Dictator talk from Trump, as Dems barnstorm for Harris

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 30 July 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: President Biden calls for the “No One is Above the Law” Amendment. Also, Biden proposes Supreme Court term limits and an enforceable ethics code. Plus, Project 2025 threatens to make the Justice Department beholden to Donald Trump. And Trump tells Christian voters they would never need to vote again if he’s elected. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Eugene Vindman, and Rep. Eric Swalwell join Ali Velshi.

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0:00.0	Okay, well today is day eight of the Harris for President campaign and what a difference a week makes.
0:07.0	We'll have all the day's campaign news in just a moment, but I want to begin with what Ruth Ben Giet, who you know is an expert on authoritarian leaders, said should
0:15.7	be the media's lead story.
0:19.0	Trump is planning to do it again. Again, Christians get out and vote just this time.
0:30.0	You won't have to do it anymore, four more. You know what it'll be fixed it'll be fine
0:35.2	You won't have to vote anymore my beautiful Christians
0:39.7	That was Donald Trump on Friday telling Republican Christians, beautiful Christians as he calls them,
0:44.8	that they won't have to vote again if he wins?
0:48.4	Republicans by the way spent the weekend laughing that off. Well I think that was a classic trumpism if you will. I think he's just trying to make the
0:58.7	point that this stuff can be fixed. You're laughing. What do you believe he's trying to say? What's the truth?
1:04.0	He's trying to tell the Christian community and anybody else who's listening the
1:09.8	nightmare that we're experiencing will soon be over.
1:12.2	Since 2015's famous... that we're experienced and will soon be over.
1:13.0	Since 2015's famous Golden Escalator ride, the news media has often struggled with taking
1:18.8	Donald Trump literally and seriously.
1:22.3	So when are we going to take Donald Trump at his word?
1:24.0	Ruth Ben Guillat warned, quote, I've studied dictatorships for decades and this is it.
1:29.3	Quote, you won't have to vote anymore, end quote. Trump will never leave office if he wins in
1:34.3	November. Republicans can go on Sunday shows and brush off Donald Trump's comments as
1:39.3	a joke. But was this a joke?
1:41.8	We love this guy.
1:44.0	He says, you're not going to be a dictator, are you?
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