Don Lemon\u2019s arrest Thursday night did not hit a sour note for the White House. The White House celebrated the<\/b>
\nDon Lemon\u2019s arrest Thursday night did not hit a sour note for the White House.
The White House celebrated the independent journalist\u2019s arrest with a post on X, according the Mediaite.
The official White House account posted a photo of Lemon reporting on Minnesota anti-ICE protesters as they stormed a church service in St. Paul.
The post included a caption \u2014 \u201cWhen life gives you lemons\u2026\u201d as well as a silver chain emoji.
\u201cDON LEMON ARRESTED FOR INVOLVEMENT IN THE ST. PAUL CHURCH RIOTS\u201d was over a photo of Lemon.
Lemon, formerly of CNN, has state he was not a protester, but a journalist covering the protests in Minneapolis.
He has been working as an independent journalist he was fired by CNN in 2023.
FBI Director Kash Patel posted on X, \u201cEarly this morning, @FBI and @HSI_HQ partners arrested four individuals in connection to the January 18 coordinated targeting of Cities Church in Minnesota: Don Lemon, Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lydell Lundy.
Fort, a Minneapolis-based independent journalist, live-streamed her arrest by federal agents.
Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote \u201cmore details soon\u201d in her post on X where she announced the arrests.
Many have criticized the arrests as an affront to the First Amendment.
Journalist Chuck Todd wrote, \u201cWhen the desire to \u2018own the libs\u2019 leads the executive branch to celebrate a blatant violation of someone\u2019s Constitutional rights. And the media puppets celebrating this are proving they have no interest in protecting speech. They only want THEIR speech protected not the speech of people they disagree with.\u201d
In a separate post, Todd wrote, \u201cThe fact the WH press shop wants to focus on this Don Lemon arrest shows you how much they want (or need to create) any shiny metal object to distract from this disastrous month and week Trump has had.\u201d
Others also commented on the White House\u2019s post:
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