Lawrence: McCarthy will be weakest Speaker we’ve seen if he’s even elected

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 4 January 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: The House adjourns without a new Speaker. Also, The New York Times reports that Brazilian authorities will revive a fraud case against George Santos. Plus, House Clerk Cheryl Johnson begins an historic term as the presiding officer of the House. And Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy addressed his nation on New Year’s Eve. Rep. Adam Schiff, Grace Ashford and former Rep. Lacy Clay join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	Now it is time for the last word with Laurence O'Donnell.
0:02.9	Good evening, Laurence.
0:03.7	Good evening.
0:04.2	Good evening, it is.
0:05.2	Good evening, Alex.
0:06.2	I was wondering if you remember where you were the last time that Kevin McCarthy
0:12.0	flamed out as a candidate for Speaker of the House.
0:15.5	I bet you're going to tell me.
0:17.1	I'm going to tell you you were on this show.
0:21.2	Let's see if this video refreshes your memory.
0:24.4	Watch it.
0:25.4	No.
0:26.4	This was something Kevin McCarthy planned to say on Fox News, including the word untrustable.
0:32.8	I mean, so in that respect, Laurence, I think it's sort of like the Houston we have a problem
0:37.8	issue with with regards to this man being the spear of the house.
0:41.9	And that of course was when Kevin McCarthy said some stupid stuff on TV that just killed
0:48.4	yeah, that killed his candidacy for Speaker of the House.
0:52.6	And here we are.
0:53.6	Seven years later.
0:54.6	Seven years later.
0:55.6	The man is still struggling, Alex.
0:58.9	Houston still has a problem.
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