With us again on this unusual and special time on the beat that does it for us. You can find me on line. The last word with Lawrence Odonell is up next. At 10 11 a. M. Today, Donald Trumps lead lawyer stood and said, your honor, the defense rests. The truth was, there was no defense. The team of highpriced Trump Defense lawyers are actually paid by the deluded people who send in contributions in response to Donald Trumps relentless begging for money from people he promised he would never ask for money. When he began his first president ial Campaign Major Selling Point was he was so rich he could pay for his own campaign and he was incorruptible and would never ask him or anyone else money and then he proceeded to never spend not a single penny. He loaned his campaign some money at the beginning but the Campaign Paid him back through the donations of those poor deluded people who sent the money to the liar who promised he would never ask for money. And now their money has gone to a high
bufoon. i think new york has seen the clown-like actions. how dare you bring my family into this. it is nice to see both of you laughing and being gentle and kind to each other. i appreciate that. the mayoral candidates, a 40 point lead for democratic candidate eric adams over his republican challenger curtis sliwa. adams, the brooklyn borough president, former state senator and police captain, could be inheriting a city that is still dealing with the effects of the pandemic and a worker shortage as thousands refuse to comply with the vaccine mandate for city employees. joining me now, the democratic candidate for mayor of new york city, eric adams. eric, i haven t seen you in a long time. welcome to the sunday show. hey, good to see you.
bufoon. i don t think you can underestimate the attraction the apprentice had. i think they see him as a can do businessman. would go to washington, get rid of gridlock. not that he was so unsophisticated, undisciplined and ignorant that he actually would go there and make things worse. do you believe that base who watched him on the apprentice and believed him as this straight-talking can-do business guy? do you believe they ve changed their opinion? because the president is actually very successful day in, day out, discounting the media, calling us the fake news, when he can call us biased. all you need to do is fact-check the president. he is a habitual liar who at this point has told 5,000 lies. when i get on tv every day and fact-check him, they can say, they re out to get him. we re simply telling the truth. he tells the heartland of america, no, they want to get me. of course that s what
who are not decided. this is the kind of dysfunction outward and distractions and craziness that makes those voteers uncomfortable. would don t know maybe the whole swath of the policies but kind of like he talks like it is. this will affect them and i think that will have an effect. does any of this bother the gop? does mitch mcconnell actually care? or is he just going to scurry down the hallway, avoid reporters and not look at twitter and sit in his office and look up at the screen and see brett kavanaugh and say i got that done? well, he s in the senate. i don t think the senate necessarily cares right now. i think the house has every reason to care. i think mitch mcconnell has his finger to the wind. i think the midterms are going to be a litmus test. one point i want to make about we ve always known he s a bufoon. i don t think in the heartland of america he was perceived as a