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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: The U.S. launched new “self-defense” strikes on Iran. Also, the majority of GOP voters oppose Donald Trump’s $1.776 billion “slush fund.” Plus, North Carolina Democrat Roy Cooper looks to flip a GOP Senate seat. And a new book marks America’s 250th anniversary in the era of Trump. Rep. Chris Deluzio, Andrew Weissmann, Roy Cooper, and Eddie Glaude join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	Time for the last word with Lawrence O'Donnell.
0:03.1	Hey, Jen.
0:03.6	It is.
0:04.5	It's flip the Senate week here on the last word.
0:08.3	We have North Carolina Senate candidate Roy Cooper joining us tonight.
0:12.1	Very, very strong possibility for him to flip that Republican seat in North Carolina to the Democrats.
0:19.6	This is after James Tolariko was here last
0:21.7	night. And what was the real beginning of his general election campaign against Ken Paxton,
0:29.1	it happened right here on this network, where he responded directly to what Paxton had just
0:34.6	said about him. That campaign is obviously one of the big ones to watch,
0:40.6	and it does seem like Tala Rico now is in the favored position there.
0:46.7	Look, I love that you're having this week of Flip the Senate, because I think people are getting
0:51.1	to know who these people are and about them and what they bring forward.
0:55.6	It was a great interview last night. I watched it. He gave a great speech today, and I'll be looking
0:59.8	forward to seeing what Roy Cooper has to say. He's likely going to be a senator in a year.
1:04.1	This Senate battle gets more real every day. It becomes more clear, gets more real every day.
1:10.7	And we're going to be covering it all the way.
1:13.1	Certainly. We will be too. I'll look forward to watching your Convo tonight.
1:16.7	Thanks, Jen. Bye, Lawrence. Thank you. Well, with Republicans now one step closer to losing another seat
1:24.7	in the United States Senate with Donald Trump's scandal-plagued
1:29.7	plagued candidate Ken Paxson, winning the Republican nomination last night in Texas, thereby
1:36.5	strengthening Democrat James Telerico's chances of being the first Democrat to win a Senate
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