Lawrence: The Epstein survivors have questions that Donald Trump and Kash Patel refuse to answer

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Epstein survivors are “shocked” by Kash Patel’s testimony. Also, Donald Trump’s economy and tariffs are a top issue in the New Jersey governor’s race. And early voting begins Friday in the Virginia governor’s race. Rep. Ro Khanna, Rep. Mikie Sherrill, and fmr. Rep. Abigail Spanberger join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	The last word with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now.
0:03.4	Hey, Lawrence.
0:04.1	Hey, Jen.
0:04.8	You remember the blue wave election of 2018 in which the Democrats won back, the House
0:11.4	Representatives.
0:12.9	Two women elected that year.
0:15.8	Abigail Spanberger and Mikey Sherrill.
0:19.1	They won from New Jersey and from Virginia. they, as you know, became roommates as members of Congress sometimes do because it's expensive to have to have a place in Washington and a place back in your state.
0:31.6	They became roommates, and you'll never guess where they are tonight.
0:37.6	Are they on your show?
0:40.2	That's correct.
0:41.1	You guessed.
0:41.7	I don't know how you did.
0:42.3	How did I guess?
0:43.3	They are both candidates for governor in New Jersey and in Virginia.
0:49.4	They're both going to join us here in back-to-back segments tonight.
0:57.4	Early voting begins tomorrow in Virginia,
1:05.4	so it is happening. I better get voting. They are such interesting candidates. They are such interesting leaders in the Democratic Party, really two people to watch, two reasons to watch
1:09.6	this year, but two people to watch long beyond that is my bet. And running really strong campaigns. Absolutely.
1:16.7	And they are national security experts, and that's part of their backgrounds, which is also
1:22.3	incredibly interesting, but running both really strong campaigns, really savvy. I love that you're having them on together.
1:29.0	I'm going to have to get in my car and listen to it. That's because the people running this show,
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