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be a part of the program. It is amazing the times we're living in, and especially when we get into the issue of illegal immigrants, all the crimes they've committed, the thousands of criminals that have been deported and arrested and soon to be deported by ICE agents that bravely put their lives in harms way they've They've gotten known terrorists, murderers, child molesters, rapists, other violent criminals, cartel members, gang members, I mean they are The list gets longer and longer
and longer, you know, and I keep reading every day. Why would democrats ever be against this?
You know?
For example, New York Post today previously deported illegal named Rado Miguel Mora rap sheet includes attempted rape strangulation back in the New York City courtroom last week on a shoplifting charge, which, according to the Post was his second arrest in the month of January, first being arrested for crack possession. And the reason his most criminal case made news is that New York City judge a New York City judge allowed him to waltz right out of the courtroom.
This might be made aware of a federal criminal warrant for this guy's arrest. This is now what the Democratic Party is embracing, aiding, abetting the worst of the worst. And in spite of all of the courage, the thousands arrested, that the millions now deported, especially when you have voluntary deportation, it just the rhetoric continues Washington Examiner. Today, Democratic riot
culture is destroying politics and it's endangering lives. I mean, this is the sad part of what people like Tampon Tim and you know, mayor smallfryar doing, is they are inciting violence. Now there's another aspect to all of this that I'm not going to let go. I mean, we discussed it a little bit in the last hour, but we're seeing more and more organization and funding New York posts grassroots anti ice campaigns funded by left wing billionaire donors.
These are not organic protests. Rhode Island activists slamming adult run nonprofit that promoted student led anti ice walkout. Deputy ag is detailing a massive underground fraud network allegedly behind the Minneapolis anti ice push. This is Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche who said all of this and if you look at the weekend roundup, you had convicted murderers, child sex abusers among the illegals nabbed by ice all across
the US, and they don't care, you know. Article in the New York Post also today, Minnesota ignores a history of warnings, you know, as they are setting up a confrontation with the federal government. If they want that confrontation, they can have it. And President Trump is saying, you know, ask nice Leam will come in and help you out. But you know, in the meantime, innocent people are victims
of all of this. Now, on the issue of Don Lemon, I know he got a big applause at some Grammy pre party that he was at, and he's now he feels mortalized. He's gotten more notoriety publicity than he's ever gotten in his life. I've looked at the videos. I see him giving out coffee and donuts to the people before they invade the church. I hear his commentary inside
the church. Doesn't sound like he's doing citizen journalism. To me, sounds like he's an activist posing as a journalist Pam Bondi said something last night that really stuck with me, and that is, oh, anyone could just start filming something like a violation of the Face Act and preventing people from practicing their faith, which is protected under the law, and just say no, no, I'm being a citizen journalist. Okay,
we'll see how that works out in the end. You know, here's a clip by the way of Don Lemon telling Morgan Freeman that he's tired of talking about race because racism is over. This is twenty fourteen.
It's probably get me in trouble. But I said to some of my colleagues recently, said, so, I know that it's an issue, but I've been it seems like every single day on television, I'm talking about race, and it's because of the news cycle. It's in the news. But sometimes I get so tired of talking about it. I want to I want to just go this is over. Can we move on?
And if you talk about it, it exists. It's not like it exists, and we don't refuse to talk about it. But making it a bigger issue than it needs to be, it's a problem we have.
I mean, you're listening to two very successful Americans that happened to be African American, and America did not prevent them from bringing their God given talents to fruition. Now here's Don Lemon telling people to f off because he's going to continue reporting.
This is what is what I have to say.
Off.
Whoever you think is going to stop me from reporting.
I'll say it off.
If you think you're going to stop me from reporting, If you think that you are going to stop and diminish my voice, then you have a as again as my grandmother would say, you have another thing coming, because that ain't ever going to stop. I don't care what you try to do to me. I am a journalist through and through and through. And I came from strong, sturdy peasant stock that built this country for free. This
is my country, through and through. If anyone deserves the freedom and the rights and the constitution of this country, it is me, this little black boy from Louisiana that came from enslaved people who had not always and still don't always have the same freedoms as white people do in this country.
