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Don Lemon calls ceremony a 'political rally dressed as church'

Former CNN host Don Lemon says a memorial service held in honor of slain Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was, in fact, a thinly-veiled “political rally dressed as church.”

Lemon, 59, who is best known for hosting "Don Lemon Tonight" and later co-hosting "CNN This Morning” before he was fired in 2023, made the comments in a Sept. 22 livestream in which he took aim at Sunday’s memorial for Kirk held in Glendale, Arizona.

Kirk was assassinated Sept. 10 at the hands of an alleged 22-year-old shooter at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.

Speakers who were on hand to recognize Kirk’s legacy included political leaders, White House cabinet officials, Turning Point USA and TPUSA Faith employees and conserva

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