Lawrence: RFK Jr., the most dangerous nepo baby in American history, testified today not under oath

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Senate Finance Committee Democrats call on RFK Jr. to resign. Also, Donald Trump appeals to the Supreme Court to save his illegal tariffs. And the Virginia governor’s race in November is the first test for the Trump agenda. Sen. Raphael Warnock, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	The last word with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now.
0:03.0	Hey, Lawrence.
0:03.5	Hey, Jen.
0:04.0	We have Abigail Spanberger joining us tonight, the candidate for governor in Virginia, the most important election of the year.
0:11.8	As you know, of course.
0:12.9	My home state.
0:13.9	Yeah.
0:14.4	And it's always, it's as if some political science class designed this, that there's always the governor's
0:22.2	election in Virginia the year after the presidential election, because Virginia has that one-term
0:27.8	limit for the governor for years. And so we all stare at what does this mean for Washington
0:34.7	when we see which party comes out on top there.
0:38.5	It's a really interesting race.
0:40.8	She's a great candidate.
0:42.2	There's also the New Jersey governor's race.
0:44.1	The two of them were roommates, the Democratic nominees, both NatsSec ladies, which I love, experts.
0:50.5	So really interesting.
0:51.6	I'll look forward to watching your interview.
0:52.9	Thanks, Jen.
0:53.6	Thank you.
0:56.5	Well, the most dangerous nepo baby in American history testified today, not under oath.
1:05.4	The most dangerous nepo baby in the world is, of course, the owner and operator of North Korea's nuclear weapons,
1:11.7	Kim Jong-un, who inherited his dictatorship from his father. Robert Kennedy, Jr., inherited his
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