All right, That was then, this is now. Katie Zakaria, Republican legal strategist Horace Cooper, legal commentator, author of the bestseller Put y'all Back in Chains. How Biden's policies harm African America, harm black is what it's called. Welcome both of you, Katie, let's get your thoughts on all of this. I look, I looked at the video. I want to give Don Lemon actually the benefit of the doubt. He didn't seem to be acting in the capacity of somebody
that was reporting. He seemed to be part of the activism, which is clear. You know, when we've gone over the law many times on this program, it's a clear violation of the Face Act.
Yes, and Don Lemon, I mean, he is so obviously interfering in other people's right, which is a Face Act, other people's right to exercise their first Amendment. And now he's pulled back and wants to be this martyr for everyone else, for the Democrat Party and not be held responsible for his actions. Look, he knew what he was doing, and he went in there with that exact intent. And this will all likely get set out and done with in the legal proceedings. But he had a clear intent.
I think this was even bigger than Sean. He wanted to be the less martyr on this topic. And honestly, he's doing a good job right now acting like it.
What do you what's your take on all of this horror seen through the lens of race then and now.
Well, first, let me say that there appear to be two crimes that mister Lemon has undertaken. One is a crime against cable news with some of the lowest ratings possible, getting him kicked off. But the second is his idea that somehow, if you sit in the getaway car, drive people to the bank, then get out of the car and start filming it, you are not a bank ropper. There's just no reasonable way for that to succeed in
a court of law. He can get all the accolades that he wants if he isn't smart enough to understand you can't break the law. And then the podcast that kailp that has some sort of exemption, then it's probably too silly or stupid for freedom.
Oh, I mean, look, everybody's entitled to their voice, but the face Act is clear, Katie. And this is the point. You can't interfere intimidate people inside a place of worship, a house of worship, fast, what's fascinating, Katie to me is the left Embrace the Face Act because it also one of their provisions provides for the right of women
to be able to enter an abortion clinic unimpeded. They like that part of it, but they don't like sections two forty seven and two forty eight that protects religious freedom.
Correct, And we saw pro life activists jailed during the Biden administration for that exact reason. But now they're going to rally, as you just said, They're going to rally behind Don Lemon because he is in a church and they this is this is them deciding to pick and shoes. This is symptomatic across the country sanctuary laws. We want to pick in shoes, which laws we want to follow, which laws apply to us, and which laws we don't.
We want to pick and shoes how we want to persecute the president, persecute pro life activists, but we don't want those same laws to apply to us. This is the Democrat Party right in front of us. But they think, and they continue to say, they are actually thinking they are above the law.
Here, Sean, Well, it's going to be interesting. Now he does have a good attorney, and I know you know him Harris Abby Lowell. Although Abby lol did represent Hunter Biden that didn't work out particularly well. But he's want of Washington's best attorneys, there's no doubt about it. And the argument is going to be that he was acting in the role as a quote journalist, as he's saying here.
So it's really going to come down to I guess a jury, I guess interpreting what they see his commentary, him giving out coffee donuts, and whether or not it was an active participant and part of this radical activist group or not. To me, it's clear, and that doesn't really matter to me how much applause he gets at the Grammys, that's meaningless. I think what's going to matter is how other people view it, and you know, when they are read. The actual law I think is very clear and transparent.
So abi Ole is probably going to work with Don Lemon to try to create the impression that race has played some issue here, so presumably a jury might be more sympathetic. But let's talk about the First Amendment. There's another part of the First Amendment, which is speech. When people showed up at abortion clinics and prayed in front of those abortion clinics, maybe so loud that some people
were dissuaded. The Biden administration had those people prosecuted. There was no this sense called well, I'm exercising my First Amendment by protected right while I am standing near this clinic. As you point out, the statute statute also covers churches.
There simply is no protection. I actually wonder if the lowal process is going to be heavy Little's process is going to be to sort of negotiate some none prison punishment, because this case is going to be very, very difficult, if not impossible, to win in a court of law.
