Officer Tatum Confronts Don Lemon Over Charlie Kirk Memorial Service Criticism and Christian Faith

[00:00] Done. Done. You can't be this stupid. It

[00:03] was a revival meeting wrapped in a

[00:05] memorial, a political rally dressed as

[00:07] church. And by the end of the night, it

[00:09] was clear this was not only about

[00:12] Charlie Kirk's death. It was about his

[00:14] afterlife in politics. Yeah, it was a

[00:17] revival. When a Christian martyr dies,

[00:21] it becomes a revival. People come to

[00:24] Jesus Christ. You hear every politician

[00:27] glorifying God. You idiot.

[00:33] Oh, I heard Don Lemon was crazy. Get

[00:35] this. I want to call an F-word, but I'm

[00:37] trying to be more like Charlie. Wrote a

[00:39] clip.

[00:40] >> And these are the things that they said

[00:42] Charlie Kirk stood for. He was a man of

[00:45] faith.

[00:46] >> The reason that that struck me so is

[00:47] because I got a text from a friend who

[00:49] said, "I am a black woman. My the person

[00:52] who who babysits my child is a black

[00:55] woman from Jamaica."

[00:57] >> Okay? And she says, "Charlie Kirk was a

[01:00] person of faith."

[01:01] >> True.

[01:02] >> And I say to them, "Okay, so what does

[01:04] that mean, a person of faith? How does a

[01:06] person of faith act? How does a person

[01:09] who really believes and what God and the

[01:12] scriptures say, the true meaning of it,

[01:14] not the distorted meaning, how

[01:16] I I swear I'm going to let it play. Don

[01:18] Lemon, shut your up about scripture, cuz

[01:22] we know what you doing at night and we

[01:25] know you ain't reading the Bible. Shut

[01:27] your butt about talking about real and

[01:30] false scripture. You up you land up with

[01:32] a man laying on the back of you every

[01:35] night. Don't tell don't don't talk about

[01:37] scripture. You ain't reading no Bible.

[01:39] Give Let me see what we got. Come on.

[01:41] The least of these. So what I say now is

[01:44] that what happened in Arizona this

[01:45] weekend was not just a memorial. It was

[01:47] something else entirely. People will

[01:49] tell you that it is about grief. It was

[01:51] about grief, about honoring a man's

[01:53] life, about faith. And on the surface,

[01:55] you know, maybe it looked like that.

[01:57] Tens of thousands gathered. The music

[01:59] swelled. I'm sure you some of you saw

[02:01] it. I I watch I just saw some of the

[02:03] soundbite. There were prayers and tears

[02:05] and moments of silence. But if you

[02:08] stayed long enough for the for the

[02:09] little bit that I could stay and then I

[02:11] said, "You know what? I'm out."

[02:12] >> Yeah, you're a devil.

[02:13] >> If you listen long enough and close

[02:15] enough, if you stayed long enough and

[02:16] you listen close enough, you feel the

[02:18] ground shifting beneath you. Because

[02:21] that wasn't just about a man who died.

[02:23] This is about a movement claiming divine

[02:25] permission to rule. Oh, Tom, Tom, Tom.

[02:28] No, fool. You know that, you know that

[02:30] demon in you? Not the one on the back of

[02:32] you every night, but the demon that's in

[02:34] your soul. Yeah, you felt the ground

[02:36] moving there. That's the Holy Spirit,

[02:38] but you running from it. Done. You're

[02:41] running. You heard the you know the

[02:43] worship. You couldn't handle it because

[02:45] you're a devil. Ain't nowhere in the

[02:47] world you can't watch this. Don't feel

[02:48] move. It was no pet. They were

[02:50] worshiping God. You ain't never seen TD

[02:53] Jake ain't got a church that big. Joe

[02:56] Ostein ain't got a church that big where

[02:58] you have hundreds of thousands of people

[03:00] worshiping God. You know why you felt

[03:01] the Don Lemon? Because there was another

[03:03] million watching and on TV worshiping

[03:06] God. You a devil. That's why you felt

[03:09] that way. Hey y'all hold on real quick.

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[03:34] get a witness? You want to play with

[03:35] God, don't you? And all of the sound

[03:37] bites and the words used will tell you

[03:41] will reveal to you exactly what I said.

