MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell delivered a scathing “Last Word” monologue Wednesday after Democrats swept key races on this week’s numerous elections, arguing that the Republican wipeout has left President Donald Trump “dwelling in concern” of the 2026 midterms.
“The election returns final night time indicated {that a} 12 months from now, Democrats will win again management of the Home of Representatives,” said O’Donnell, arguing this implies “many of the Trump insanity might be stopped in its tracks — and Donald Trump is aware of that.”
Whereas the Democratic victories Tuesday are complicating bipartisan talks to reopen the federal government amid an ongoing shutdown, they revealed opposition to Trump’s policies and most well-liked candidates in New York Metropolis, New Jersey, Virginia and California.
Former State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist who excoriated the president in his victory speech, gained New York Metropolis’s mayoral race towards disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) — whom Trump had publicly endorsed a day prior.
Former Reps. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) and Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) respectively won the governorships of New Jersey and Virginia, in the meantime, and Californians voted “yes” on Proposition 50 — which can permit state legislators to redistrict forward of the midterms.
O’Donnell joined untold critics in mocking Trump’s claim that the Republican candidates solely misplaced as a result of “TRUMP WASN’T ON THE BALLOT,” noting that even the conservative Wall Street Journal’s editorial board disagreed and argued that he symbolically was.
The paper also warned that if Trump truly believes this, “the GOP is heading for larger issues in 2026.” O’Donnell echoed as a lot on his present and stated, “Donald Trump resides in concern tonight of simply how unhealthy election night time goes to be for him subsequent 12 months.”
The pundit argued Trump “and his incompetent Cupboard members” would possibly truly turn out to be topic to severe authorized investigations into their alleged “private profiteering from authorities” and “potential abuse of their workplace” ought to Democrats regain management.
Tuesday’s outcomes actually recommend the backlash to Trump is already here, and whereas the midterms have but to indicate how massive it’s, O’Donnell argued that even the U.S. Supreme Court docket “humiliated” Trump this week by skeptically discussing his authority to impose tariffs.
Neal Katyal, a lawyer representing the businesses suing the Trump administration over his tariffs, stated plainly Wednesday in his opening remarks to the court docket, “Tariffs are taxes. They take {dollars} from Individuals’ pockets and deposit them within the U.S. Treasury.”
O’Donnell, who beforehand decried the unconstitutional policy on his present, was delighted.
“‘Tariffs are taxes’ is the only shortest sentence that exposes the lie of the Trump tariffs, which Donald Trump has claimed are paid by overseas international locations,” he stated. “Donald Trump’s lawyer, the solicitor common, didn’t dare attempt to inform that deceive the Supreme Court docket as we speak.”
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