Why ARRESTS Must Happen After Protesters and Don Lemon Interrupt Church Service, w/ Michael Knowles

Who speaks in this episode?

• Megyn Kelly (Guest) · 6 min speaking
• Michael Knowles (Guest) · 10 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 3:00: Face Act, Donald Trump, French Revolution, Bolevik Revolution
2. 3:00 – 6:00: Spanish Civil War
3. 6:00 – 9:00: Birch Gold Group
4. 9:00 – 12:00: Face Act, French Revolution

Notable quotes from "Why ARRESTS Must Happen After Protesters and Don Lemon Interrupt Church Service, w/ Michael Knowles"

• Allow them to cross. I don't care if it takes the National Guard, if it takes all of Pam Bondi's DOJ, if it takes President Trump personally making a visit to this church. I…

  about Donald Trump · at 0:11

• Want to defend innocent human life are limited when they advocate outside of abortion clinics. that the Face Act was passed and the only way they were able to ram it through is…

  about Face Act · at 1:39

• They target the churches in the French Revolution, in the Bolevik Revolution, in the Spanish Civil War in Mexico. They do it for a purpose. I'm reminded there was this clip going viral of a BBC.

  about French Revolution · at 2:56

• You see because you're going to go confront a bunch of white Baptist in Minneapolis. A new year means new financial goals like making sure your savings are secure and…

  about Birch Gold Group · at 6:14

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Donald Trump — Person · Referenced political leader (executive authority figure) · 1 mention · first at 0:17
  Mentioned as someone who could personally intervene; also framed as part of a federal enforcement posture alongside Bondi.
• Peter Kreeft — Person · 1 mention

Concepts & topics

• Face Act — Concept · Key argument · 3 mentions · first at 1:42
  Discussed as a law intended to protect religious worship and abortion clinics, but criticized for selective enforcement.

Places & events

• French Revolution — Event · Referenced event · 2 mentions · first at 2:56
  Cited as historical precedent for targeting churches by political opponents.
• Bolevik Revolution — Event · Referenced event · 1 mention · first at 2:58
  Mentioned alongside the French Revolution as an example of historical attacks on churches.
  They target the churches in the French Revolution, in the Bolevik Revolution, in the Spanish Civil War in Mexico. They do it for a purpose. I'm reminded there was this clip going viral of a BBC.
• Spanish Civil War — Event · Referenced event · 1 mention · first at 3:00
  Referenced as another historical instance where churches were targeted by political movements.
  They target the churches in the French Revolution, in the Bolevik Revolution, in the Spanish Civil War in Mexico. They do it for a purpose. I'm reminded there was this clip going viral of a BBC.

Sponsors

• Birch Gold Group — Company · Sponsor · 1 mention · first at 6:25
  Promoted as a financial service for diversifying savings with gold investments.

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 This is so infuriating. Like it's actually making my blood boil. I want everyone in jail. I want all of them arrested. Um I just think th this is this is the line beyond which we cannot allow them to cross. I don't care if it takes the National Guard, if it takes all of Pam Bondi's DOJ, if it takes President Trump personally making a visit to this church. I don't care what has to be done, but this is the red line and they've crossed it.

0:24 Yes, of course. Megan, my thought during your excellent monologue was, Megan, how do you really feel? you know, will you please tell us how you really feel here? And and of course, you use this word terrorism. That's not hyperbole. Terrorism has a definition. There are all sorts of violence. There's uh state violence. You know, there's there's war, there's just war, there's law enforcement, there are crimes of passion, there all different kinds of violence. Terrorism has a specific definition. It's when you target civilians with violence to achieve political ends. That is exactly what happened here. when Don Lemon goes out and he pretend pretends he presents himself as if he's just a journalist covering this. Now, it seems though he actually was working with the agitators.

