Don Lemons former CNN colleagues skeptical about his possible presidential run

Left-wing podcaster and former CNN host Don Lemon claims to be considering a run for president.Count his former colleagues as skeptical at best.Lemon, an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump who started his own show after being fired by CNN in 2023, recently said there is a “65, 70%” chance he’ll launch a White House bid.

Lemon, who has no political experience, has said he would make a better president than Trump and talked up his appeal to voters.A CNN staffer knocked Lemon’s apparent presidential ambitions.“Doesn’t someone, according to Don Lemon, have to be in their ‘prime’ to run for president? That would certainly rule Don out,” they told Fox News Digital.The staffer was referring to the infamous 2023 moment when Lemon found himself in hot water for suggesting then-Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was past her “prime” at age 51, enraging female colleagues and sparking public fury.Lemon, who is now 60 and almost six years older than Haley, later apologized for the comments.“I love it.

Bring it on,” another CNN staffer told Fox News Digital of Lemon’s possible bid.“It would be fun if he ran.Little bit less boring than the standard 18-people on-stage process that we’re about to watch unfold,” they said.

“Although, I doubt he actually does it.”Lemon’s profile was raised earlier this year when he was slapped with a felony indictment for livestreaming a protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a Minnesota church.He has insisted he was working as a journalist and was not part of the group that harassed churchgoers, but Lemon ramped up his criticism of Trump since the incident.“Don does very much want to have influence and feel his contributions matter.

Would seem other ways make more sense because running is merely raising money, which is f—ing miserable, and you can’t get anywhere,” Lemon’s former colleague said.“I think political office is probably appealing to him...