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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

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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

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Tonight on The Last Word: Trump ally Steve Bannon calls for ICE at polling sites. Also, Democratic governors condemn Donald Trump’s threat to “nationalize” elections. And in a New York Times op-ed, Reece Jones says “the border patrol is the problem.” Andrew Weissmann, Gov. Abigail Spanberger, and Reece Jones join Lawrence O’Donnell.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The last word with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now. Hey Lawrence.

0:04.4

Thanks, Jen. We have Governor Abigail Spanberger joining us tonight. Her first appearance here

0:09.8

since elected Governor Virginia. I think her first appearance on this network since then. So she's

0:15.9

changing the Republican policy in Virginia of cooperation with ICE. She'll tell us about it when she joins us.

0:22.8

So interesting. I just asked Jay Johnson exactly about that. I think it's a fascinating decision.

0:28.3

I can't wait to hear what she says. Well, she's coming up. Thanks, Jen. Looking forward to it.

0:33.6

Thank you. If you can't do it in Bihalia, Mississippi, you can't do it anywhere.

0:42.7

Bahalia, Mississippi, population 139 is going to stop Christy Knoem.

0:50.4

In a follow-up to the excellent reporting, Rachel, delivered here Monday night,

0:53.9

about the protests

0:55.1

against the ICE detention camps that Homeland Security, Christy Knoem, is trying to acquire

1:02.2

and establish around the country by buying warehouses to literally warehouse people.

1:08.0

We cannot report that the entire state of Mississippi appears to be off limits

1:14.7

to Christy Gnome.

1:16.9

Rachel reported on locations around the country, especially Republican-controlled areas,

1:21.5

which overwhelmingly voted for Donald Trump that are rising up in local protests by Trump voters to block Christy

1:30.6

Nome's attempt to warehouse thousands of people in their communities.

1:35.3

Christy Nome must have thought it was going to be easy in Bihalia, Mississippi, buy a warehouse

1:42.3

and fill it up with people, dragged out of their cars in Minneapolis and elsewhere, fill it up with people dragged out of their cars in Minneapolis

1:45.9

and elsewhere, fill it up with fathers carrying their babies into one of Christyneone's

1:51.2

warehouse detention centers.

1:55.3

Christy Dome is from out of town in Washington, D.C., and appears to be a slow learner there. She might not yet fully understand

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