1:05 When he says that protest is about traumatizing people, that just isn't true. I'm sure he's not familiar with the Constitution or the meaning of most words, but protesting is for peacefibly assembling to petition the government for a redress of grievances. That's where the supposed right to protest comes from in the Constitution. When you traumatize kids at church to achieve a political end, that is a form of terrorism. And to your point, Megan, it violates federal law because there's this law which is frankly preposterous which says that uh Christians and people who want to just generally people who want to defend innocent human life uh are limited when they advocate outside of abortion clinics. that the Face Act was passed and the only way they were able to ram it through is to say, "Look, we'll we'll stop demonstrations at abortion clinics, but we'll also stop demon demonstrations at churches." So,

1:54 you've got the churches for, you know, the church of the right is just church and the church of the left is the abortion clinic. And I I'm even thinking of the line of Peter Craraft, a brilliant observation, which is that, you know, abortion is the sacrament of the left. It even uses the centerpiece of the Christian liturgy. You know, the the the holy communion when the priest says, "This is my body." He's quoting Christ. This is my body which will be given up for you. And the left takes it and inverts it to satanic purposes.

2:22 Says, "This is my body." You know, and they use it to sacrifice a little baby. So, they they the face act is supposed to protect both. It's only ever really used to protect the abortion clinics. Well, here, yes, obviously the federal government has to get involved. Uh the one part I disagree with though in your monologue Megan is when you say these people are busting in. This is for some people the one time of the week when they feel closest to Christ and they're praying and they're worshiping and this gives them some comfort. And you know the left they don't know that. I think the left does know that. You know I I I think actually you see throughout history they always target the churches.

2:56 They target the churches in the French Revolution, in the Bolevik Revolution, in the Spanish Civil War in Mexico. They do it for a purpose. I'm reminded there was this clip going viral of a BBC presenter. She was interviewing a young man. Said, "Who are your heroes?" He said, "Kendrick Lamar and my biggest hero is Jesus. She audibly hisses. This is something out of the New Testament, like there's a demon there or something." Uh, you know, this is really spooky stuff. And uh you you see this nasty spirit animating leftist agitators throughout history.

3:27 Yes. I honestly like I've never felt so aware of demonic forces around us. I I truly haven't. Like started with Charlie Kirk's assassination, Michael, and I have just felt like they're everywhere ever since. Something has been unleashed that feels truly unholy. We we have never needed St. Michael more than right now. And like I to cross into somebody's place of worship. I do wonder, you know, I do it'll be very interesting to see how the mainstream covers this today because I guarantee if you had a bunch of white MAGA types invading a mosque, this would be everywhere. And and I I like I wonder how would it be how would it be covered if you had a bunch of people invading a synagogue in today's day and age and getting in the face of Jewish worshippers? Will there be any understanding or empathy for Christians who are in there worshiping uh on a Sunday at a Baptist service? Here's how Don Lemon saw it moments before he

4:35 joined the resistance organization to go into that church. This is him outside of the church at the initial meeting. Seems pretty clear he knew exactly what they were about to do in sat 6.

4:46 Well, this is kind of MAGA coded, right? Saw the American flag or whatever, but these are resistance protesters. They're planning an operation that we're going to follow them on. I can't tell you exactly what they're doing, but it's called Operation Pullup. Again, this is um an operation that is in secret that they invited uh folks out. Can't tell you what is going to happen, but you're going to watch it live unfold here on the Don Lemon Show. Um there are this reason looks the for this reason. Um it may look like MAGA coded. Um but there's a reason they have so many white people here. I'm just going to be honest. It's because of the the what they're the operation that they're doing today. It's important to have allies, as they said, white allies here.

5:33 This is unbelievable. The the flag and the white people make it quote MAGAcoded. They had to have whites. He he wants to excuse the presence of whites to his audience with his stupid DL mic flag. Don Lemon mic flag. Okay, Don. He's really missing missing his CNN days when he mattered. Um he has to excuse the presence of white people there because you see like they're going he he's about to do the big reveal. They're going into a Baptist church service. And so you see you need you need some whites. Hello. Lots of black people are Baptist too. I don't you you'd think you'd know that but no.

