Estimated 7 Million protest against Trump nationwide

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump lashes out after “No Kings” protests draw a historic turnout. Also, the government shutdown reaches day 20, becoming the third longest in U.S. history. Plus, James Comey files a motion to dismiss the charges against him. And the House Oversight Committee releases the transcript of the Alex Acosta interview. Ezra Levin, Mayor Brandon Johnson, Rep. Eric Swalwell, Joyce Vance, and Lisa Rubin join Jonathan Capehart.

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0:00.0	Seven million. That's how many Americans took to the streets on Saturday at nearly 3,000 events
0:06.8	nationwide, marching under one banner. No Kings.
0:12.2	This is the most American thing that you can do, protest and speak for what you believe in.
0:18.4	The people who come out here and fight and who want to resist,
0:21.2	those are the people who make change. Those are the people who make history. I wore the uniform
0:25.3	since I was 18 years old. I never thought I would see this. We live by the Constitution,
0:32.2	and that we need to protect that more than anything. They're not going to intimidate us
0:37.2	with tyrant talk.
0:40.2	We are out here to stand up for this democracy.
0:42.6	Do not cower to the fascism and the threats that are coming from D.C.
0:47.3	That's what they want us to do.
0:49.1	And they will only be successful in that if we remain silent.
0:52.8	I don't think we need a king.
0:54.1	We definitely don't
0:55.0	need a dictatorship and it's time for him to go. We have a constitution for a reason. It provides us
1:01.7	inalienable rights that we have to adhere to. And in this country, we have no kings, period.
1:09.5	According to the NYPD, more than 100,000 New Yorkers marched across all five boroughs, quote,
1:17.0	peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights, and the NYPD made zero protest-related arrests.
1:25.4	And while thousands packed Times Square in Donald Trump's hometown to protest against
1:31.1	Trump's authoritarian playbook, Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video of himself as a fighter pilot
1:38.5	flying a jet labeled King Trump while wearing a crown. The New York Times reports, quote,
1:45.9	The fake video set to the song Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins shows the plane dropping a
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