Career
At Columbia, he wrote for the student newspaper, Columbia Daily Spectator , [7] and later interned at the New York Daily News in 2001. Lemire said, "I was told that I would never be hired but I could stay on as an intern for another few months." [8] A week later, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 occurred, and Lemire "was eventually brought on staff." [8] [9] Lemire worked there for more than a decade. [10]
In 2013, Lemire joined the Associated Press, [11] [12] where he covered New York City politics as well as Donald Trump's and Joe Biden's administrations. [13] He gained media attention for his news conference question to Trump about Russia's Vladimir Putin at their July 2018 Helsinki summit, "Who do you believe, Putin or U.S. intelligence?" [14] [15] [16] [17] Lemire has also been a longtime political analyst for MSNBC and NBC News. [18]
In October 2021, MSNBC named Lemire as the new host of its early morning news show Way Too Early , taking over full-time reporting duties from Kasie Hunt. He remained there until December 2024 before being promoted to co-host of Morning Joe . [19] He joined The Atlantic as a contributing writer in January 2025 before being elevated to staff writer that August. Previously, he was also White House bureau chief of Politico, beginning his duties there in November 2021. [20]
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