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Minnesota Churchgoer Sues Don Lemon For ‘Severe Emotional Distress’
Daily Caller ^ | 2/25/2026 | Jack Cowhick

Posted on 02/25/2026 6:00:05 PM PST by simpson96

An alleged Minnesota churchgoer filed a lawsuit against former CNN anchor Don Lemon and protesters for “emotional distress,” TMZ reported Tuesday.

Ann Doucette alleged in court documents that Lemon and protesters “unlawfully interfered” with her right to “freely exercise her religion in a private place of worship” when he stormed her church during a Jan. 18 service to protest federal immigration enforcement, according to TMZ. She claimed to suffer “severe emotional distress, fear, anxiety, and trauma” as a result of the protest, and is suing for an unspecified amount of money, according to the outlet.

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To: Persevero

Hurt my feelings is woke IMHO

Is this what Jesus would have done?


21 posted on 02/25/2026 8:09:55 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER REV; NIEMOLLER)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Tit for tat we are that low I guess.


22 posted on 02/25/2026 8:11:53 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER REV; NIEMOLLER)
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To: simpson96

I hope the churchgoer wins and gives it to the church.


23 posted on 02/25/2026 8:14:35 PM PST by moviefan8
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To: Nextrush

Whatever you say, Karen.


24 posted on 02/25/2026 8:17:22 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Democracy dies with Democrats.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I don’t identify as a “Karen”...


25 posted on 02/25/2026 8:24:55 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER REV; NIEMOLLER)
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To: Yogafist

Along with that soulless commie freak William Kelly.


26 posted on 02/25/2026 8:25:13 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: moviefan8

Big time.


27 posted on 02/25/2026 8:25:33 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Nextrush

Nowhere in the article does it claim the parishioner is suing because Don Lemon hurt her feelings so not sure where you’re getting that.


28 posted on 02/25/2026 8:30:15 PM PST by Prince of Space (I cannot hate the media enough!)
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To: simpson96

GOOD!

Give it back to the left good and hard.


29 posted on 02/25/2026 8:32:00 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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To: Yogafist

Impatient, aren’t you? Is anyone good enough for you?

Doing something like that successfully takes time to pull it together, not to mention finding a decent lawyer who’s willing to handle it.

People get in enough trouble with spur of the moment knee jerk reactions to something instead of thinking it through and planning it out.


30 posted on 02/25/2026 8:39:11 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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To: Nextrush
Hurt my feelings is woke IMHO Is this what Jesus would have done?

I don't think that's it at all.

I think it's just giving them a taste of their own medicine to try to give them reason to NOT do it again.

Sometimes you have to speak someone's language for them to understand and democrats are so used to nobody holding them accountable, they end up doing stuff like that church atrocity.

Evil flourishes when good men do nothing.

31 posted on 02/25/2026 8:42:42 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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To: Nextrush
I don’t identify as a “Karen”...

That's OK. Everybody knows you're a "Karen."

32 posted on 02/25/2026 8:46:17 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Democracy dies with Democrats.)
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To: metmom

Revenge?


33 posted on 02/25/2026 8:46:26 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER REV; NIEMOLLER)
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To: Prince of Space

Sounds like that to me.


34 posted on 02/25/2026 8:47:21 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER REV; NIEMOLLER)
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To: simpson96

Sue the smug off his face.


35 posted on 02/25/2026 9:23:09 PM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: Bullish

Yep, make it a class action, with triple damages awarded.


36 posted on 02/25/2026 10:18:14 PM PST by citizen (A transgender male competing against women may be male, but he's no man.)
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To: simpson96

To me, this is a problem. Instead of walking up and knocking his ass out, this person has to show how weak they are. People like this are why I don’t go to church.


37 posted on 02/26/2026 3:53:03 AM PST by nonliberal (Russia is not my enemy.)
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To: Persevero; Nextrush
No not woke. It defends the rest of the American church from similar antics.

Yes!

38 posted on 02/26/2026 3:54:46 AM PST by SisterK (to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly)
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To: nonliberal

It could be the weak person is the one who resorts to violence in a house of worship.
They should of beat him up outside.😁

Or else let the law take care of it. Paging Juicy Smollett.


39 posted on 02/26/2026 4:13:22 AM PST by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships)
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To: simpson96

Sue The Lemon for all his assets!!


40 posted on 02/26/2026 5:12:11 AM PST by DeplorableTrumpSupporter (FKA ConservaTeen)
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