Somalian refugee Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) threw a temper tantrum on social media, after former CNN host Don Lemon, along with three others, were arrested early Friday morning, for their alleged roles in the storming of a church in the Minneapolis area on Sunday, January 18.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced in a post on X, “At my direction, early this morning federal agents arrested Don Lemon, Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lydell Lundy, in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.”
Bondi later warned, “Make no mistake, under President Trump’s leadership and this administration, you have the right to worship freely and safely. And if I haven’t been clear already, if you violate that sacred right, we are coming after you!”
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist based in Minnesota, livestreamed her arrest on her Facebook page, and complained that her children were in the home and were impacted by her being arrested.
Ironically, when the large mob of anti-ICE activists stormed into the church in the middle of services and started raging against federal immigration operations, screaming and harassing congregants, many parents were forced to flee the building with their terrified children.
Trahern Jeen Crews, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter Minnesota, and Jamael Lydell Lundy, who works for the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, were also arrested early Friday morning.
Georgia Fort
Trahem Jeen Crews
Jamael Lyell Lundy
& Don LemonThis is A gross infringement of Their First Amendment rights. Not only is this unconstitutional, it’s a violation of their civil rights.
Stay strong sista and brothas. We will keep it loud! pic.twitter.com/SR2tp3GV5L
— The HBCU Nightly Network (@HBCUNightly) January 30, 2026
Rep. Ilhan Omar flew into a rage, writing on X, “The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution. This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American. They must be released immediately.”
The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) January 30, 2026
“You can’t storm churches. That is law,” one X user fired back.
“Can I go into a Mosque and do the same thing??” another asked.
Dalia al-Aqidi, a Republican who is running for Omar’s seat in U.S. Congress, fired back, “Constitution 101… The US Constitution protects the rights of citizens to PEACEABLY assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances. It does not protect the right to disrupt church services and cause chaos. You obviously sworn to protect a constitution you don’t understand @IlhanMN.”
Constitution 101…
The US Constitution protects the rights of citizens to PEACEABLY assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances.
It does not protect the right to disrupt church services and cause chaos. You obviously sworn to protect a constitution you… https://t.co/Gm3TvXwUho— Dalia al-Aqidi (@Dalia4Congress) January 30, 2026
Meanwhile, podcaster Megyn Kelly weighed in, saying Lemon definitely broke the law. She wrote:
1. There is no First Amd right – of protest OR of the press – to enter a house of worship and shut down a religious service. Lemon had no “right” to be there, as a journalist or protester.
2. Churches have statutory protection under the FACE Act that make it clear that disrupting/interfering with the service/access of parishioners to the service is a criminal act. You don’t get a pass just bc you say “oh, I intended to come in here – where I am not allowed – to interfere with your church service by sticking a mic in ppl’s faces, but it is ok bc I’m doing it for my YouTube channel!”
3. If lemon had stayed on the sidewalk, as every journo knows we must do when covering a story on private property unless we have advance permission to enter (we all deal with this – it’s a pain in the neck to get permission sometimes, and it often means we miss the best pictures BUT WE COMPLY WITH THE LAW BC WE ALL KNOW PRIVATE PROPERTY CHANGES OUR RIGHTS), this would be a different case. He didn’t. He trespassed, and not just into a private home or business (which could have resulted in a trespass case) – but into a church in the middle of a service, which unfortunately for Lemon invokes all sorts of ROCK SOLID rights of the church-goers. In short, he chose the wrong event to storm. Ppl were hurt. They were scared. He knew it and his comments on cam prove he knew it.
He broke the law. He’s not only going to be prosecuted, he’s going to be sued. For a lot of money. And he should.
1. There is no First Amd right – of protest OR of the press – to enter a house of worship and shut down a religious service. Lemon had no “right” to be there, as a journalist or protester.
2. Churches have statutory protection under the FACE Act that make it clear that…
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) January 30, 2026
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