[03:43] It was a revival meeting wrapped in a

[03:45] memorial. I'm from the South, Southern

[03:47] Baptist, went to Catholic school. You

[03:48] know what a revival meeting is, right?

[03:50] That is the holiest of holiest of uh

[03:53] holy rollersh

[03:55] having a revival. Let the church say

[03:57] amen. It was a revival meeting wrapped

[04:00] in a memorial, a political rally dressed

[04:02] as church. And by the end of the night,

[04:04] it was clear this was not only about

[04:07] Charlie Kirk's death. It was about his

[04:09] afterlife in politics.

[04:11] >> Stop. Done. Done. You can't be this

[04:14] stupid. Yeah, it was a revival. When a

[04:18] Christian martyr dies, it becomes a

[04:22] revival. People come to Jesus Christ.

[04:25] You hear every politician glorifying

[04:27] God. You idiot. What did you think was

[04:30] going to happen when you killed probably

[04:32] the biggest Christian to ever live? One

[04:35] of the most prominent Christians of our

[04:36] lifetime was murdered in front of

[04:39] billions of people. And you think it's

[04:41] not going to be a revival? Done. Are you

[04:44] stupid? The answer is yes. What are you

[04:47] saying? His political career after

[04:49] death. He don't had no political career.

[04:51] How much politics was spoken at his at

[04:53] his memorial service? How much politics

[04:56] done? None. Hardly none. Trump had to

[04:59] say something. But this was about a

[05:02] god-fearing man. Let's let's talk. Let's

[05:04] bring scripture in here. This fool said,

[05:07] "Well, when you watched it, you would to

[05:08] know the truth." Let me let me read

[05:09] something to you. It's called Fruits of

[05:12] the Spirit. and done. Your grandma need

[05:14] she may be dead, but next in line from

[05:17] your grandma need to take you down there

[05:18] to that church and fold that Bible over

[05:20] and and pray the devil out of you and

[05:23] that boy that's with you. Fruits of the

[05:25] spirit, love, joy, peace, patience,

[05:28] kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

[05:32] gentleness, and self-control. That was

[05:35] Charlie Kirk. I'm I'm struggling with a

[05:37] few of these. Charlie Kirk embodied all

[05:40] of these. That's why all these people at

[05:42] that uh uh memorial, that's why

[05:45] everybody crying on TV. That's why your

[05:48] the nanny of somebody you know talk

[05:50] about Charlie Kirk. You you you you

[05:52] mindless devil. And let me tell you this

[05:55] uh uh what's his name? Don Lemon Head.

[05:58] You going to hell if you don't repent.

[06:00] You living a life of sin and you shaming

[06:03] a man of God on TV. You going to go to

[06:05] hell playing around. So what you need to

[06:08] do, Don, Lemon, is let that spirit deal

[06:10] with you. Get that man from out of your

[06:14] house and you need to find Christ and

[06:17] repent. I'm sick of y'all sorry son of a

[06:19] guns playing with God. You keep playing,

[06:22] you going to go to hell. I don't care

[06:24] about Look, I don't need none of this

[06:26] stuff. You going to go to hell and you

[06:28] keep letting that man screw you every

[06:29] night. You need to repent, turn away

[06:31] from that devilish way, and find your

[06:34] way back to Christ since you want to be

[06:36] bold and talk trash about Charlie and

[06:37] them. You playing with God. It ain't It

[06:39] ain't really about Charlie as much as it

[06:41] is about you playing with God. God used

[06:44] Charlie. God spoke through Charlie. God

[06:47] made a movement through Charlie. And

[06:49] when God was done, he brought Charlie

[06:51] home and he made a explosion of a

[06:53] revival. Now you playing with God now.

[06:56] Don't talk about Charlie. You talking

[06:58] about God now. Keep playing. Don gonna

[07:01] be gonna be on a t-shirt.

[07:02] >> The center of of a prophecy. He called

[07:05] Charlie Kirk a martyr. Other politicians

[07:07] promised to carry out his mission. The

[07:09] crowd cheered as if the passing of the

[07:11] man had lit some sort of sacred fire.

[07:14] >> It did, dummy.

[07:16] >> To me, this was not mourning. This was a

[07:18] mobilization.

[07:19] >> It I it was.

