Transcripts For MSNBC The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell 2

MSNBC The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell September 18, 2024

First documentary from my new production company. The movie is called from russia with lev. Its about the absurd story of trumps first impeachment and a lot of stuff you didnt know about it. Very excited for you to see it. Again, thats friday night. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. We have Senator Sheldon Whitehouse joining us tonight after the Blockbuster Reporting by The New York Times about whats going on inside the Supreme Court with the Chief Justice. They obtained some memos. This is reporting weve never seen before about how they arrived in that immunity decision. And that is based on source documents that dont exist in journalism. But you have never ever seen any other journalism. Based on the documents that we have obtained from inside the court is a Unicorn Reporting . It is really striking to hold that in my hands reading it, thinking the Supreme Court is just kind of cracking in every way that it can. At a time when it is not like any other is under pressure. No worries. Thank you. Republicans who already know this news. The Stock Market closed at another alltime high today as they continue to outperform under every previous president. That means the rich are getting much richer during the biden administration. Something that Donald Trump has always promised rich people would be impossible. But rich people have always done better in the Stock Market and in the economy under democratic President S. People of all Income Levels have historically been better off economically. And that is a simple fact of economic life in america. Its often ignore simple fact of life in america. On Sunday Morning at 10 44 a. M. a 78yearold Florida Man screamed at the top of his Social Media lungs. I hate Taylor Swift. No one was surprised No One thought he was better than that. No one. Not his supporters, No One. Hate is not a president ial verb. You can check the public statements of most President S and never find them saying they hate a person. George w. Bushs father did say in 2002, i hate saddam hussein. I dont hate a lot of people, i dont hate easily. Like Donald Trump, george h. W. Bush was a former president when he said that and he was 78 years old. And he added the note i dont hate a lot of people. I dont hate easily. As a way of explaining why he was using the word hate. The word President S dont use that way. Donald trump, on the other hand, hates a lot of people. He hates very easily. He hates everyone and has expressed hatred for everyone from me to Taylor Swift. And that really is everyone. He has the most hateful mind. You can search the internet, and you will not come up with much more than those two uses of the verb, hate, applied to a person in president ial history. I hate saddam, and i hate Taylor Swift. George h. B. Bush at 78 years old had the presence of mind to give a reason for hating saddam. Former President Bush said at the time, he used Poison Gas on his own people, so there is nothing redeeming about this man. Donald trump gave no reason for hating Taylor Swift. Nothing about Poison Gas. And so that said possibly millions of young girls and boys to their Parents Yesterday to ask why Donald Trump hates Taylor Swift. And they will be asking some of those parents why theyre voting for Donald Trump who hates Taylor Swift. Many of those kids will have a better understanding of Donald Trump from that one social Media Post than some of their parents who think they support Donald Trumps policies. The kids know that statement, i hate Taylor Swift, its the rapting of an angry irrational old man who has so much hate in him that he has hatred for Taylor Swift. Young voters who will cast their first vote for president this year all know who Taylor Swift is. Hating her doesnt make any sense to them and it shouldnt make sense to anyone else. The test of Trump Madness is always to apply the latest example of it in a hypothreat had cal to someone else. And lets imagine they would wake up in the morning and tweeted i hate Lee Greenwood, explanation point. Hes a Trump Supporter who sang at the national convention. There could be calls for invoking the amendment to remove biden from Mental Incompetence if he tweeted, i hate Lee Greenwood and concerns about mental competence would be justifiable if biden tweeted, i hate any singer you can name. And the people who would scream about it the most, you know, are the people who completely accept as trump followers, Donald Trump posting insanely, i hate Taylor Swift. That is how much Donald Trump followers have corrupted the expression of their own values in their need to accept the public poison of Donald Trump and continue to support his candidacy. Now millions of trump supporting parents of america are going to find out that their kids might not think it is perfectly reasonable to hate Taylor Swift because she endorsed Kamala Harris for president. The i hate Taylor Swift story was quickly eclipsed yesterday by another crazy american man with a gun. Apparently trying to do something crazy with a gun that he was apparently able to obtain illegally in a country where republicans have made sure that Americas Murder and assassins are the very best equipped murderers and assassins in the world. Good afternoon, thank