NYT: Dems deploy ‘secret weapon’ to bypass Speaker McCarthy on debt ceiling

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Tonight on The Last Word: House Democrats could save the world economy from a potential catastrophe with a little-used tactic. Also, witnesses for E. Jean Carroll corroborate her story. And Luke Russert reflects on his late father, Tim Russert, in his new book, “Look For Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself.” Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, Faith Gay and Luke Russert join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	now it's time for the last word with loren so donald good evening loren's
0:03.0	good evening allix i've got uh... for me a very exciting segment coming up
0:07.6	i'm holding my hands the democrats secret plan
0:12.2	to seize power from kevin mccarthy
0:14.9	in the house representers
0:16.4	it says hr six to six so it doesn't look like a secret document it has been
0:21.3	hiding
0:22.2	in the house representative since it was filed on
0:25.3	january ferniv and and today we discovered
0:30.0	how this secret plan is supposed to work
0:33.1	and the secret agent
0:34.6	the secret legislative agent
0:36.3	who introduced this plan is going to be my first guest tonight that's a
0:39.3	american to find out who it was who planted this
0:43.5	in the house representatives this being
0:46.2	the device that can save the country
0:48.5	from default for the first time in history
0:51.2	and allix is the great thing
0:52.8	i barely understand how this works
0:55.8	and you know from the you know from capital hill
0:59.0	yeah it's it here's the level it's that
1:01.6	when i read it
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