Lawrence: There is no other record like Joe Biden's in American political history

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: President Biden relies on history to frame the existential election in a historic speech from the Oval Office about his decision to leave the campaign. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Ron Klain join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	Our coverage of President Biden's historic Oval Office speech continues now with the last word with my great friend Lawrence O'Donnell.
0:06.3	Good evening, Lawrence.
0:07.1	Hey Alex, Ron Klein, President Biden's first White House Chief of Staff is going to join us during this hour, but first we will be
0:14.8	joined by Corrine Jean-Pierre who was in the room in the Oval Office with the President
0:20.5	when he delivered that speech tonight.
0:22.6	No two better people to talk to.
0:24.7	We will all be watching.
0:25.9	Thank you, Alex.
0:26.9	Have a great show.
0:27.9	Thank you.
0:29.3	And so Joe Biden has run his last campaign. There were 12 of them. 12 Biden campaigns
0:38.4	beginning in 1972 and ending this week of 2024.
0:45.2	52 years of campaigning.
0:49.8	There is no other record like that in American political history.
0:54.6	Joe Biden won six consecutive elections to the United States Senate serving 36 years.
1:00.5	He then won two vice presidential elections.
1:04.0	He ran for president four times with one win.
1:08.8	And in his fourth run for president, he withdrew from the race and through his support to Vice President
1:15.1	Kamala Harris.
1:17.2	Joe Biden's quest for the presidency began in his third term as a United States senator when he was 45 years old in 1988.
1:28.0	Today I announced my candidacy for President of the United States of America.
1:35.0	But first... That first Biden presidential campaign ended when the votes were counted at the Iowa
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