[07:20] >> And here is where we have to tell the

[07:23] truth here. What we saw in that arena

[07:26] was not simply faithf finding public

[07:29] expression. It was religious nationalism

[07:31] on fur display. That is the truth. That

[07:35] is my truth. This is my freedom of

[07:38] expression. This is my first amendment

[07:40] right to be able to tell you the truth

[07:44] from my point of view. Not just from my

[07:46] point of view. This is what it is.

[07:48] >> Uh oh. Oh. Hold on.

[07:50] >> The language is hold on. Is it your

[07:52] truth or is it this is what it is? These

[07:54] these gay dudes get on my nerves

[07:55] sometime. Not every gay dude, but these

[07:56] gay dudes, they got they got a weird

[07:58] spirit on them that make them stupid

[08:00] sometimes. Bro, what are you talking

[08:02] about? It's a revival. What What are you

[08:04] What What are you talking about? This is

[08:06] This is a This is a Christian

[08:07] nationalism. Hey, dummy. I don't know if

[08:09] you ever read any history book. Where do

[08:12] you Who you think founded the country?

[08:14] Gays? Christians did, fool. What are you

[08:17] talking about? Look at the Look at the

[08:19] historical documents. Go down to the

[08:20] Capitol building. They quote scripture.

[08:23] You go into the halls of Congress. Moses

[08:26] is one of the judges in Congress that's

[08:29] on the top of the roof. Moses is one of

[08:32] them. What are you talking about? In God

[08:34] we trust on our money. One nation under

[08:38] God. What? What? What country you think

[08:40] you living in? Don Lemon Head. When you

[08:42] get sworn into Congress, they put your

[08:45] hand on a Bible. What do you mean? Let

[08:47] it play.

[08:48] >> Unmistakable. Take the nation back for

[08:50] God. Restore America's covenant. Who did

[08:52] I say on the thing? Did I say Moses?

[08:54] >> I said Moses, didn't I? The judge. Did I

[08:56] say Moses, y'all? I've been talking so

[08:58] loud. I get crazy. I think I said Moses,

[09:00] right? I didn't say Abraham. Did I? Did

[09:02] I say Moses? Y'all in the comment

[09:03] section, let me know. Did I say Moses?

[09:04] Okay, go ahead. That's what it sounded

[09:07] like. This is not the language of

[09:09] democracy. This is the language of

[09:11] domination.

[09:12] >> Yeah.

[09:12] >> Because I feel many people when I wrote

[09:15] this book said, "I had no idea that you

[09:16] were a person of faith, that you uh had

[09:18] such strong belief in the Almighty.

[09:21] What?

[09:22] >> And I say because faith is a private

[09:25] matter. It comforts. It convicts. It

[09:28] calls us to humility.

[09:30] >> No, it ain't. What did Don Lemon say? He

[09:34] a man of faith. It convicts you of what?

[09:37] Don, you too stupid to see that that

[09:40] that Charlie was a Christian martyr. So

[09:42] it ain't convicting you of truth. And

[09:45] then again, you in a gay relationship

[09:46] with another man, fool. You married

[09:48] another man. What? What? What does he

[09:50] convict you of? You're stupid on TV

[09:53] every time you talk. You have no wisdom,

[09:55] no discernment. What? What? What? God

[09:58] didn't this fool go. Let me tell you how

[10:00] people stupid. The Almighty. What? What

[10:02] did he say? Go back a little bit. I I

[10:05] you know, I'm a spiritual. I could go

[10:07] back. This let me tell you how you don't

[10:08] believe in God. Go play it.

[10:09] >> The language was unmistakable.

[10:11] >> Take the nation back for God. Restore

[10:13] America's covenant. This is a holy

[10:16] calling. That's what it sounded like.

[10:18] This is not the lang

[10:19] >> I think it's

[10:20] >> language of democracy. This is the

[10:21] language of domination.

[10:23] >> No, it's after this. You're right.

[10:24] >> Because I feel

[10:25] >> look look question.

[10:26] >> Many people when I wrote this book said

[10:28] I had no idea that you were a person of

[10:29] faith that you uh had such strong belief

[10:32] listen

[10:32] >> in the almighty

[10:34] in the almighty. That's like when you

[10:36] listen to affirmation they go lord you

[10:39] know the universe the universe the

[10:42] atmosphere is helping the almighty. No

[10:44] you don't want to say God do you? You

[10:46] don't want to say Jesus, do you? You

[10:48] where you say Jesus. Come on, done.

