Lawrence: Fawning Republicans craving time with Trump welcome him back to Cap Hill

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

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🗓️ 14 June 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump visits Capitol Hill for the first time since January 6. Also, the Supreme Court immunity ruling delay helps Trump. Plus, the House votes to hold Attorney General Garland in contempt. And Trump reportedly calls Milwaukee “a horrible city” ahead of the Republican convention there. Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Andrew Weissmann, Rep. Eric Swalwell, and Rep. Gwen Moore join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	Now it is time for the last word with my friend Lawrence of Donald. Good evening,
0:04.3	Alex. Nancy Pelosi is going to be our first guest tonight on the day that
0:09.2	Donald Trump returned to the scene of the crime as it were.
0:13.4	We'll see what Speaker Pelosi might have to say about that.
0:17.4	Yeah, I am eager to hear her assessment
0:20.3	and what she felt when Donald Trump was on Capitol Hill.
0:24.0	Have a good show.
0:25.0	We'll do that. Thank you, Alex.
0:26.6	Thank you.
0:27.6	On January 6, 2021, after the Trump mob attacked the capital.
0:33.0	Tim Cook, the conscientious CEO of Apple,
0:38.0	reached into his conscience,
0:41.0	and presumably the conscience of the company he runs and said this.
0:46.0	Today marks a sad and shameful chapter in our nation's history.
0:50.0	Those responsible for this insurrection should be held to account, and we must
0:55.2	complete the transition to President-elect Biden's administration.
0:59.2	It's especially when they are challenged that our ideals matter most.
1:06.8	Those responsible for this insurrection
1:09.2	should be held to account.
1:12.2	Today, Tim Cook met with the person responsible, Donald Trump, and Donald Trump's first
1:19.1	return to Capitol Hill since he incited the attack on the Capitol on January 6th.
1:24.4	Tim Cook's meeting with Donald Trump today was arranged by a business lobbying group in
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