Trump delivers 92-minute rambling RNC speech

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 20 July 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump pivots to lies and attacks after calling for unity in his RNC speech. Also, the Biden campaign focuses on trying to flip North Carolina. Plus, Jack Smith appeals Judge Cannon’s dismissal of the Trump classified documents case. And Trump continues to call American cities “horrible.” Stuart Stevens, Jennifer Rubin, Anderson Clayton, Andrew Weissmann, Joyce Vance, and Mayor Cavalier Johnson join Jonathan Capehart.

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0:00.0	Now it is time for the last word with my buddy Jonathan Kapart who was in for Lawrence.
0:04.2	Good evening, Jonathan.
0:05.4	Good evening, Alex.
0:06.3	I was hoping you were going to ask Dr. Gupta about the size of the bandage
0:11.8	and whether the wound required a bandage that large.
0:16.0	Well, there's just so, I mean, honestly, there's so many.
0:19.0	And all of this is to say, I think everybody wishes Donald Trump a speedy recovery I mean
0:24.9	nobody wants to see any political figure the subject of an assassination
0:28.6	attempt or political violence in general but there are so many questions that
0:32.4	we've gotten literally zero complete
0:34.4	information blackout on this and that seems irresponsible. Right, I agree with you
0:39.1	on that. Alex, thank you very much. Enjoy your weekend. Thank you.
0:43.0	My friend.
0:44.0	Have a good show.
0:45.0	Thank you.
0:46.0	I am back from Milwaukee where I covered all four nights of the R&C for PBS
0:51.0	and less than 24 hours after Donald Trump gave the longest convention acceptance speech ever,
0:57.8	Donald Trump received an unsurprising endorsement.
1:01.3	A white nationalist who previously served time in prison for his role in the
1:05.0	deadly 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville was sentenced today to 57 months in federal
1:11.7	prison for his role in the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
1:16.3	NBC News reports that during the man sentencing hearing he said that he supports
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