Lawrence: Second most important thing for democracy and Democrats is winning the Senate

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 7 March 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Nikki Haley and Dean Phillips end their presidential campaigns after Super Tuesday. Also, the Texas Senate race is a key matchup in the fight for control of Congress. Plus, early voting is underway in Ohio ahead of the GOP primary. And Donald Trump’s finances are under a microscope after big penalties. Rep. Adam Schiff, Rep. Colin Allred, Sen. Sherrod Brown, Andrew Weissmann, and Melissa Murray join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	Now it is time for the last word with Lawrence O'Donnell.
0:02.4	Good evening, Lawrence.
0:03.2	Good evening, Alex.
0:04.2	We have what we call a quorum here at the last word.
0:07.0	We have three senators joining us tonight.
0:09.3	Well, okay, wait.
0:11.8	Adam Schiff, who is one. way. beyond doubt because Republicans cannot win statewide there.
0:23.7	He's going to join us.
0:24.4	Sherrod Brown, who actually is currently a senator running for election, is joining us.
0:30.0	And Colin Allred, who was the big, big winner in Texas last night on his way to the general election
0:36.2	November, against Senator Cruz.
0:38.8	Cruz only won by three points last time.
0:40.5	This could be the time.
0:41.6	So it's Senate night here again.
0:44.2	Senate night, you might be able to hash out a plan
0:46.3	for immigration reform in an hour.
0:48.3	Yeah, and later, actually, Andrew Weisman and Melissa Murray
0:52.2	are going to join me, and we did something unusual for tonight's segment Alex.
0:56.3	We rehearsed it for an hour in front of a live audience at the 92nd Street Y and we're going to bring all of
1:05.1	Melissa's best jokes and Andrew's best jokes tight. We're going to get it tight down
1:09.8	to a much tighter version of it here during this hour.
1:13.2	Well I heard about the musical number at that event so I'm super excited for it tonight
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