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“I love him like a brother. And his wife, I mean, his wife's a friend. And I just think that he is brilliant. He has a good heart. He's handsome. And people really like him. He is a charismatic personality.”

America, Actually with Astead Herndon · Policy · August 2026

“I love him like a brother. And his wife, I mean, his wife's a friend. And I just think that he is brilliant. He has a good heart. He's handsome. And people really like him. He is a charismatic personality.” — Don Lemon on Wes Moore, America, Actually with Astead Herndon

Context

Don Lemon on America, Actually with Astead Herndon, explaining why he picked Maryland Gov. Wes Moore for his team in a fantasy draft of 2028 Democratic contenders. He says he is a friend of Moore and his wife.

Transcript

America, Actually with Astead Herndon Around 30:24 into the episode
Speaker 1

I've seen him. I've seen him and I've seen it.

Kara Swisher

He's like, not grinder with that thing here.

Don Lemon

No, no, no, not like that. I love him like a brother. And his wife, I mean, his wife's a friend. And I just think that he is brilliant. He has a good heart. He's handsome. And people really like him. He is a charismatic personality.

Speaker 1

I mean, he certainly has the fresh face quality and I think is introducing himself on the national stage where there's a desire to hear from some new people. So I could definitely see him making something work. I think I'm going to go with the senator from Georgia, John Osoff. Very good. Because I…

Don Lemon

We're on the same page because that was going to be one of my picks again. And the reason I was going to pick him is because the ladies love him. Ladies vote. Black women love him. They call him Senator Mayboo. And we know that the road to the White House in the Democratic Party runs through black…

Kara Swisher

right. It's hard here because I'm going to go. I'm between two people that I like a lot. And I've spent a lot of time with. One is Gina Ramundo, who I think in any other world would be very qualified.

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