‘Joe Biden won’: Lawrence on the President’s successful debt ceiling strategy

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 31 May 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: The House Rules Committee advances the debt ceiling bill. Also, The Washington Post reports that prosecutors are questioning a Trump employee about Mar-a-Lago surveillance footage. Plus, calls for Justice Clarence Thomas to resign continue. And a recent poll finds most Tennessee voters support stricter gun laws. Jennifer Rubin, Harry Litman, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Tennessee State Rep. Justin J. Pearson join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	Now, it is time for the last word with Lawrence O'Donnell.
0:03.8	Good evening, Lawrence.
0:04.8	Good evening, Alex.
0:05.8	We have Senator Sheldon Whitehouse joining us tonight.
0:08.4	And you know what that means?
0:10.0	That means there's more to say about Clarence Thomas and Harlan Crowe and Harlan Crowe
0:15.4	refusing to reveal to Senator Whitehousee as he has politely requested everything, all
0:23.4	of the money that Harlan Crowe has spent on Clarence Thomas.
0:27.7	So get the Senator's latest attempt to get that information when he joins us tonight.
0:33.0	You know, Lawrence, he has been leading the charge on that in a way that I think is so
0:38.5	critical given the utter silence from his colleagues on the other side of the aisle.
0:44.9	So I'm eager to hear what I'm saying.
0:45.9	Yeah, he's really stepped up.
0:46.9	And now, excited, there's a tweet I wanted to read to you.
0:50.4	This is from Feisty Granny, which is a handle that I think will probably be available
0:57.3	to you 40 years from now when you might want to use it.
1:02.1	She says, I never had doubts.
1:05.0	This was not his first time dealing with the negotiations.
1:08.6	He knows what he is doing.
1:10.3	I ignored all the breathless reporting, knowing it would be okay.
1:13.9	She is, of course, talking about President Biden's handling of the debt ceiling negotiations.
1:20.0	Feisty Granny is just much cooler than I am about this.
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