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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence: Trumpism means ‘never having to say you're sorry for being stupid’

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

NBC News

Policy, Msnbc, Politics, President, Washington, Congress, Government, Senate, News

4.45.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Tonight on The Last Word: More undisclosed trips are revealed between Justice Clarence Thomas and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. Also, Ohio’s Senate race is one of the most expensive in 2024. Plus, a new Biden policy shields undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens from deportation. And Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester officially files for a Delaware Senate run. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Sen. Sherrod Brown, Rep. Robert Garcia, and Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0

Now it is time for the last word with Lawrence.

0:03.0

O'Donnell, good evening, Lawrence.

0:04.7

Good evening, Lishino.

0:05.5

I just realized we have three Senate candidates joining us tonight.

0:08.8

Sheldon White House, shared Brown, and from Delaware,

0:12.4

Congressman Lisa Blunt Rochester, all running for the

0:16.1

United States Senate. So they're all going to have their chance to talk to voters

0:19.7

here tonight. That is a good booking list, Lawrence.

0:23.6

Someone did you very well there.

0:25.6

Thanks, Alicia.

0:27.3

Have a good night.

0:29.1

And at the end of this hour, we're going to have to say our final farewell to Willie Mays who sadly died

0:35.4

tonight at the age of 93. The stock market hit record highs again today, something that the religion called Trumpism

0:45.2

insists is impossible because in the last presidential campaign

0:50.4

Donald Trump promised this.

0:53.0

If he's elected, the stock market will crash.

0:57.0

Trumpism depends on stupidity.

1:01.0

It has to, because Donald Trump is so profoundly stupid himself.

1:06.0

It is impossible to get stupidity out of Trumpism.

1:10.0

There is once a time when I could tell you that every Republican United States senator knew

1:15.8

Donald Trump was lying when he said that China paid American tariffs.

1:22.0

American tariffs for the entire history of the American government

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