Lawrence O'Donnell Says Epstein Vote Has 'Finally Broken Donald Trump's Dictatorial Grip'

The “Final Phrase” host started, nevertheless, with Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who mentioned he had hoped the Senate would amend the invoice.

O’Donnell argued Johnson shouldn’t have been stunned that Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) requested for the unanimous consent vote, which didn’t permit for amendments, as Senate Majority Chief John Thune (R-S.D.) himself had “informed each Republican member of the Senate” that it was coming hours earlier than.

“Mike Johnson claimed that as a result of he was at dinner with Donald Trump and the dictator of Saudi Arabia when Chuck Schumer led the Senate vote at 5:20 p.m., that he didn’t know what was occurring,” O’Donnell mentioned Tuesday. “And that may be a lie.”

He additional argued that Johnson knew what was coming as a result of Schumer had already introduced at 3:15 p.m. his plan to ask for a unanimous consent vote — in a Senate flooring second O’Donnell mentioned Johnson would have seen “on tv in his workplace” on the time.

“All the Congress knew that, as quickly as Chuck Schumer mentioned it,” defined O’Donnell. “However now Mike Johnson has determined he has to lie his manner out of his humiliation of getting informed his members that the Republican chief of the Senate would completely amend the invoice after they voted for it. Right here is the pathetically humiliated, mendacity speaker of the Home.”

O’Donnell went on to play a clip of Johnson later telling reporters he was “deeply dissatisfied” in his Republican colleagues for not demanding mentioned amendments, and that each he and Trump “have considerations” with the Epstein invoice.

O’Donnell on Tuesday cherished the vote as a victory, nevertheless, arguing: “Donald Trump’s dictatorship over Republicans in Congress is coming aside. The Epstein recordsdata have lastly damaged Donald Trump’s dictatorial grip on the Home and on the Senate.”

“What occurs subsequent to the dictator’s grip is unknown,” he added. “However keep in mind, only a week in the past, it was unimaginable that there could be a unanimous vote in america Senate towards Donald Trump to launch the Epstein recordsdata — however that’s the place we’re tonight.”

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