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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence: As Trump supporters turn on him over the Epstein files, Trump calls them ‘stupid’

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

NBC News

Policy, Msnbc, Politics, President, Washington, Congress, Government, Senate, News

4.45.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Tonight on The Last Word: Democrats call for a Congressional hearing on the Epstein files. Also, Donald Trump denies he’s planning to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell. And Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro endorses Janelle Stelson for Congress. Rep. Jamie Raskin, Paul Krugman, and Janelle Stelson join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0

The last word with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now.

0:03.6

Hey, Lawrence.

0:04.2

Hey, Jen.

0:04.8

You were a former communications professional in the political world.

0:09.8

What do you call it when a politician who's trying to get away from a scandal keeps talking about the scandal?

0:22.3

Evasion, self-impulsion.

0:25.4

I mean, it is a 101 whatnot to do.

0:29.4

I know.

0:30.0

Chris and I were talking about this, Lawrence.

0:32.1

We might still be talking about it

0:34.1

because the right wing and the manosphere

0:36.4

is running away from Trump, but he keeps talking about it. So we're going to keep talking about it because the right wing and the manosphere is running away from Trump,

0:38.1

but he keeps talking about it. So we're going to keep talking about it because it is news.

0:43.3

And there's more things that keep coming out about it. So here we are. And we know that he

0:47.6

doesn't want us to talk about it, which is always a good guideline for what we should be talking

0:52.1

about. But for me, what's so fascinating about it is

0:54.5

we've been kind of staring at this Trump political phenomenon, wondering what could break it

1:01.8

apart, could anything break it apart? And in politics, you break it apart if you just reduce it by

1:07.2

5%. That's all it takes. That's the same thing as zero, because if it drops

1:12.6

5% support, it can't possibly win anything. And his, he is right now in a real separation,

1:21.8

anxiety situation with some of his most fervent previous supporters.

1:28.3

We've always seen them come back in the fold.

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