"What I would've done, Jen, is I would've said No, we live in a country where we welcome dissent, we welcome the right to peaceably assemble. We welcome that. And so, we may not like it [because] it is uncomfortable. But that is what protest is about discomfort. So since you're here, please, please, calm down, let's try to talk. What would you like us to do?"
"A house of worship is not a public forum for your protest! It is a space protected from exactly such acts by federal criminal and civil laws! Nor does the First Amendment protect your pseudo journalism of disrupting a prayer service, she wrote on X. You are on notice! A house of worship is not a public forum for your protest! It is a space protected from exactly such acts by federal criminal and civil laws! Nor does the First Amendment protect your pseudo journalism of disrupting a prayer service. You are on notice! https://t.co/5QASu6N4OE AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) January 19, 2026"
Anti-ICE protesters stormed a Minnesota church service, disrupting and wrecking the service during Pastor Jonathan Parnell's sermon. Don Lemon said he understood why the pastor was upset but argued the pastor should have welcomed the protesters, emphasizing the right to dissent and the right to peaceably assemble. Lemon urged calming the crowd, inviting dialogue, and avoiding a confrontational, preachy response when representing the Lord. Harmeet Dhillon, the DOJ assistant attorney general for civil rights, publicly rebuked Lemon, stating houses of worship are protected from such protests by federal criminal and civil laws and that the First Amendment does not protect disrupting a prayer service.
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