Ali Velshi: Trump's reaction to Tuesday's crushing election defeat? Basically, 'Let them eat cake'

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

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🗓️ 8 November 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump dismisses voters’ cost of living concerns. Also, the House remains out of session on day 38 of the record-setting government shutdown. Plus, the shutdown is pushing more Americans towards food insecurity. And California voters approve of a new redistricting measure. Timothy Snyder, Rep. Eric Swalwell, Sister Simone Campbell, and Erika Jones join Ali Velshi.

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0:00.0	The last word with the biggest star, no question, from election night, from MSNBC, at least. Ali Velci is in for Lawrence, and that starts right now. Hey, Alie, you did such a great job. I love the best. But more than that, I loved, you knew all the numbers. It was like you'd been doing it for years. It was, well, you know, I'm a data guy. So I actually really enjoy people were sort of wondering, why am I doing
0:21.0	that job? It's like, I love this stuff. I love the numbers coming in. And you guys were all
0:24.5	there with amazing analysis. And the thing that you kept on saying all night, which, which,
0:28.8	you know, continues to blow my mind is we had like two thirds or three quarters of presidential
0:33.9	level turnout in California with nobody's name on the ballot.
0:38.2	Unbelievable.
0:38.8	Not a human.
0:39.8	Unbelievable.
0:41.4	And the massive margins.
0:42.2	Unbelievable.
0:44.2	What a week, indeed, it has been.
0:46.2	Great spending some time with you this week.
0:46.9	And you have a great weekend.
0:48.0	You too. You too, Allie.
0:48.5	We got breaking news on SNAP food benefits.
0:51.1	Tonight, Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to give him an administrative
0:54.8	stay on a federal judge's order that the administration fully funds SNAP benefit, food benefits
1:01.0	November. Now, moments ago, Justice Katanji Brown Jackson, the emergency justice on duty tonight,
1:06.8	stayed the order pending a ruling from the appeals court, which Justice Jackson said is expected
1:11.5	to be issued, quote, with dispatch. We will have more on Trump's snap attack later in the hour.
1:17.1	But as we were just talking about, what a week. It's uniquely a good week for Democrats, but substantially
1:23.8	more importantly, it was a great week for democracy and a really bad week for Donald
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