Hey, remember that time Julián Castro was running for president? Poor schmuck likely doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of winning the Democratic nomination, but that doesn’t mean CNN can’t do their damnedest to make him look as good as possible.

At last night’s town hall event, Don Lemon went out of his way to give Castro a confidence boost:

Don Lemon helpfully reminds crowd to applaud Julian Castro's answer at CNN town hall. pic.twitter.com/uf4Tbm7ZzM — Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) April 12, 2019

Awww … wasn’t that sweet? Don Lemon’s a real prince.

Please clap — Ima Bot (@ChrisW23599296) April 12, 2019

Please clap! — Marcia Brady (@somethingabtjen) April 12, 2019

Low Energy Julian — TMLAK (@yt2ak) April 12, 2019

"Come on, people, we REHEARSED this" — No, Eric Swalwell is not me (@jtLOL) April 12, 2019