On Monday night, MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell returned to his crazed partisan love for Democrats and hate for anyone associated with Republicans and Donald Trump, as he decried Trump’s joke press secretary offer to UFC founder Dana White as “demented.” But later in his program, he heaped praise on Mississippi Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom, and said one of his ads “taught the kind of American history lesson that Donald Trump and Republicans are trying to ban from American classrooms.”
After taking time to praise fellow MS NOW host Rachel Maddow for her new book decrying the Justice Department under Trump, O’Donnell began his normal monologue, with an obsession with Dana White’s White House appearance after a Trump Truth Social post over the weekend seemed to offer him the press secretary job.
O’Donnell stated, “Donald Trump continued to demonstrate evidence of cognitive decline, sharp cognitive decline over the weekend, in many ways, including publicly offering the job of White House Press Secretary to Dana White, the very rich impresario of the personal combat business that staged a cage match on the Trump White House grounds, the most vulgar and inappropriate use of the property publicly that we have ever seen.”
O'Donnell began his show with extreme disdain for Dana White, as he called the summer UFC White House fights “the most vulgar and inappropriate use of the property publicly that we have ever seen.”
He then proclaimed Trump’s joke press secretary offer to White was “demented” and… https://t.co/AvEQgnGORg pic.twitter.com/Mm5znoE2NQ— Nick (@nspin310) November 10, 2026
There have been other “vulgar” uses of the White House grounds that did not host service members to watch UFC fights.
Still, O’Donnell continued and praised White for not accepting the joke offer, while calling the offer “demented.” Sadly, he was not done and insisted he would be done focusing on Trump and his “cognitive decline” while attacking 60 Minutes in the process:
And the problem with Donald Trump's cognitive decline is that it's impossible to tell the difference between what might be a joke and what might be dementia. But Donald Trump is no longer the story in Washington. And so we will ignore the insanity of him getting away with accusing every previous president of the United States of running businesses from the white house, as he did in his 60 Minutes interview last night. He got away with that preposterous lie.
Later in his show, O’Donnell “interviewed” Colom, who seemed poised to win the Mississippi Senate race as a Democrat. Colom has been painted as a “moderate,” even though he campaigned with former presidential candidate Kamala Harris and Senator Elizabeth Warren.
O’Donnel began with praise of Colom, which did not make him sound so moderate and pro-Trump as he has insisted:
"Moderate” Mississippi Senate candidate Scott Colom joined the crazed Lawrence O’Donnell on Monday night, who introduced Colom with his own ad, which he said “taught the kind of American history lesson that Donald Trump and Republicans are trying to ban from American classrooms.” pic.twitter.com/50Y5rnhLj9
— Nick (@nspin310) November 10, 2026
Scott Colom’s final campaign ad taught the kind of American history lesson that Donald Trump and Republicans are trying to ban from American classrooms.
Colom’s final ad focused on the Medgar Evers killing, as he implored Mississippians to vote for him. O’Donnell then, seemingly bucking the “moderate” label himself, asked, “And I'm wondering what went into the decision to run that as the final ad. I can imagine political consultant types saying, "Don't try to alienate people. You're doing very well in the polls. You might lose some voters with an ad like that.” What was your decision about in choosing that?”
Colom responded, “And ultimately, we decided that anybody that would be upset with that message, there was no way I was going to get their vote.”
The Senate candidate later stated, “I've tried to tell people, there's nothing wrong with Mississippi that can't be fixed with what's right about Mississippi. We're truly a people that have a lot of promise and potential. And just for too long, we have leaders that use division to distract us.”
O’Donnell’s driveling praise for Colom should also be evidence that Colom may not be the moderate he has been painted to be.
The transcript is below. Click "expand":
MS NOW’s The Last Word
November 10, 2026
10:02:55 PM Eastern
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LAWRENCE O’DONNELL: Well, Donald Trump continued to demonstrate evidence of cognitive decline, sharp cognitive decline over the weekend, in many ways, including publicly offering the job of White House Press Secretary to Dana White, the very rich impresario of the personal combat busines that staged a cage match on the Trump White House grounds, the most vulgar and inappropriate use of the property publicly that we have ever seen.
Between Donald Trump and Dana White, at least one of them knew how preposterous it would be for Dana White to be the White House Press Secretary, and so, of course, Dana White refused Donald Trump's demented offer, which, of course, Donald Trump claimed days later was a joke.
