About this episode

Lawrence O'Donnell discusses Donald Trump's recent speech and its implications for the election, featuring insights from various guests.

Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump yells at Congress to pass a voter suppression bill. Also, Trump rehashes 2020 lies as his war in Iran drags on. And an Epstein survivor says meeting with Todd Blanche was “demoralizing.” Rep. Jim Himes, Sen. Elissa Slotkin, Sen. Jon Ossoff, and Andrew Weissmann join Lawrence O’Donnell.

People in this episode

Host: Lawrence O’Donnell

Guests: Rep. Jim Himes, Sen. Elissa Slotkin, Sen. Jon Ossoff, Andrew Weissmann

Topics covered

• Trump speech
• voter suppression
• 2020 election lies
• Iran war
• Epstein survivor
• political commentary

Keywords

• Trump
• voter suppression
• 2020 election
• Iran
• Epstein
• politics
• Congress

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Congress, Epstein

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