you for joining us today. Im the united States Attorney for the district of florida. Because history is sometimes perfect, the prosecutor in charge of investigating the possible attempted assassination of Donald Trump is an immigrant to this country from haiti. Here is the last thing they said about haitian immigrants in this country. In springfield, they are heating the dogs, the people that came in. They are eating the pets of the people that live there. They came to this country when they were 16 years old from haiti with his mother. He immediately joined the marines. He served for six months in 1990. After law school, he worked for two years in the Attorneys Office before joining the prominent law firm. Donald trump has said this about immigrants specifically from haiti, like lapoint. They are poisoning the blood of the country. The man with the poisoned blood would be the assassin. And The American would be the prosecutor. In reality, that is exactly the opposite. We are here to announce that ryan wesley routh, 58 years old, has been charged by criminal complaint in the Southern District of florida, which Firearm Offenses related to an incident that occurred yesterday at trump international Golf Course Right here in west palm beach. He was charged federally with possession of a firearm by convicted Felon And Possession of receipt of the firearm with an obliterated serial number. According to the allegations in the complaint, a u. S. Secret Service Agent walking the Golf Course Perimeter Saw what appeared to be a Rifle Poking out of the tree line. And after they fired the Service Weapon in the direction of the rifle, a witness saw a man identified as routh fleeing the area. And from the Sheriffs Office in coordination with the sheriffs department. The fbi is continuing their investigation of the incident as an assassination attempt. I will express my gratitude with the u. S. Attorneys office with the Southern District of florida. And the Counterterrorism Section of the Justice Departments national Security Division for their nonstop work. Donald trump wants to fire them all. He wants to fire. The deep state to Donald Trump and his crazed republican followers in washington. All those who were Working Non stop as they just said Donald Trump wants to fire. He believes they are all the enemy. These are the days to remember that. These are the days to remember there is one political party in america who wants to defund the police and the police they want to defund are fbi agents. And they will do that if republicans win the White House and if they win the united States Senate. They will replace everybody appointed u. S. Attorney throughout the country. With the trump appointed u. S. Attorney. The position that must be confirmed by the united States Senate. Republican control of the senate would guarantee Donald Trump could appoint anyone he wants to anything. At stake in the election, especially the Senate Election is the future of The American court system. The first Haitian American u. S. Attorney in american history. There wont be another one in a trump administration. The senate has confirmed 205 judicial appointments by biden including Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court with 21 appointed judges, waiting to be confirmed by the united States Senate. Next year there will be 70 Appeals Court judges, reaching the Retirement Age in the Federal Court system. If they get to appoint 70 Appeals Court judges. That will be 40 of all the federal Appeals Court judges. The difference between judges and the democratic Opponent Judges is stark. The republican appointed judges created a new doctrine just for Donald Trump with no previous president that has had immunity. But suddenly the Supreme Court with three Trump Appointees granted him criminal immunity. Appointed by democratic President S obama and biden, sided with the constitution against those with immunity for Donald Trump. Judges served for decades, exerting power over The American people for decades. Clarence thomas voted to overturn roe v. Wade 32 years after appointed by george h. W. Bush. And beginning next year, no federal judges, none. No federal judges will be confirmed for the next four years. They will not be replaced if they control the united States Senate during Kamala Harris presidency who would become the first to appoint zero federal judges. And the stakes have never been that high because the judge appointed by the republicans has never been more dramatic. But he also appointed the supreme Court Justice who Turned Tout to be a supporter of roe v. Wade and appointed three justices who joined the ruling against the president , which then forced nixon to resign the presidency, changing since then. Our politics have changed in bad ways by the Donald Trump judge and in which the judge dismissed all criminal charges. A judge just threw that criminal case against Donald Trump and threw it out of court. He is now appealing that decision to the federal Appeals Court, which has seven republican appointees and five democratic appointees. That has so far been perfectly fair. Considering jack smiths previous appeals of judge cannons ruling that 11th Circuit Court of appeals is very likely to overturn the ruling and reinstate the criminal case against Donald Trump. But if elected president , hell immediately Fire Jack Smith and order the Justice Department to drop all