GOP start to break with Trump on other issues after Epstein vote

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

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🗓️ 22 November 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will resign from Congress. Also, a Fox poll finds Donald Trump’s approval on the economy hits a new low. Plus, officials ousted or fired from Trump’s Justice Department detail the damage done to DOJ. And a Democrat seeks a historic flip in a deep-red Tennessee district. Rep. Eugene Vindman, Heather Long, Emily Bazelon, and Tennessee State Rep. Aftyn Behn join Jonathan Capehart.

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0:00.0	The last word with Jonathan K-part in for Lawrence starts right now. This is sort of a retro thing, Jonathan, saying, how do you want a Friday night? Yes, but you know what's different this time, Allie? You've got to get up early in the morning. Earlier. That's much earlier. We used to, yes. I wish you well, my friend. You'll have a great show and and you'll be very prepared tomorrow morning. Oh, absolutely. Thanks, Sally. See you, buddy. Donald Trump has had a dismal week,
0:28.3	and it's because his hold on the Republican Party seems to be weakening for the first time
0:34.6	in his political career. After a week that began with a near unanimous vote
0:39.7	in the House and Senate to release the Epstein files and ended with Donald Trump calling for
0:45.3	the execution of six Democratic lawmakers, Republicans are starting to distance themselves from
0:50.9	Donald Trump. What happened with the vote on the bill to release the Epstein files is just one example.
0:58.5	And now it seems like Republicans are feeling more empowered to suddenly tell Donald Trump no.
1:05.9	Semaphore reports, quote, take Trump's idea to send $2,000 tariff rebate checks to Americans, for example.
1:13.7	We are $38 trillion in debt, Senator Ron Johnson told semaphore. Any revenue we get in ought to be
1:21.3	used to reduce the deficit, not expand it. The rifts between Trump and the rest of the GOP are piling up. Indiana Republicans are
1:31.3	declining to rewrite their congressional maps at the behest of the president, sparking a wave
1:36.5	of redistricting regret on Capitol Hill. Trump's pitch to eliminate the Affordable Care Act subsidies
1:42.8	is also drawing skepticism within the party,
1:46.0	as is his bid to jam the moratorium on state AI regulations into a must-pass defense bill.
1:53.7	Republicans spurn Trump's plans to import Argentine beef and shunned suggestions like a 50-year mortgage.
2:02.7	The New York Times notes that Donald Trump and the Republican Party are, quote,
2:07.6	in a weakened state on a number of fronts headed into a 2020 election cycle
2:12.6	that will determine control of Congress, with Americans citing rising costs
2:18.0	in a dour view of the economy
2:20.0	that Mr. Trump had pledged to fix to their benefit.
2:24.6	Donald Trump's worst polling numbers
2:27.0	deal with how he is handling the economy
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