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The Don Lemon Show

LEMON DROP | Virginia's Blue Wave Has MAGA Worried!

The Don Lemon Show

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News, Society & Culture

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Don sits down with Virginia House Speaker Don Scott to break down the monumental Democratic victories in Tuesday’s election, a true blue wave that swept across the entire state. Every county shifted left, voters turned out in record numbers, and Virginia sent a clear message: the MAGA agenda is losing its grip. So what does this mean for the midterms? Can Democrats keep the momentum going, and should MAGA be worried? Speaker Scott joins Don to unpack the numbers, the strategy, and the growing movement reshaping American politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Virginia Speaker of the House, Don Scott joined this right now. Don Scott, thank you. I like your first name, by the way.

0:21.8

I like yours too. You know, people mix us up sometimes. You know, thank you. I like your first name, by the way. I like yours too.

0:25.7

You know, people mix us up sometimes. You know, I'm a little better looking than you, but other than that, we're doing okay. I got to tell you, it's funny, I was in Baltimore, and this guy said

0:32.1

something, no, I can't talk to you right now, Don Scott, but I know who you are. And I was like,

0:37.3

Don Scott, Don Scott.

0:38.6

I'm penetrate. I'm getting in there. They said you were, were you an anchor man in in Baltimore?

0:45.6

No, in Maryland. Never. No. No. They called me Don Scott. Maybe there was a Don Scott in Baltimore as well.

0:51.4

But anyways, welcome to, to the program. I'm so happy that you're on to talk to us.

0:56.9

By the way, if you're watching, make sure you hit the like, the hearts, the thumbs up.

1:00.2

It affects the algorithm. More people become aware of our conversation. And this is a really good one

1:04.3

that we're going to have. Man, Virginia showed out on election night.

1:08.7

Well, I think the country was holding his breath, waiting to see, you know, what would happen

1:14.5

in Virginia, New Jersey.

1:16.8

You know, Virginia is for lovers.

1:18.3

That's my favorite line.

1:19.3

And we had to send a love letter not only to the nation but to the rest of the world, that

1:23.3

we had not all lost our minds that we still believe in love and hold over cruelty and fear.

1:30.2

And I think we have an opportunity and continue to have an opportunity to send a message

1:34.1

as we move forward throughout the rest of this cycle, to send a message to MAGA Republicans

1:40.1

and to normal conservative Republicans. They still exist. Like I literally doing, and during this campaign,

1:46.4

I knocked on a door in Virginia Beach,

1:48.1

and I met a man who had voted for President Obama twice,

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