criminal cases against him in Federal Court. Then hell appoint Judge Eileen mercedes cannon to the united states Supreme Court, after easily making Clarence Thomas an offer he cant refuse, to retire into a life of a very, very rich man with massive wealth, being instantaneously and legally handed to clearance thomas upon retirement. Donald trump will make the same deal with justice samuel alito, who The New York Times reports was removed by the Chief Justice from writing an important report after the flag sympathetic to the January 6 insurrection. Defendants were flown at samuel alitos home. Donald trump and Corporate America will inspire to make 74 yearold Justice Alito a very rich man for retiring from the Supreme Court and being replaced by someone 30 years younger at least. That means the next president Ial Decision could be led with five justices appointed, ruling on how we live in this country for the next 40 years. Donald trumps poison will live on in the Supreme Court. And if Kamala Harris wins the presidency, and the future of the Federal Courts can be saved. The future of those courts can be imposed. The stakes have never been higher. Leading off our Discussion Tonight is democratic senator, peters. The chair of the Homeland Security and government affairs commit treatment hes also chair of the democratic senatorial campaign committee. Senator peters, thank you very much for joining us tonight. Id like to talk to you about your effort to once again try to maintain a democratic majority in the united States Senate. You have succeeded in this position before, which is why theyre keeping you in this position. What is the state of the Race Tonight on control of the united States Senate . Well lawrence, you certainly played out what can happen if we lose the senate that we have to maintain the about. And i can say right now, these races are incredibly tight. Weve got a number of incumbents that are in races in the margin of error with opportunities to pick up some seeds. But these races will go down to the wire. As we are in these races, we are seeing billionaires, now supporting republican candidates, pouring massive amounts of money into these campaigns. Weve seen interest groups. The candidates need to be able to fight and have the resources. Which is what we do with the last cycle, today, we announced we are investing, as well as opportunities in florida and texas. And the stakes could not be higher, but we need to continue to have those resources. Thats why were hoping folks all across the country who believe we have to have a fair judiciary. We have to have judges who believe in the Rule Of Law, who understand how important the u. S. Senate is. That they volunteer their time, they get out and work on our ground campaigns. If you cant do that, support us financially, which is our website allowing us to get the resources to be in. And im confident we could win. If you look at those quality differences, i look at these republican candidates that are running against it from the continuum from flawed to very flawed. Most of them are towards the very flawed category. We just have to make sure voters see that difference, understand whats at stake, get out and vote. Certainly we need everybody rolling up their sleeves, helping us do that. Viewers of this program have seen Jon Tester of Montana And Sherry brown of ohio on this program, sometimes together. Explaining in their words, the miracle of how it will go statewide. Theres a certain familiar view on the map. And to pick up and add to the democratic majority or as Insurance Policies for the possibility of losing one of the democratic incumbents . We do have pick up opportunities. We have to do everything to make sure we have a state, but we need to go on the offense. The stakes are both high. We have outstanding democratic candidates in the state. And that do not represent the interest of their state. They are out of touch with the majority of the people in our state, and give us real opportunity. In florida against rick scott, he has extreme positions on abortion. In florida, there will be an Abortion Rights into the country. That can drive out their rights are not taken away. She needs help on the ground. She needs financial help. And Colin Allred in texas, a fantastic congressman. Taking on ted cruz. Ted cruz, whose popularity has continued to decline over the years. He is very vulnerable, but these are big states. We need resources, folks who are willing to invest in these two candidates. Certainly my committee, we are doing that. We made investments into the ground with our announcement today. Well continue to provide resources. But as long as the republicans will continue to pour in money, particularly from wealthy billionaires to support these two republicans, we know these are going to be tough races. But were in the margin of error. Im confident we can win. We just need to work very hard in the remaining 50 days. Senator gary peters. Thank you very much for discussing that tonight. Thank you. Coming up, the New York had Times Reporting Chief Justice John Roberts pushing the justices for a complete Immunity Ruling in Donald Trumps favor. Well discuss that after this break. Also breaking news to discuss after this break. J. D. Vance has just spewed poison that is comparable and worse to some of the things Donald Trump has said. 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