh you know, but when Nicki Minaj pointed out all the heinous things that this little man, this fake journalist, this pathetic mean-spirited racist um poor excuse for an American uh decided to to to lead a a this this mob into a Rockwell painting. I mean, it's a little kid sitting with their parents worshiping God. I mean, when when that all happened, the only thing that the liberal press reported in the newspaper was the unfortunate word that she used.

8:12 Um, and when we start, you know, the only thing Michelle Obama The, word, you're, looking, for, is cocktucker. Yeah. Is that what we're talking the Nicki the Nicki Minaj tweet? Yeah.

8:22 Just, to, put, a, lovely, spin, on, it., Let's see. She she tweeted out about lemon.

8:26 Don sucking, lemon., Forgive, me., Is disgusting. How dare you? I want that thug in jail. He would never do that to any other religion. Lock him up. And then a picture of

8:40 like, the, maniacal, doll., I, don't, actually know this particular doll. This is probably somebody from some horror movie, but I I don't do horror. It's too disturbing to me

8:47 right?, Her, her, name, actually, is, Megan, but we'll talk about that another time.

8:50 Oh,, that's, Megan., Oh,, I, did, see, Megan., I did see Megan. I didn't recognize

8:54 wrong, spelling., Yeah., So,, she's, got, the Democrats. And, now, people, are, ripping, on, Yeah, they're now ripping on Nicki Minaj for being homophobic. Hello. Beside the point, it's not homophobic. She's using a slur to rattle him because she's ticked off. Says nothing of how she feels about gays. But here's what I think you were right about. When when the Democrats in in uh invested in the kind of lawfare that it was it was so egregious that it literally undermined the the fabric of our of our legal system and of our nation. I mean 132 indictments for a law that wasn't even on the books and all this stuff. The fake impeachments and all that stuff. Well, of course, it backfired on them. I agree that we've got to do um we've got to just honor the law. Our job is to obey the law and enforce the law. Our our law our uh uh law enforcement officers whether they be the immigration services, homeland security, FBI, local

10:01 police, they swear an oath to uphold the laws of the land. You may not like the laws. I'm a Roman Catholic. I think abortion is murder. I'm not going to go out and shoot an abortion doctor because I disagree. I'm not going to shed a tear if those people have an unfortunate life because in my mind they're killers. But I've got to obey the laws of the land. These people have decided that they're going to recreate the Constitution out of whole cloth. And it's ironic. during the 250th anniversary celebration of the Declaration of Independence which was centered on

10:36 you, point, out, that, this, is, like, this, is all part of the Democrat's plan to get elected because they want illegals here and they want them ultimately they need them here

10:43 and, what, like, look, well, look, at, Virginia you know I just as recently as 20 years ago when I started at Fox News Virginia was red

10:51 it, wasn't, purple, it, certainly, wasn't blue it was red and it was pretty firmly deep red state uh southern state and it quickly quickly migrated into purple and then into blue. And what is Abigail Spamburgger's first act when she becomes when she gets sworn in as governor there? She stops the cooperation with ICE. She wants to make it easier for every illegal in Virginia to do whatever the hell they want. She doesn't care that they're going to be molesting children., They're, going to, be, murdering innocent moms like we've seen. What she really cares about is that they get to vote, James. And that's obvious because Democrats keep doing it in state after state after state. A new year means new financial goals, like making sure your savings are secure and diversified. Will this be the year you decide to talk to somebody from Birch Gold Group? You know, you've been thinking about it.

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Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Don Lemon and His Agitator Friends are a DISTRACTION From the REAL Scandal, Says James Woods"?

Megyn Kelly (Guest), James Woods (Guest).

What is "Don Lemon and His Agitator Friends are a DISTRACTION From the REAL Scandal, Says James Woods" about?

James Woods critiques Don Lemon and highlights what he perceives as a distraction from more significant issues, likening current media tactics to historical military deceptions. He argues that the focus on Lemon's controversies diverts attention from critical national concerns, analogizing it to pivotal moments in American history where diversions were employed strategically.

What is mentioned in this Megyn Kelly episode?

4 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Nicki Minaj, James Woods, Birch Gold Group, Tammy Hall. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Don Lemon and His Agitator Friends are a DISTRACTION From the REAL Scandal, Says James Woods"?

The episode runs 13 min; the transcript is about 2,312 words in 29 timestamped sections.

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