Podcast host Don Lemon got a rude awakening if he was only expecting to find people on the street who opposed President Donald Trump deploying the National Guard to crime-ridden cities.
The former CNN personality spoke with a woman from the Bronx who immigrated to the U.S. from the Dominican Republic.
“Do you feel safe?” Lemon asked, and the woman answered that she does, adding, “A little bit.”
In other words, she was already signaling that she does not feel completely safe.
“Do we need the National Guard on the streets here to help with crime?” Lemon wondered.
“Maybe more,” the woman responded, perhaps not exactly understanding what he was asking due to a language barrier.
“You think National Guard or just more police?” Lemon followed up.
“More police,” she replied.
“What about armed military?” he then asked, framing the question in the least favorable light.
“I think it’s good,” the woman said.
????NEW: Dominican New Yorker tells Don Lemon she *SUPPORTS* Trump sending National Guard in NYC????
“I think it’s good.”@DailyCaller pic.twitter.com/9pnJPDHEhY
— Jason Cohen ???????? (@JasonJournoDC) September 8, 2025
That seemed to catch him off guard.
“If we are going to be safe,” the woman began to explain, when Lemon injected, “You’re all for it.”
“Yes,” she said.
“Well, nice to meet you,” Lemon said, as he sought to shut down the interview before she jumped back in, reiterating that safety is her top priority.
Keep in mind, Lemon’s team recorded the exchange, and they were honest enough to share it, so that’s good.
In another interview, apparently in Baltimore, Maryland, a woman told the podcast host she thought deploying the National Guard was a good idea, too.
“Why so?” Lemon asked.
Ex-CNN host Don Lemon took to the streets of Maryland in hopes of finding people who oppose President Trump’s call for National Guard troops in Baltimore and it did NOT go as planned.
This woman’s husband was murdered in cold blood and the killer remains free. pic.twitter.com/9mzVsDbpkO
— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) September 5, 2025
“I’m coming from a family that was broken up. My husband was murdered two years ago, and nothing was ever done,” she explained.
Lemon asked where the murder happened.
“Right out in front of our house. It was a carjacking gone wrong, and they shot him in his head,” the woman said. “I want justice.”
“You would like to see the troops here. The National Guard,” Lemon confirmed.
“Yes,” the woman said.
Don Lemon tried to talk to the National Guard troops at the Capitol and get them to badmouth President Trump.
In their nicest way possible they told Lemon to get lost.
(donlemon on TT) pic.twitter.com/ecpswnPWz7
— Paul A. Szypula ???????? (@Bubblebathgirl) September 2, 2025
In another exchange, in Washington, D.C., a man noted that he is in support of what the president is doing in the capital city.
“Listen, how many people have died in D.C. since we started?” the man asked.
Lemon acknowledged for several days there had been none, but eventually one person was killed.
“How can you be more BLM than saving their lives?” the interviewee then wondered, referring to black people who make up the largest ethnic group in the district.
????NEW: West Virginia Man who SUPPORTS Trump deploying National Guard to Chicago and Washington, DC *CLASHES* with Don Lemon????
MAN: “I’m from Chicago originally. And I do support that. Chicago is a war zone!”
“I really am in favor of what he’s doing in DC with it.”
“How can you… pic.twitter.com/Qm9azAZheP
— Jason Cohen ???????? (@JasonJournoDC) September 6, 2025
“You know that crime is down already?” Lemon countered.
The man seemed skeptical — perhaps aware of incidents of underreporting of crimes in D.C. — and then pointed out that even Mayor Muriel Bowser acknowledged that carjackings are down substantially since Trump deployed the National Guard and federal law enforcement officers.
“What is the real goal here? Is it to take over a city or is it to keep people safe?” the man asked Lemon.
“I think it’s to take over a city,” the liberal host said.
DC crime since the announcement of federal control versus the 7 days prior:
Robbery ⬇️46%
ADW ⬇️6%
Carjacking ⬇️83%
Car Theft ⬇️21%
Violent Crime ⬇️22%
Property Crime ⬇️6%
All Crimes⬇️8%While federal assistance gives us a boost, we must repeal the misguided Comprehensive…
— DC Police Union (@DCPoliceUnion) August 18, 2025
The man responded with what most Americans likely believe: Trump wants to keep people safe.
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