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The ReidOut with Joy Reid

The legacy of the late O.J. Simpson

The ReidOut with Joy Reid

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4.53.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Tonight on The ReidOut, Joy and her guests reflect on the legacy of the late O.J. Simpson and his acquittal, highlighting how the "Trial of the Century" revealed deep societal divides in America. Plus, as the first criminal trial of a former president looms, NBC News has obtained a list of potential witnesses, sparking speculation about whether Donald Trump will take the stand. Meanwhile, MAGA figure Mike Johnson's visit to Mar-a-Lago to discuss election integrity with Trump underscores the ongoing propagation of falsehoods by the RNC regarding the 2020 election. Finally, Joy is joined by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D). All this and more in this edition of The ReidOut on MSNBC.

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0:00.0

Tonight on the readout.

0:05.0

O.J Simpson in a knit cap from two blocks away.

0:10.0

It's still O.J. Simpson. It's no disguise. It's no disguise. It makes no sense. It doesn't fit. If it doesn't fit you must acquit

0:21.2

The late great Johnny Cochran delivering the line that sealed OJ Simpson's acquittal.

0:28.8

Tonight, with Simpson's passing how the trial of the century exposed every single American fault line.

0:36.0

Also tonight the first criminal trial of a former president begins Monday and

0:40.5

NBC News has obtained a list of the potential witnesses, but will Trump

0:44.9

himself take the stand. Plus Maga Mike Johnson heads to Marlago to share

0:50.8

conspiracy theories with Trump about America's election integrity as the

0:55.2

RNC now officially perpetrates or officially perpetuates the big lie about the

1:01.0

2020 election.

1:05.4

But we begin tonight with the end of a chapter in American history

1:09.2

that foreshadowed and in some ways launched an era.

1:16.0

Nobody has more of what it takes to get you into a new LTV or mother-fying car faster.

1:21.0

It's a super-star.

1:26.0

Okay, that is how I experienced Orinthal James O.J. Simpson as an elementary school kid in the late

1:31.8

1970s. As the famous guy running through the

1:34.8

airport to the Hertz counter. Simpson who died today at the age of 76 from cancer

1:40.1

was one of the most famous black Americans in history.

1:43.0

And depending on your age,

1:45.0

there's a lot of different ways you might remember him.

1:47.0

There's OJ, the superstar running back

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