The language, Katie is by force, threat of force, or physical obstruction, intentionally injuring, interfering, or attempting to interfere with any person who is lawfully exercising or seeking to exercise their First Amendment right of religious for them at a place of religious worship, such as a church, synagogue, mosque, or other house of worship, intentionally damaging or destroying the
property or a place of worship. Now, one woman broke her arm, Congregants were not allowed to leave the church. Moms and dads were not allowed to go down to where their kids were. You know, in the church. You know, they have an area where kids, you know, stay during and play during service and maybe learn religious lessons. They weren't allowed to retrieve their kids. That seems to meet the definition up by every standard, every single standard.
And when you look at the video footage and when you hear the testimonials of these people who not only did they break, did they go into the church and interfere with the right to worship, the interference of not being able to, as you just said, obtain their children. And then now so they were blocking them from being able to go, they were keeping them away from getting
their children. John. I think for this case particularly, this highlights exactly what Pambondy, what they need to bring out is that there is a first amended violation and if not Don Lemon, it is that the church, congregants and parishioners who were at the service to worship. And I think it's actually a pretty clear case. I might disagree on that. I think it's going to be very, very very clear for Don Lemon.
I think it's clear. The problem as hars is, I don't trust any judge in this country.
Well, I think we.
Are increasingly finding out that when a judge walks out to the edge. We have to go through the tedious process of appealing that decision and if necessarily, taking it to the Supreme Court. Appellate courts have been smacking down these district court judges, and that's also true for the Supreme Court. I think ultimately what we're going to see is the other individuals that were with Don Lemons are
going to be convicted. And if they're convicted, there isn't some so called journalistic broadcast exemption to the Face Act. There simply are no exemptions that are going to occur. I think it's highly likely, as I said, that he will negotiate a plea deal so that because he's better than everybody else, that he could find a way not to actually have to go to prison. But I don't see him walking away with no conviction on this whatsoever.
Look, look, the penalty is not that severe unless I guess if there's any physical altercation, although the one woman did break her arm, not on think it's going to be a big deal. But I tend to agree with you. I don't think this is going to be you know, pushed off to the side. I don't think this DOJ is going to allow this to happen anyway. Appreciate both of you. Horaschooper, thank you, Katie Zakaria, thank you. Eight
hundred and nine four one, Shawn is number. We'll get to your phone calls coming up, coming up in mere moments. You know, the the rhetorica the left gets more insane by the minute. But I'm okay with this, and the reason I'm okay with it. If Democrats, as I was saying yesterday, want to be the party of defund dismantle, no bel, reimagine the police. If they want to be
the party of defunding ice, I'm okay with it. If they want to be the party the votes for the largest tax increase in history, and Republicans vote for the largest tax cut in history. Republicans stand up for working men and women, no tax on tips or overtime. They stand up for the elderly, no tax on social security. They're working to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse in in you know, our disastrous healthcare system, which is good for every American. That means more money will be available for
every American. If they want to cling to their climate alarmists and try and force cars into people's driveways that people don't want. Let them be that party, and the Republican Party will be the Party of freedom. And you know, here's an example, Delia Ramirez, Illinois. ICE will be abolished, not if there'll be aboulish, will be abolished, DHS will be dismantled.
Listen.
But also, Americans are past reforms of a department that has used your taxpayer dollars to execute people in broad daylight. Here's the bottom line, folks, that I'm getting off before and Bonnie pushes me out. We must have accountability and we must bring justice to every fashion in the administration. And that includes Christinome, that includes Stephen Miller, and that includes Tom Homan. I will be abolished, DHS will be dismantled, and together we.
Will get it done.
You go, you get that done. You fight hard for that. That's my advice to you. All right, let's get to our phones. New Joysey, Phil, Hi, Sean.
I'm glad it's working out for you in Florida. But let me ask you this. You're from Nassau County originally, right.
I am Bruce Blakeman, by the way, as the county executive. He's now going to run for governor. I'm very fond of Bruce Blakeman. I know him personally. I saw him at the Fox Nation Patriot Awards. Like him a lot.
Yeah, I don't know what chun you're from. Let me ask you this. If Long Island and I'm what I mean by that is specifically Nasau and Suffolk County that where its own state, would you've considered staying there?
