Minnesotat AG Keith Ellison, on right, speaks with disgraced ‘reporter’ Don Lemon on his show on Monday. Credit: Don Lemon YouTube screenshot
No one has ever accused Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison of being a constitutional scholar. Still, his take on an essential law regarding protecting the right to assemble peacefully is exceptionally brain-dead.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, radical anti-ICE agitators stormed Cities Church in St. Paul, interrupting Christians in the middle of worship.
Instead of condemning the mob’s conduct or defending the constitutional right to religious assembly, far-left ‘reporter’ Lemon inserted himself into the chaos—live-streaming the scene and aggressively confronting congregants who were already shaken by the intrusion.
This is the beginning of what’s going to happen here,” Lemon said as anti-ICE protestors shouted down the pastor and harassed parishioners.
Lemon later rushed to the church altar and tried to lecture a pastor about the First Amendment. This just further incited the wicked mob of demons.
Due to the actions of Lemon and the rioters, the Trump Administration has vowed to prosecute all involved. One of the laws they will use against the lawbreakers is the FACE Act.
The FACE Act, which was passed in 1994, prohibits private individuals from physically preventing others from seeking abortions. However, it also prevents others from harassing those who want to worship peacefully.
From the DOJ website:
This Act prohibits the use or threat of force and physical obstruction that injures, intimidates, or interferes with a person seeking to obtain or provide reproductive health services or to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship.
Ellison, though, argued that the FACE Act was only designed to safeguard women who are seeking abortions because right-wing ‘crazies’ had been breaking into “reproductive health centers.”
He next expressed puzzlement that the Trump Administration would use the law to go after people disrupting a church service.
WATCH:
MN Attorney General Keith Ellison: “The FACE Act is designed to protect the rights of people seeking reproductive rights… How they are stretching these laws to people protesting in a church is beyond me.”
The FACE Act specifically says that you can’t use intimidation to… pic.twitter.com/auEJvZcOQX
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 19, 2026
ELLISON: The FACE Act, by the way, is designed to protect the rights of people seeking reproductive rights, so people cannot just use religion to break into women’s reproductive health centers.
How they are stretching these laws to people protesting in a church is beyond me.
Social media users quickly put Lemon on blast for his complete ignorance:
Keith Ellison is stupid. The FACE Act specifically protects houses of worship. https://t.co/vlYDYmdYXh
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) January 20, 2026
Attorney General Ellison defends the mob that stopped church services in Minneapolis by asking how the FACE Act can be “stretched” to prosecute people who interrupt church services. Turns out “physical obstruction” to “interfere” with “any person” seeking to “worship” is covered https://t.co/IgS5I3H22X pic.twitter.com/FcgWafQ0NJ
— Eric W. (@EWess92) January 20, 2026
Ellison is just making excuses for clearly criminal behavior and confusing it with a speech issue. He also got basic facts wrong about the FACE Act during this interview.
The AG has a responsibility to enforce the law and protect people who are trying to peacefully worship.… https://t.co/xgyyB13tol
— AG (@AGHamilton29) January 20, 2026
Minnesota AG Keith Ellison says that the leftist mob was legally allowed to shut down the church by protesting them.
This is patently absurd.
You can’t use free speech to censor free speech.
And there’s the FACE Act that protects worshippers at church.pic.twitter.com/hcFHfBw7A8
— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) January 19, 2026
MN AG Keith Ellison: “FACE Act protects abortion access… how are they stretching it to church protests?!”
Read the damn law, Keith.
18 U.S.C. § 248 **explicitly** protects religious freedom in places of worship from intimidation & obstruction — same exact protection given… pic.twitter.com/CDkL9lJP64
— Reverend Jordan Wells (@WellsJorda89710) January 20, 2026
The Face Act definitely protects churches. Anyone that is an Attorney General knows that. Either Ellison is one of the dumbest AGs in the country or he is lying. Probably both statements are true. https://t.co/bSpyRKP9Eu
— Robert Woodruff (@RobertWxet2) January 20, 2026
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