{"id":1099390,"date":"2021-12-08T15:59:26","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T20:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1099390"},"modified":"2021-12-08T15:59:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T20:59:28","slug":"former-nfl-star-slams-jussie-smollett-don-lemon-america-is-better-than-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nfl-star-slams-jussie-smollett-don-lemon-america-is-better-than-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NFL Star Slams Jussie Smollett, Don Lemon: \u2018America Is Better Than This\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-nfl-star-slams-jussie-smollett-don-lemon-america-is-better-than-this%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1099390&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former NFL star Jack Brewer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/jussie-smollett-trial-testimony-cnn-don-lemon-jack-brewer\">slammed<\/a> alleged hate crime hoaxer Jussie Smollett and his media pal Don Lemon on \u201cFox &amp; Friends First\u201d Wednesday morning, telling the audience that he was appalled by the \u201cgarbage\u201d he saw on networks like CNN in support of the \u201cEmpire\u201d actor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo have major media outlets like CNN,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cnn-don-lemon-court-testimony-jussie-smollett-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">people like Don Lemon<\/a>, supporting this garbage?,\u201d Brewer, the CEO of the Brewer Group, told the host. \u201cGrowing up in Texas, I never thought that I would see a day where you\u2019d have two high profile Black gay men on television supporting this type of nonsense,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable, the message that we put out and portrayed to these kids across our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt makes you wonder \u2026 this spiritual battle \u2014 we are not staying on the side of God,\u201d Brewer, who is also a Christian evangelist, added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want to talk about Christ in our schools anymore. And you can see, look \u2014 just look at this \u2014 you can see that people are sick right now. People\u2019s minds are twisted and they need to have their minds renewed like it says in Romans 12 and 2. We cannot be conformed by this world. Because this type of mess is transforming the minds of our kids. It\u2019s Satanic, it\u2019s devilish, and we got to stop it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerica is better than this. Black America is better than this,\u201d Brewer declared. \u201cEvery African-American leader should be standing up against this nonsense right here. It happens too much. It\u2019s happened hundreds of times where people are using hate crimes and faking them for their own personal gain. Stop it! We\u2019re better than this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the week, The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jussie-smollett-says-he-didnt-hand-over-phone-because-don-lemon-texted-that-police-didnt-believe-him\">reported<\/a> Lemon had texted Smollett advice during an ongoing police investigation, telling his friend that police did not believe his story. The CNN host has spoken at length about his friendship with the Hollywood actor.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Lemon said that as a fellow gay black man he texted the actor \u201cevery day,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/tv\/2019\/02\/11\/red-table-don-lemon-jussie-smollett-jada-pinkett-smith\/2837561002\/\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;USA Today:<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>\u201cEvery day I say, \u2018I know you think I\u2019m annoying\u2019&nbsp;\u2013 I can show you a text&nbsp;\u2013 \u2018I know you think I\u2019m annoying you, but I just want to know that you\u2019re OK, and if you need somebody you can talk to me, \u2019cause there\u2019s not a lot of us out there,\u2019 \u201d Lemon recalled. \u201cSometimes he responds; sometimes he doesn\u2019t. He responds and says, \u2018You are not annoying.\u2019 \u201c<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>When asked if he was afraid following the act of violence, Lemon said he had been living with angst.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>\u201cI\u2019ve had fear recently\u2026&nbsp;because of the political environment,\u201d he said. \u201cI get death threats\u2026 I have security, all of these things that happened. Listen, we\u2019ve always been divided ideologically, but there\u2019s something different going on now.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Brewer\u2019s clip can be seen here:<\/p>\n<p>Watch the latest video at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\">foxnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NFL star Jack Brewer slammed alleged hate crime hoaxer Jussie Smollett and his media pal Don Lemon on \u201cFox &#038; Friends First\u201d Wednesday morning, telling the audience that he was appalled by the \u201cgarbage\u201d he saw on networks like CNN in support of the \u201cEmpire\u201d actor.\u201cTo have major media outlets like CNN,\u00a0people like Don Lemon, supporting this garbage?,\u201d Brewer, the CEO of the Brewer Group, told the host. \u201cGrowing up in Texas, I never thought that I would see a day where you\u2019d have two high profile Black gay men on television supporting this type of nonsense,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable, the message that we put out and portrayed to these kids across our nation.\u201d\u201cIt makes you wonder \u2026 this spiritual battle \u2014 we are not staying on the side of God,\u201d Brewer, who is also a Christian evangelist, added.\u201cWe don\u2019t want to talk about Christ in our schools anymore. And you can see, look \u2014 just look at this \u2014 you can see that people are sick right now. People\u2019s minds are twisted and they need to have their minds renewed like it says in Romans 12 and 2. We cannot be conformed by this world. Because this type of mess is transforming the minds of our kids. It\u2019s Satanic, it\u2019s devilish, and we got to stop it.\u201d\u201cAmerica is better than this. Black America is better than this,\u201d Brewer declared. \u201cEvery African-American leader should be standing up against this nonsense right here. It happens too much. It\u2019s happened hundreds of times where people are using hate crimes and faking them for their own personal gain. Stop it! We\u2019re better than this.\u201dEarlier in the week, The Daily Wire reported Lemon had texted Smollett advice during an ongoing police investigation, telling his friend that police did not believe his story. The CNN host has spoken at length about his friendship with the Hollywood actor.In 2019, Lemon said that as a fellow gay black man he texted the actor \u201cevery day,\u201d\u00a0reported\u00a0USA Today:\u201cEvery day I say, \u2018I know you think I\u2019m annoying\u2019\u00a0\u2013 I can show you a text\u00a0\u2013 \u2018I know you think I\u2019m annoying you, but I just want to know that you\u2019re OK, and if you need somebody you can talk to me, \u2019cause there\u2019s not a lot of us out there,\u2019 \u201d Lemon recalled. \u201cSometimes he responds; sometimes he doesn\u2019t. He responds and says, \u2018You are not annoying.\u2019 \u201cWhen asked if he was afraid following the act of violence, Lemon said he had been living with angst.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve had fear recently\u2026\u00a0because of the political environment,\u201d he said. \u201cI get death threats\u2026 I have security, all of these things that happened. Listen, we\u2019ve always been divided ideologically, but there\u2019s something different going on now.\u201dBrewer\u2019s clip can be seen here:Watch the latest video at foxnews.comThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1099390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1099390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1099390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1099390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1099390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}