Maybe?
Okay, I've been hearing your show, and I've hearn a lot of other people's show the problem that's going on.
But I'm gonna be honest now that I am really through and through a Floridian at this point. And that may sound strange to people.
Now.
Remember I lived in I was born and raised in Long Island. I lived in Rhode Island five years, California five years. I was a radio nomad Huntsville, Alabama, Atlanta, Georgia, back to New York when I started at Fox when they went on the air, and I've been down here in my third year and I like it here the best. I did like my place in Long Island. But you know, I had to sell everything, get rid of every association with New York because they I talked to a guy.
He's been audited for ten years by New York tax officials that harass him. And if this happens, I'm making this the biggest public issue ever because I am gone.
Yeah.
And by the way, as far as I'm concerned, once you leave a state, that's it. That state he left has no this is coming out well it should be. Now.
Some people try to thwart the rules, and they don't do it the right way. But I hired an army of accountants and lawyers and this is all they do. And if the amount of money I had to spend to leave and leave cleanly is you wouldn't believe it. It's insane, of course.
And the point and also because the one I wanted to each out was because of the problem I would say with New York City, New York State and other states like Illinois are the big cities. New York State, New York City is the real problem when you think about it. I mean, let's put it this way.
Look, Nassau County also has high taxes. Now, Bruce Blakeman's done a lot to improve it, but it's not Florida. I mean, let me give you an example. I mean, Florida has some of the lowest gas taxes. They have zero income taxes, they have zero estate taxes. You know, New York State has ten percent of state tax After you paid money, they get another bite of the apple. You have to pay to die. Nassau County, where I lived, the second highest property tax county in the country outside
of Westchester, which is also a nice area. If you look at the map of New York, it's mostly red. My biggest problem became it was untenable for me. Like Fox has bureaus all over the country, it just became untenable for me to be in New York City. I mean, I needed a security guard to go to a restaurant. I don't want to live my life that way.
No.
Never, But if they did this, this is just I mean me, I'm thinking hypothetically. But if they made New York City its own state, Long Island it's own state, and the rest of it may be upstate New York, Hall, Look, New Amsterdam, New Albany, whatever, and then you go up for other states like Illinois. If they split off Chicago, made that its own state and let the rest of Illinois alone. Maybe maybe with a problem in Minneapolis, with Minnesota at the twin city is there where its own state.
I'm just thinking outside the box there. But then you go out west with the coast.
Listen, I'm all in favor of California secid, Yes, Ventura, Wan's Minnesota to secede.
I mean splitting up like other words, Eastern California. There's a representative out their named James Gallagher.
I could see this happening. I mean, we're gonna have reapportionment. We're gonna have a new census. New York, New Jersey, Illinois, California, they're all losing massive amounts of congressional seats. It's going to reconfigure the map because of mass migration out of these places and the policies have pushed people away. It's very interesting. When I did run into Chuck Schumer. I was in New York like two days last year. That was it, you know, to visit my sister and my family,
and otherwise I don't go there. I mean, this is this idea that you spend half a year in a day in Florida and you're considered a resident is a joke. It's not even close. I know people that have been audited. Where is your heart off, you still own property there, if you're a member of clubs there. I mean, they got this whole checklist that is insane that you know that they used to go after you. And I am just telling you have to make a clean break if
you want to do it. There are more New New York tax agents in my free state of Florida than in New York because they don't like they chase everyone away. Now I run into Chuck Schumer. I said, who's your favorite cable news host. He looks up and he goes, oh, no, not you. It was funny, and you know, we're sitting there, we're talking, and I said, I bet you you should be happy I don't live here anymore. He goes, actually,
I'm not. And I think it was since here then I interviewed Comrade Deblasio and he's like, you need to come back to New York. We want you back in New York. And I'm like, oh, they don't like it. They want the money, but they don't. But the people don't like conservatives. They just don't. In Florida, honestly, the people are salt of the earth. South Carolina salt of the Earth. North Carolina salt of the Earth, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, you name it. I don't have the same issues that
I had in New York City. Now, you're right, it was better for me in Nasau Nasau County. But it's still you know, pretty You still have state taxes, you still have a lot of regulation, and I don't really like cold weather, to be honest.