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7:27 Of course, he he makes a number of uncomfortable admissions right now, which he should get blowback for in the media, but also he's probably going to have blowback from prosecutors on. He's admitting that he's in on it. You know, he's he's clearly one of the organizers of this. But but the even the worst admission, I think, is when he comes out and he says, "Yeah, and you know, it's maga coded." I mean, they've got American flags or like whatever. As if to say, "Our political movement, the left-wing political movement is anti-America." He says, "Yeah, there's some white people, you know, like I'm sorry about that." Uh, you know, but we have to do it. It's MAGA coded. As if to say, our political movement, the left-wing political movement is anti-white people. It's it's anti-white, anti-American, anti It's anti-Christian.

8:07 Obviously, it is. And so, you know, when you ask how will this be covered by the establishment outlets, they'll they'll try to downplay it entirely. Uh, you know, if if this were a mosque, this would be treated as the worst, most egregious form of terrorism ever in the history of the world. Because the left uniformly seems to worship Muslims, not because they agree with Islam, but because they all have a common enemy, which is the country and Christianity. If it were a synagogue, it would probably be 5050 because some of the left is is pro-Jews, a lot of the left is anti-Jews. you would have you would have mixed coverage of it. The one thing the left is certainly in agreement on though is it's anti-Christian. And so they they go in there, Don Lemon is obviously helping to organize this thing. He says, "I have a little secret, but I'm not going to let you in on it right now." And then he gets up in the

8:50 face of that pastor and just let me wait hold that thought. I want to give you the exact quote. He in the car beforehand in the car before the sat we showed. He he says, "Quote, we don't know what's happening. We kind of do, but we don't know how it's going to play out, right?" and he mentioned the word church accidentally before they arrived. He was obviously trying to hide where they were going on the way over during the live stream, but he knew full well what they were about to do. Keep going.

9:13 These are the the the secret plans that Don, you know, is letting slip a little bit. The very fact that he has the secret, you know, tells you he's complicit. And then he goes up in the face.

9:21 Not not exactly a Navy Seal, is he? I would not send him into Venezuela. Okay. I That guy is not clandestine. But but he goes up to that pastor and he starts mocking him. And this is what the leftist radicals have been doing to Christians going back at least to the French Revolution. Frankly, uh this is what opponents of Christianity have been doing going back to ancient Rome is they is they mock the Christians. And so he says, "Well, I thought you were a Christian. Why aren't you just talking to these people who obviously have no right to just invade interrupt a worship service and but he said, "Why don't you just talk to them?" You can hear them shrieking and screaming in the background. Good on the the pastor for saying, you know, I don't think they want to talk. I don't think anyone's interested in talking here. And this obviously is not the time or place for that. Then Don Lemon, it actually cut

10:03 out, but a little bit later in that clip, Don Lemon says, "Well, look, I mean, I'm a Christian. Look, I'm a Christian." And you you have to ask yourself, in what meaningful way is this man a Christian? We don't need to get into his personal life, but even just his public behavior here. Uh well, it doesn't it doesn't change.

10:17 I mean, his personal life is relevant to the the following extent. He he has no children. He's a gay man in a gay marriage with no children. And he has absolutely no empathy for the children sitting there. I mean, he really doesn't. He's like, "Too bad. Trauma is all part of it. Suck it up." As mothers comforting their young sons is apparently so long ago in his history, if it ever happened, between Dawn and his own mom, that he's forgotten that children actually do have a right to feel safe, especially in a place of worship, and might feel unsafe with Mr.

10:48 Kelly, a serial agitator who's running around actually hurting people, um, bursts into his church and screams in his face in the face of his parents. Don doesn't seem to understand that at all. Maybe if he actually had a child, he might.

11:00 And don't forget the specific context here. It's not just that kids have been accustomed since Coline to recognize that in schools, in churches, in public places, they could be shot up. They could be targeted. But but specifically there was

11:13 which just happened, Michael? Yeah. Were you just going to say it just happened? Yes. In Minneapolis, like it just happened. And the nerve

11:20 specifically Christian kids. Yes. Exactly. absolutely no sympathy or empathy for them whatsoever. The law there's there there is the trespass law and by the way you as a journalist can violate it if you go into a private place without permission or even a public place where permission is then withdrawn meaning you're told to leave and you don't. You absolutely can be prosecuted for trespass. Um, but there is also this face act that you point out uh was originally meant to target abortion clinic protests and the quidd proquo from the right was well you also have to include churches which is really just a fig leaf until now you know until you have Trump and Bondi in there who who are actually saying you know what we're going to enforce it and it says this act act prohibits the use of threat of force and physical obstruction that either injures intimidates or interferes um or threatens to attempts to injure,

