MS NOW’s Jonathan Capehart freaked out on Friday when he guest-hosted The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell over the latest developments between the Trump administration and the Smithsonian Institute. As Capehart tells it, a recent letter from the Interior Department threatening to cease cooperation with the Smithsonian is evidence that Trump is out to destroy democracy and everything else that is good and decent.
Wasting no time after returning from a commercial break, Capehart huffed, “Donald Trump is determined to destroy what makes America great: our democracy, our pluralism, and the educational and cultural institutions that thrive when people can freely express themselves without fear.”
Jonathan Capehart monologues that “Donald Trump is determined to destroy what makes America great our democracy, our pluralism, and the educational and cultural institutions that thrive when people can freely express themselves without fear…But the Smithsonian relies heavily on… pic.twitter.com/6eEhjNk2XT— Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) September 5, 2026
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