And the problem with Donald Trump's cognitive decline is that it's impossible to tell the difference between what might be a joke and what might be dementia. But Donald Trump is no longer the story in Washington. And so we will ignore the insanity of him getting away with accusing every previous president of the United States of running businesses from the white house, as he did in his 60 Minutes interview last night. He got away with that preposterous lie.
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10:29:32 PM Eastern
O’DONNELL: Scott Colom’s final campaign ad taught the kind of American history lesson that Donald Trump and Republicans are trying to ban from American classrooms.\
[Cuts to campaign video]
SCOTT COLOM (D-MS, SENATE CANDIDATE): [In campaign ad] There's a house in Jackson every Mississippian outgha walk through once. It looks like every other house on the street except it isn't. It has no front door. You come in through the carport, where the walls give you some cover. The children slept on the floor below the windows. Their father taught them that if they ever heard gunfire, they should crawl to the bathroom. He made it a game.
I've been a prosecutor for ten years, and unfortunately, I've stood in a lot of houses where something terrible happened. This isn't any house. This isn't any tragedy. This is where Medgar Evers died. He fought for this country at Normandy. He came home to Mississippi, and they wouldn't let him vote. So he organized helping other people register. Just after midnight on June 12th, 1963, he pulled into here with an armful of T-shirts that said, “Jim Crow must go.” A man hiding across the street shot him in the back.
Two juries let that man walk. His wife, Merly, never stopped. It took 31 years. Then a Mississippi prosecutor reopened the case and a Mississippi jury, both black and white, convicted him in Mississippi. No one is above the law, and no one should be outside its protection. He was killed for helping Mississippians vote on Tuesday. Use your vote and honor everyone who died for that right.
[Cuts back to live]
O’DONNELL: Joining us now is Scott Colom, who is now possibly days away from being the senator-elect in Mississippi. Thank you very much for joining us tonight. And I'm wondering what went into the decision to run that as the final ad. I can imagine political consultant types saying, "Don't try to alienate people. You're doing very well in the polls. You might lose some voters with an ad like that.” What was your decision about in choosing that?
COLOM: I have to be honest with you, Lawrence, I wasn't really listening to political consultants when it came to that decision. You know, I had a good friend of mine named Aaron, who had been following the campaign, who talked, who was teaching me about organizing digital content, and he had been down a few times, and we had talked about the importance of voting rights, and he suggested to me that we end with an homage to Medgar Evers. And ultimately, we decided that anybody that would be upset with that message, there was no way I was going to get their vote. And we needed to speak to the people that needed to understand the importance of his sacrifice, remind them of the importance of the ballot. And it was also important that I didn't ask people to vote for me in that ad, because I felt like that would be disrespectful to Medgar Evers and sacrifice. I just wanted them to vote, and I'm happy that people appreciate it, because I told the story of a true American and Mississippi hero, somebody that I'm honored to be a part of his legacy.
O’DONNELL: So, we're all trying to understand how the votes are being counted in Mississippi and what the law is and what the procedure is. Are you going to know at the end of the day tomorrow if you have won?
COLOM: I think that we will, because at some point tomorrow, Hinds County will be finished doing their processing of ballots. And as I said Wednesday morning, I follow Mississippi politics. I knew that there were too many ballots out in Hinds County that were moving in my direction for her to have the ability to catch up. And typically, absentee and affidavit ballots trend in a Democratic direction, as has happened. So, I think it's really important that the Mississippi leaders focus in on what's best for our state at this moment. We need to have a smooth transition so we can start to deal with the serious problems facing farmers, with tariffs. Mississippi consumers with the war in Iran. Dealing with stagnant wages. I heard your program where you talked about the fact that we haven't raised the minimum wage in so long. That is a true failure to workers and the dignity of work. And so there's so many issues to work on. We need to just accept the reality results and start to get prepared to, to deliver for the people of Mississippi.
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10:35:10 PM Eastern
COLOM: Yeah. I mean, what's so great about this moment is there's so much national media that's come to Mississippi, and they've had the opportunity to see the Mississippi that I see. The small businesses, the bookstores, the colleges and universities, because throughout this campaign, I've tried to tell people, there's nothing wrong with Mississippi that can't be fixed with what's right about Mississippi. We're truly a people that have a lot of promise and potential. And just for too long, we have leaders that use division to distract us. And I was able to break through that and get people to understand that Mississippi will only reach his potential if we do it together. And I think this is a new chapter for our state.
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