12:17 imit intimidate or interfere with any person um who is pursuing their uh exercising their first amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship worship. So you and you so physical obstruction is enough that is attempting to interfere with or intimidate any person at church. Got it? So it boils down to have you have you by threat of force or by physical obstruction attempted to intimidate or interfere with somebody at worship

12:55 that the answer is yes. It's yes to all of that. Obviously I mean they're they're basically bragging about it. And so this is why the question of how will this be covered I I think has to lead us to the conclusion that it doesn't matter how it's covered. I don't care what the news networks say. I don't care what the New York Times writes or doesn't write about it. We are in the government right now and the the only way that you are going to discourage this is through a massive show of just force of force that is very much in accordance with justice and with the law. But that's what's that's what's going to do it. Okay? The law is a teacher. And so we need to round all these people up. The Biden was able to round up every Midwestern granny who took a selfie in the Capitol Rotunda on January 6th.

13:38 Yes. Including journalists. Yes. Exactly. And here we need to round all of these people up who broke the law. That includes Don Lemon. We need to tell them no. In many ways, what's going on in Minneapolis right now is the consequence of the left encouraging people to violate the law and never holding them to account. So when that that lady who ended up getting shot by the ICE officer because she ran her car into him, when she was shot, I felt sympathy for her because she didn't think there would be consequences to their actions. Look at Minneapolis after George Floyd. Look at the left rioting and and disrespecting law enforcement and even attacking law enforcement for years now. Of course, she didn't expect consequences. That's a a pity. We cannot give up law and order because of that.

14:17 We need to remind people there will be consequences. This will not be tolerated. You will not be permitted to obstruct law enforcement. You will not be permitted to target Christians. You will not be permitted to scandalize little kids. I mean, that issue, frankly, takes us all the way to the the transgender fights that we've been having in recent years. You have to make clear that there is order. What you mentioned Charlie Kirk's assassination. After Charlie was assassinated, a lot of people I think in some ways to cope and process our grief, we said, "Well, you know, you might have assassinated one of the great conservative leaders, but we'll only be stronger after this." And sometimes that's true. Unfortunately, usually it's not. The reason why people keep doing assassinations is because by and large, assassinations work. That's a very hard truth. And frankly, Charlie's assassination did create a lot of

15:04 turmoil and division on the right. That's what it was designed to do. That's what it did. The reason that the left goes in to the churches is because they can intimidate Christians and by and large it actually does work. The reason why they obstruct law enforcement is they can stop law enforcement from carrying out the law. By and large, it does work. We have to prove to them that it does not work. This is not merely a matter of, you know, uh, appeasing our passions or even bringing about some retribution because these clips get our blood boiling. This is an existential matter for law and order in the United States. If we're going to allow roving leftist mobs to go in and traumatize their word, not ours, traumatize little Christian kids while they pray to God, we might as well give up the constitutional order because it would be meaningless.

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Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Why ARRESTS Must Happen After Protesters and Don Lemon Interrupt Church Service, w/ Michael Knowles"?

Megyn Kelly (Guest), Michael Knowles (Guest).

What is discussed in "Why ARRESTS Must Happen After Protesters and Don Lemon Interrupt Church Service, w/ Michael Knowles"?

In order: 0:00 Face Act, Donald Trump, French Revolution, Bolevik Revolution; 3:00 Spanish Civil War; 6:00 Birch Gold Group; 9:00 Face Act, French Revolution.

What is mentioned in this Megyn Kelly episode?

7 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Face Act, Donald Trump, French Revolution, Bolevik Revolution, Spanish Civil War, Peter Kreeft. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Why ARRESTS Must Happen After Protesters and Don Lemon Interrupt Church Service, w/ Michael Knowles"?

The episode runs 16 min; the transcript is about 3,189 words in 29 timestamped sections.

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