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The Don Lemon Show

Lemon LIVE at 5 | NYC MAYORAL RACE DRAMA! - November 26th, 2024

The Don Lemon Show

18Hundred LLC.

Society & Culture, News

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Hey there Lemon Heads! Join Don this evening to dive into all the biggest news of the day. With all the buzz surrounding the presidential election and Donald Trump's outrageous cabinet picks, it has been easy to overlook more local political races. New York City's 2025 mayoral race is shaping up, with some familiar names in the running. Tonight, Don is joined by one of such candidates, long-time Democratic party donor Whitney Tilson. Tune in for a conversation you won't want to miss! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:56.0

Don Lemon Show. I have a question for all of you. Who do you think the next mayor of New York City

1:01.2

will be? Why are we talking about this? Is there even a race? Is it near? Who's it going to be?

1:06.0

Well, Eric Adams, is he going to run for a second term? You know he's got some issues as it relates

1:10.0

to some legal issues.

1:12.4

And we'll see what happens with that.

1:14.7

Will it be, as folks have been saying,

1:16.8

out in the zeit guys, the chattering class,

1:18.6

oh, it's going to be former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

1:21.4

Is he going to jump into the race?

1:22.6

Or could it be the man you see on your screen right there? He is a, well, he's a friend of the show, former co-host that he did for election night here on the show as well.

1:34.3

Wendy Tilsen, will he become the next mayor of Gotham?

1:37.3

He has thrown his hat into the ring.

1:39.3

So joining us for an exclusive interview, the latest man to announce New York City is mayoral, mayoral bid for New York City mayor is a long democratic donor and philanthropist, Whitney Tilsen.

1:51.0

Whitney, thank you so much. Are you out of your mind?

1:54.0

Yeah, I know. People have asked me if I'm a glutton for punishment, but actually, you know, win or lose, I think I'm going to have a lot

2:01.8

of fun doing this. I love big challenges and I love fighting for things I believe in. And I've been in

2:07.6

New York. I've fallen in love with the city since I moved down here. Married a New Yorker. Wasn't

2:11.7

lucky enough to be born here. So I did the next best thing. Moved down here 31 years ago and love the city. But I share the view of the majority

2:19.7

of New Yorkers who say the city is going in the wrong direction. I unfortunately, I had high

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