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donnell, goo>> speaking of geori raised the debt ceiling once. actually twice, that is the george santos way of describing my involvement in raising the debt ceiling a couple of times when i was working in the senate. >> and the speaker of the house, ill tell you when negotiations are ongoing. >> im going to tell the story of me raising the debt ceiling all by myself, a little bit later in this hour. i will tone down the george santos exaggeration to try to get it somewhere closer to t...

>> that does it for us tonight, it is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell, good evening lawrence. >> speaking of george santos, i raised the debt ceiling once. actually twice, that is the george santos way of describing my involvement in raising the debt ceiling a couple of times when i was working in the senate. >> and the speaker of the house, ill tell you when negotiations are ongoing. >> im going to tell the story of me raising the debt ceiling all by myself, a little bit...

Something that the constitution expressly verbiage in writing. take a look at the ceiling that you are in right now. look up there. it is very important part of the room, it is actually the most important part of the room at because if that falls on your head you may never recover. the games republicans are playing in the house of representatives with the debt ceiling could bring it down this countries ceiling and protective fiscal roof that we all live under, the debt ceiling needs to be increa...

Consent. the second time that we raise the debt ceiling, it was included in a big reconciliation bill and no one in the news business, not one news report of that legislation included a single reference to the increase of the debt ceiling that was included in that legislation. that is the way it was for the entire history of the debt ceiling in till, dangerous ignorance and irrationality started gripping republicans in congress, first in the house of representatives and to a lesser degree in the...

When he denied something that i do not think any member of congress has ever had to deny. congressman daniel goldman, who filed an ethics committee complaint against george santos will join us next. im a screen addicted tween. and, if im not posting on social media, i dont feel seen. hey mom. look! mom! oh my god mom. you gotta look at this. nope. keeping my eyes on the road is paying off with drivewise. post about that. bo-ring. oh! say cheese! no, thank you. unblock me! stop! [screech] that wa...

Feel like an inside subject because no one in the audience had ever heard of the debt ceiling. five years later i mentioned the debt ceiling for the very first time in political coverage on this network, and and -- that might be the first time that debt ceiling was spoken on this network or any other news network. i raised the subject here in 2010 because republicans had just elected a fresh new class of extremists in the house of representatives, and some in the senate, who i knew had never hea...

In his signature style, Lawrence ODonnell goes into depth on the latest news developments and offers his take on the political stories driving the national...