[10:51] You're reading the book, ain't you? Why

[10:52] don't you name the name of Jesus? Why

[10:55] not the Almighty? How many times in the

[10:57] Bible you hear Almighty? Is Yahweh Lord

[11:01] God? What are you talking about? You

[11:04] It's It's cool to say the Almighty to

[11:07] try to divert off so you can act like

[11:09] you in another religion somewhere. Talk

[11:11] about Come on, name. Say the name of

[11:12] Jesus. There's power in the name of

[11:15] Jesus. Demons tremble. Demons tremble at

[11:18] the name of Jesus. There's no name under

[11:20] heaven whereby we must be saved but the

[11:23] name of Jesus. Come on and say Jesus.

[11:25] Don the Almighty. It all he's obuscated.

[11:28] He's trying to avoid saying the name of

[11:31] Jesus. Because if he say the name of

[11:32] Jesus too many times, that devil in this

[11:35] house going to get up and walk out. Come

[11:36] on, play it. And I say because faith is

[11:39] a private matter. It comforts. It

[11:42] convicts. It calls us to humility. But

[11:46] when faith fuses with power, it begins

[11:49] to ask for something else. It asks for

[11:52] obedience. It divides a country into the

[11:55] saved.

[11:56] >> Oh,

[11:57] >> and the damned, the chosen, and the

[11:59] condemned. It turns opponents into

[12:01] enemies of God. And when politicians

[12:04] wrap themselves in scripture, they are

[12:06] not calling us to virtue. They are

[12:09] demanding submission. That is why this

[12:12] matters. should ma it matters to me.

[12:14] That's why it should matter to you and

[12:15] to everyone. You have to see beneath.

[12:18] You have to see beyond the illusion. You

[12:21] have to remove the filter of ideology

[12:24] from your eyes and your spirit.

[12:28] What what the what is he talking about?

[12:32] When you y'all the devil is literally

[12:35] talking to y'all. When you add scripture

[12:38] and power, that mean when you put the

[12:41] Holy Spirit and the scripture together,

[12:44] it demands repentance.

[12:48] What are you saying, Don? God. All

[12:52] right. What What does the Bible say?

[12:54] Let's go to Matthew 4:17 where he says,

[12:58] "Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at

[13:02] hand." Uh, it's it's a little script.

[13:03] Let me let me read the actual scripture

[13:04] cuz I'm reading this little commentary

[13:06] thing. Um I I got to I got to go and

[13:08] look at the scripture. I tried to look

[13:09] it up real quick to get a couple of them

[13:11] in there, but I I need to go to the

[13:12] Bible cuz these little commentaries be

[13:14] having their own stuff in there. So, let

[13:16] me see. Luke 13:3. It says, "No, I tell

[13:19] you, but unless you repent, you will all

[13:23] likewise perish." Let's go to Luke

[13:25] 15:10. Just so I say you, there is joy

[13:29] before the angels of God over one sinner

[13:31] who repents. I it's 400 scriptures

[13:34] talking about repentance. If your

[13:36] righteousness doesn't exceed that of the

[13:37] scribe or the Pharisee, you will no wise

[13:39] enter into the kingdom of God. If you

[13:41] are not born again, you will not enter

[13:43] or see into the kingdom of God. What are

[13:46] you saying? Pick up your cross and

[13:47] follow me. All these times when Jesus is

[13:49] telling you what to do, what are what

[13:51] are you saying, Don? When power and the

[13:54] scripture come together, then that's

[13:56] when we call to obedience

[13:58] them that obey him. You know, like Jesus

[14:01] said, "If you love me, you'll keep my

[14:04] commandments." Have you guys noticed

[14:06] that Don Lemon, I don't think one time

[14:08] in this said the name Jesus. Did he,

[14:10] Nick? I don't think he said Jesus one

[14:12] time in any of this stuff he's saying.

[14:14] Why won't he say Jesus? Cuz he burning.

[14:16] And not just from that man on the back

[14:18] of him, but he burning from his

[14:20] salvation. All right, let's get on.

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