During his appearance on Club Random With Bill Maher Sunday night, Don Lemon expressed the bind-boggling opinion that, following their defeat in the past election, what the Democratic Party needed by way of a little rejuvenation was Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY). Lemon claimed that people “love AOC,” and even went so far as to claim she would be a hit for the same reasons as President Trump. Eventually, Maher stepped in and brought him down to earth a bit.
After a lengthy and non-G-rated conversation on various subjects, Lemon offered his view on the Democratic leadership vacuum:
I love Nancy Pelosi… But I think that era of the Nancy Pelosi type… is over. I think that this is the era of… [a]nd I’m… not necessarily in love with their policies, but people love AOC… And I think that the Democratic Party should put the people out…
