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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence: The protesters are forcing Trump’s retreat.

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

Politics, Washington, Congress, News, Ms Now, President, Versant Media, Policy, Versant, Government, Senate

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Tonight on The Last Word: Sen. Amy Klobuchar announces her bid for Minnesota Governor. Also, a new bill seeks to end qualified immunity for federal agents. And a friend and colleague remembers Alex Pretti. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Rep. Eric Swalwell, and Dr. Dimitri Drekonja join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0

The last word with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now. Hey, Lawrence. Hey, Jen. We are going to see

0:05.9

campaigns this year like we've never seen before. In Maine, it looks like Republican Senator Susan

0:12.4

Collins will be running as the person who can protect Maine from Donald Trump, which is, of course,

0:19.4

exactly what the Republican, the Democratic candidate will be saying.

0:23.1

And in Minnesota, Senator Amy Klobuchar has now decided to go home and run for governor.

0:30.5

And you know that campaign is going to be about defending the state of Minnesota

0:35.8

against the president of the United States.

0:39.4

The campaigns, kind of campaigns we've never seen before,

0:42.8

Senator Klobuchar is going to join us tonight on her first day as a candidate for governor of Minnesota.

0:48.8

Yeah, I'm really excited to hear what she has to say,

0:52.0

and she is a fiery, holds no bar speaker and leader, so looking forward to watching that interview. And you know what, Jen, that reminds me. I should really turn off the ringer on my phone now that we're on live TV. Always again. I try to do the same. Otherwise, I'm going to throw it across the room. Thanks for giving me that second to do that.

1:12.0

Okay, no problem.

1:13.1

Thanks, Jen.

1:14.3

Thanks, Lawrence.

1:14.8

Thank you.

1:23.5

With 278 days until the next election, protesters are winning tonight.

1:30.5

And Donald Trump continued his retreat today with new polls, including a Fox poll,

1:35.4

showing the country has completely turned against Donald Trump's invasion of Minneapolis.

1:41.9

The biggest change in the polls is the number of Republicans who have dramatically increased in opposing Donald Trump's invasion of Minneapolis.

1:46.2

The polls show Donald Trump has gone too far in his cruelty all over the country, including

1:51.8

in Maine, where the state's Republican senator publicly announced Donald Trump's retreat

1:58.3

today because she needs Donald Trump to retreat for her to have any hope of winning re-election in the state of Maine this year.

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