Actor George Clooney, who is liberal and was well-connected in getting former President Joe Biden out of the 2024 presidential race, is now jumping into the 2028 race.
Clooney now says he knows who the fast track to snagging the Democratic Party’s nomination.
Clooney said that Maryland Gov. Wes Moore — who has been seen as a rising star in the party — is separating himself from the pack of potential Democratic 2028 presidential contenders.
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“There’s one person in particular I think is spectacular,” Clooney told CNN host Jake Tapper in an interview that aired Wednesday, when asked which Democrat he feels can retake the White House.
Clooney praised other Democratic Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan before making the surprising case for Moore.
“Who I think is levitating above that is Wes Moore,” Clooney said.
Clooney, who has donated millions to the Democratic Party, cited Moore’s response to the deadly March 2024 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, his combat service and his work at a George Soros-backed venture philanthropy firm as reasons why the Maryland governor is jumping out at him.
“I think he is a guy that has handled this tragedy in Baltimore beautifully. He does two tours of duty in Afghanistan — active duty. He speaks beautifully. He’s smart. He ran a hedge fund — the Robin Hood Foundation. He’s a proper leader,” Clooney said.
“I like him a lot,” he added. “I think he could be someone we could all join in behind.”
Clooney, who holds a lot of clout in the Democratic Party and famously called for Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race in a New York Times op-ed, argued that Democrats don’t have much time to find the right candidate to rally behind.
“We have to find somebody rather soon,” the Oscar-winning actor said, while still admitting that Democrats will have their work cut out for them in 2028.
“It’s our job now to put together a proper team to stand up because [Democrats are] right now polling very poorly,” Clooney told Tapper.