Team Harris blasts Trump for not condemning Mark Robinson over porn site scandal

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 24 September 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Vice President Harris agrees to a second debate while Donald Trump says it’s “too late.” Also, polls show a tight race for the Florida Senate seat. Plus, Ukraine President Zelenskyy visits a Pennsylvania plant producing weapons for Ukraine. The Mark Robinson porn site scandal rocks the North Carolina governor’s race. And Democrats fight to keep the Senate majority. Anderson Clayton, Stuart Stevens, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, Amb. Michael McFaul, Maya Wiley, and Rep. Andy Kim join Jonathan Capehart.

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0:00.0	There are just 43 days left until election day and today once again the stock market hit another record high.
0:08.0	Even Fox couldn't resist celebrating another stock market win under the Biden Harris administration.
0:15.8	All right, the Dow making it rain. Let's drop the dollar bills. It's raining.
0:21.5	Here we go. The third straight record closed for the blue chips, the
0:24.8	S&P 500, also closing at all-time high. Tomorrow, the financials did really well as we
0:32.2	were watching over the past several months.
0:35.8	And while Fox, Donald Trump and the Republican Party want you and their viewers to believe
0:40.6	that crime in America is up under the Biden Harris administration.
0:45.0	An FBI report released today proves that's a lie.
0:50.0	FBI data shows that violent crime, including reported rape and homicides, and
0:54.7	property crime, have declined across the United States. Today Vice President
0:59.6	Harris issued this statement saying, quote, before President Biden and I took office
1:04.7	too many families were experiencing crime as our nation witnessed the highest
1:09.6	increase in murders in recent history. Today's new data submitted to the FBI confirms that our
1:15.6	dedicated efforts and collaborative partnerships with law enforcement are
1:19.5	working. Americans are safer now than when we took office.
1:24.0	Last year we saw the largest ever one year decrease in the homicide rate,
1:29.0	which now stands 16% below its 2020 level.
1:33.8	Violent crime is at a near 50 year low.
1:37.0	Our progress is continuing this year
1:39.3	and builds on substantial decreases
1:41.6	during the previous years of our administration.
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