Latest Lawrence O'Donnell Quotes from Interviews

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• The fourth largest city in America is under water tonight and we don`t know when we will see it again. We don`t know how long it will take for the waters to subside.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Long, Water

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• I was looking at the Trump hits on me, I have to confess, all of which made me laugh. And I thought, you know, he never goes after guys` looks. He only does the looks thing with women. And then I found this one. "Lawrence will soon be off TV, bad ratings, he has a face made for radio." So, he has gone after, at least one guy, on looks.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Laughing, Guy

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• I was the first person Donald Trump threatened to sue on Twitter.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• Melania Trump`s husband tweeted this: "Arianna Huffington is unattractive both inside and out. I fully understand why her former husband left her for a man. He made a good decision."

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Husband, Men, Decision

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• Melania Trump did not object or make a speech when her husband retweeted this. "If Hillary Clinton can`t satisfy her husband, what makes her think she can satisfy America."

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Husband, Thinking, Clinton

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• On Twitter, Donald Trump has called me a "poor journalist, stupid, a very dumb guy, the dumbest political commentator on television, and the dumbest man on TV."

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Stupid, Men, Guy

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• Melania Trump`s husband tweeted this: "Cher, I don`t wear a rug, it`s mine, and I promise not to talk about your massive plastic surgeries that didn`t work."

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Husband, Promise, Plastic Surgery

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• Jeff Sessions wished he wasn`t the attorney general. The president Donald Trump has the most incompetent cabinet in history, and he`s unhappy with only one of them. Only Jeff Sessions.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Unhappy, President, Attorney

• So many people, so many amateurs like Donald Trump believe that "I don`t recall" is an absolutely fail-safe position and you can`t get caught in perjury.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Believe, People

• It is amazing that Jeff Sessions is still in the job. Any self-respecting Attorney General of the United States would have publicly resigned as soon as the president`s words became public. It is now clear that Jeff Sessions is going to be a witness against the president of the United States. It`s also clear that the Donald Trump's defense to special prosecutor Robert Mueller is going to be, "I don`t remember".

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Special, President, Remember

• The "New York Times" interview shows that the president Donald Trump believes he can get through the special prosecutor`s investigation of obstruction of justice with the simple words "I don`t remember". Jeff Sessions has been publicly attacked by the president. And in the middle of that attack, the president told all of his teammates who were in the Oval Office that day how he is going to testify when Robert Mueller asks him under oath if he kicked all of them out of the room when he asked to speak with James Comey alone.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Believe, Simple, Justice

• It`s hard to think of John McCain without thinking about what a ball of energy he is. I remember when I was working in the Senate, he just, enters every room and went down every hallway at the highest speed possible and just was always that way. I think people saw that when he was running for president, that that`s the way he handled everything. It`s just this constant never let up attitude.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Running, Attitude, Thinking

• The president Donald Trump told the "New York Times" that he regrets appointing Jeff Sessions. And when a president expresses no confidence in a cabinet member, then that cabinet member owes the president his resignation. When the president does it publicly, which is something we just have never seen before, then that cabinet matter really has no choice from that minute forward, absolutely no choice.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Regret, Choices, President

• We know what we believe and we`ll come back and win or not if we sit back.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Believe, Winning, Knows

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• I remember the first few months of the [Ronald] Reagan administration when all sorts of things happened too fast. We cannot allow that to happen.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Months, Firsts, Administration

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• I`d like to curl up in a ball like Hillary [Clinton]said she would but she is out. And I think we all have to go do that. The fact of the matter is we don`t have the luxury of pulling back from this.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Thinking, Luxury, Curls

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• Let`s be the Democrats we know we have always been. And maybe every once in a when an opposition that lets you get even more tougher and clear about what you`re about. I think that`s a good thing for Democrats.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Thinking, Good Things, Democrat

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• I think the fact of the matter is this is a tough moment for democrats. But it`s also exciting to see so many people out there mobilized.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Thinking, People, Matter

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• If there is a big bill to do infrastructure improvements and it is about working people, let`s do that. But let`s absolutely fight with every ounce that we have to protect healthcare and make it even better.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Fighting, People, Bills

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• I think we should not do what the Republicans did, which is to spend eight years saying they would do absolutely nothing because we do stand for the country.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Country, Thinking, Eight

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• That`s why somebody like a Tim Ryan can go to a bar in Youngstown just as well as in Congress and talk to working people. Democrats know how to carry the message. We just have to take some telephone new voices and bring them forward.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Voice, People, Bars

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• I believe we stand strongly against having the tax code used to make the income disparity in America any worse than it already.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Believe, America, Income

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• Why I supported Keith Ellison for chairing the DNC because I know Keith. And I know he`s not going to take a lot of stuff. He`s going to be in the halls of Congress arguing. But he is going to go out to the protests and talk to people.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  People, Keith, Stuff

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• I don`t think their voices are going to change at all. And it`s what Democrats have always been saying. We are stronger together, but we`re going to fight like heck if anybody tries to divide us.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Fighting, Thinking, Voice

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• I am confident that just as a America`s commitment to the transatlantic alliance has endured for seven decades, whether it`s been under a Democratic or Republican administration, that commitment will continue including our pledge and our treaty obligation to defend every ally.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Commitment, America, Allies

  Source: www.msnbc.com