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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Gov. Whitmer: ‘We’re all at risk’ in upcoming election

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

Politics, Washington, Congress, News, Ms Now, President, Versant Media, Policy, Versant, Government, Senate

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Tonight on The Last Word: A Michigan bill strengthens IVF and surrogacy protections. Also, Biden and Trump have won their respective primaries in Wisconsin, NBC News protects. Plus, President Biden is “outraged” by the killing of aid workers in Gaza. And moves by a Trump-appointed judge are slowing down the classified documents case. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Ben Wikler, Noga Tarnopolsky, Andrew Weissmann, and Bradley Moss join Ali Velshi.

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0:00.0

Now it is time for the last word with Ali Velshi who is in for Lawrence good evening

0:05.4

Ali not your biggest fan tonight I was trying to get ready for this show and then

0:09.4

you did this thing about this councilman in Enid, Oklahoma.

0:13.6

And then I was like, hey, I got a show to do.

0:15.1

But I was glued to that and that you did it and that you had that conversation with Brandy.

0:21.2

Without covering these stories, I think many of us would just not know that stuff like that happens that this guy ran on that campaign.

0:28.0

It's really important to know that other people in deeply red states, largely Republican states,

0:35.4

see some of this white supremacy

0:37.6

and say no.

0:39.1

And say no, not for us.

0:40.7

This is not us, not, yeah, absolutely.

0:41.8

Thank you for doing that, my friend.

0:43.0

It's great to see you as well.

0:44.0

You have a great evening.

0:46.0

The battle for the American presidency in 2024 will lightly come down to another battle of the blue wall,

0:52.0

which includes Michigan and Wisconsin

0:54.8

two reliably Democratic states that flipped red in 2016 and led to Donald Trump's shock

1:01.3

victory aided of course by third party candidates,

1:05.0

votes for Jill Stein in both states in 2016

1:08.0

were larger than the vote difference between Trump and Hillary Clinton.

1:12.0

Joe Biden won back both states in 2020,

1:15.0

winning Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania,

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