But here that's another point too. A lot of people run those states are from the big cities, like Chuck Schumer, even Andrew Cuomo, Mario Cuoma, who is a live I mean, they're all out west. You had Kamala Harris, she's from the Bay Area, you had you know what I'm saying. It's just they're not even from the people in the rural areas have no representation and they have to. I mean, they're dominated by the people in the bigger cities. Like in my case now I live suburban about ten miles
outside of Philadelphia, which isn't too bad. It could be worse. I think Camden, New Jersey, is the problem here at Successpool. But if you go up north, you're near Newark, you near a lot of those metro areas outside New York City that those are the real problems are a lot of the people who run for governor whatever are from those portions, and I feel like we have no representation. You get further to the south, it's a little better.
If you go to the north northern part of the state, it's not too bad, But I mean, it's just you can't seem to get That's what I'm saying if you I'm not saying every state has to do this.
Now.
Virginia split up years ago with West Virginia and so on. But that's just something I was thinking about. And by the way, they ought to bring and that's I don't want to bring it up too long. I never hear anyone talk about maybe a bounce budget amendment, a line item VITA or anything like that.
Look, I'm only going to tell you this so you you really understand it. And I mentioned it earlier. There's an article out today California has this referendum that's coming out and it's going to retroactively if it's passed from till January. Is going to put a wealth tax on billionaires. They're all leaving. And there was an article in the New York Post today and it quotes Citadel founder Ken Griffin.
He's moved his entire operation down here. He's a multi multi billionaire, Steve Ross, multi multi billionaire, and they're encouraging businesses and CEOs to relocate to my state, Florida. And quote, the only place a CEO and founder can can scale from ten employees to ten thousand will be in South Florida, said Steve Ross. He's not wrong, and it's already happening. I see it happening, and I'm just telling people there is a better way, a better life. And I know
for a lot of people change as hard. It's not for me. I've done it my whole life. But I'm just telling you it's.
I just like it.
Look, there's a reason I've had property down here for thirty years. It's not like Florida is new to me. That's my vacation point. But I'm going to roll along. I appreciate you being with us eight hundred and nine four one, Sean, if you want to be a part of the program. Right back to our busy phones. Wayne in Pennsylvania, Hey Wayne, how are you glad you called?
Sir?
Hey Sean, thanks for taking my call. Originally from I would tell Phil move, I'd like to talk about Don Lemon.
By the way, in Pennsylvania, it's okay. Linda lives in Pennsylvania and it's just getting worse.
It depends on where you live in Pennsylvania. I'm in Central PA and it's great out here. So Sean, don Lemon said he was a Christian. Now, if he is a Christian, why does he barge into that church? He wasn't that parking lot. He was definitely in on it when he rolled up to the church. He was outside with his crew. He could have waited until the congregation got out of their services, but no, he went in there. What I'd like to ask you, Sean, is do we know if that was live or did they that later?
And did they edit what we have seen?
I don't think.
I don't think they thought there'd be any consequences. And the most incriminating evidence that will be if assuming that if this doesn't get negotiated out or a plea agreement doesn't get made, and I would expect Abby Lowell probably will go in that direction, and probably Don Lemon won't like the advice Abby gives him as my guest, but it would be in his best interest to listen to Abby, who I do have a lot of respect for, is that they just thought they could get away with it,
and they just thought that this wouldn't apply to them. The Face Act I read it in the last half hours. It is clear, crystal clear what it is, what it says, and it's very obvious in these videos to me that he was a part of this group that was obstructing the worship service. But you know, let the jury decide. It's not up for me to decide by videos. I don't like to rush the judgment. I don't even wish
this on Donald. I have nothing against Don Lemon. He's allowed to be a liberal talk showist like he was on CNN. Stop calling yourself a journalist. That's my biggest issue with him. He's not a journalist anyway. I appreciate the call, my friend. Thank you. Eight hundred and nine four one Seawan. If you want to be a part of the program,