Biden & Trump to debate for first time in four years

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 26 June 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: The Biden campaign emphasizes its abortion stance ahead of the election. Also, a bankruptcy trustee discloses the plan to shut down Infowars and liquidate Alex Jones’ assets. Plus, Judge Cannon considers Donald Trump’s motion to toss evidence. And CEOs and economists reject Trump’s economic policies. Michael Tyler, Rep. Maxwell Frost, Adam Klasfeld, Joyce Vance, and Jeffrey Sonnenfeld join Jonathan Capehart.

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0:00.0	Now it's time for the last word with my buddy Jonathan Kapart who is in for Lawrence.
0:03.9	Good evening, Jonathan.
0:05.0	Good evening, Alex. You'll be in Brooklyn. I'm here in Aspen where it's lovely.
0:10.6	I think you've pulled the longer straw on that one Jonathan.
0:15.0	All right Alex, thanks very much.
0:18.0	Thank you.
0:19.0	Have a good show.
0:20.0	In 47 hours, the earliest presidential debate in modern US history will be underway.
0:27.7	And that debate will mark the first time the sitting president and a former president have ever
0:32.2	debated.
0:33.4	Now of course President Biden and Donald Trump have debated before but this time
0:37.9	one of the two candidates on that stage is now a convicted felon.
0:42.3	In fact, the two candidates will debate two weeks
0:45.0	before Donald Trump is set to be sentenced on July 11th.
0:49.0	Today, the Biden Harris campaign released this ad.
0:53.0	Donald Trump loves to attack Joe Biden.
0:55.0	Joe by Joe Biden.
0:57.0	Because he's focused on revenge and he has no plan to help the middle class.
1:02.0	He just give more tax cuts to the wealthy.
1:04.6	Joe Biden is working every day to make your life more affordable. He capped the
1:09.9	cost of insulin, lowered health care costs, and made big corporations pay their fair share.
1:15.0	Here's the difference. Donald Trump is only out for himself.
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