Republicans resist calls for gun control legislation

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 29 April 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: A Fox poll finds the majority of voters support gun measures. Also Vice President Harris is playing a key role in the Biden reelection campaign. Plus, Texas House GOP passes a bill making illegal voting a felony. And Trump’s legal troubles grow in multiple cases. Tennessee State Rep. Justin J. Pearson, TX State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, Shannon Watts, Keesha Middlemass, Christina Greer, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, TX State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, Faith Gay and Glenn Kirschner join Jonathan Capehart.

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0:00.0	Now it's time for the last word with Jonathan K. Part in for Lawrence.
0:03.8	Good evening, my friend.
0:05.2	Hey, good evening, Alex.
0:06.3	Great to see you.
0:07.3	Have a great weekend.
0:08.4	You too.
0:10.5	America Republicans are gaslighting you.
0:14.1	It's only April, but America has already had 17 mass shootings.
0:19.5	Republicans want you to believe that most people aren't bothered by mass slaughter
0:23.9	with military grade weapons.
0:26.0	Republicans want to believe that most people feel the solution is to are more people in
0:31.9	more places.
0:33.1	Republicans want you to believe that most people would think it's cute, not crazy to give
0:38.9	guns to a toddler.
0:42.0	Little Miss Addy, who is almost two and branch, who's just a few months old, they have brought
0:47.4	us so much joy.
0:49.0	Now, Addy, who, you know, soon will need them.
0:52.4	I want to reassure you.
0:53.5	She already has a shotgun and she already has a rifle.
0:58.2	And she's got a little pony named Sparkles too, so the girl is set up.
1:03.7	Only 1% of Americans are members of the NRA, but the NRA controls 100% of the Republican
1:10.8	agenda on guns.
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