Overview
- Lemon, in a March 29 Pod Save America interview, said he is open to a future bid for the White House and claimed he could run the country better than President Donald Trump.
- He said he does not aspire to be president right now and would only consider a run if the right opportunity appeared, adding that people would think he was "crazy" for saying so.
- He argued that race would make a campaign tougher for him, saying the rules are different for Black candidates and for women such as Hillary Clinton, Nikki Haley, Kamala Harris, and Alex Wagner.
- He said an independent bid would be hard in the U.S. two-party system and that he would probably need to run as a Democrat to have a real chance.
- Context for any bid includes his January 18 arrest while reporting at a church protest in St. Paul and a February not guilty plea to charges reported by The New York Times, a case that could shape public scrutiny if he tests a run.