Lawrence O'Donnell To Donald Trump: You Are A 'Reflexive Liar' (VIDEO)

Lawrence O'Donnell had some heated words for Donald Trump on his show Monday night.

O'Donnell was speaking about Trump's announcement that he will moderate a GOP debate. He also mocked Trump's feisty appearance earlier that day on MSNBC's "Daily Rundown."

O'Donnell, who has been a longtime critic of Trump for, according to him, lying about running for president for publicity purposes, said Trump's upcoming debate will be "immoderately moderated by a reality show judge."

O'Donnell also revisited his longstanding criticism of what he believed was Trump's self-proclaimed wealth. O'Donnell said that Trump "lies about his modest wealth," and "simply plays [a billionaire] on TV." O'Donnell has taken to his show and his Twitter account to challenge Trump's net worth in the past.

O'Donnell also mocked Trump for telling his colleague Chuck Todd that he "studied polls at the Wharton School of Finance," in response to a new NBC News poll. The poll asked voters about Trump's endorsement, which O'Donnell likened to a "poisoned handshake."

Speaking to Trump directly, O'Donnell said, "Donald, I really do believe that somebody will be worse off if you endorse a Republican candidate for president. And I don't believe you studied polls at Wharton, and I don't believe you know a lot about polls. You were an undergraduate at Wharton for two years in the mid-1960s. That's practically before polls were invented."

O'Donnell finished his remarks by reminding Trump that "Wharton teaches business, not political science," and calling him a "reflexive liar."

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Comments

[ceecee1]

06:39 PM on 12/08/2011

Atta way to go Lawrence...I compliment you on exposing the "BARNYARD COMMANDO'S" ON that list of Republican Candidates....where the heck do these people come from??...

[ceecee1]

06:21 PM on 12/08/2011

Thank You, Thank You Lawrence O'Donnell for going after those REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES WHOM I CALL THE (BARNYARD COMMANDOS')....DO THEY THINK THEY ARE THE (RHINESTONE COWBOYS). Seems they think they can cure this Country's problems overnight?
Where the heck do these people come from? Everyone I talk to can't stomach to watch them.

[PollyTics]

04:20 AM on 12/08/2011

I'm not a big fan of O'Donnell's, but he was on target for this one!

[JonathanBrandon]

09:02 PM on 12/07/2011

It is admirable that Secy of State Hillary Clinton has spoken forcefully and eloquently onhuman rights and gay,lesbian, trasgender rights...........at what point in this country are we going to speak equally forcefully about violations of International Rights of the Palestinians and their claim to a Homeland

[Matt12]

08:48 PM on 12/07/2011

Lawrence has testicular fortitude and a moral center...

[JonathanBrandon]

08:50 PM on 12/07/2011

agreed....a bombastic self serving egotist is The Donald..........

[dougeyboy]

04:59 PM on 12/07/2011

Maggie says it's "virtually impossible" that Romney doesn't go to this debate.

Oh well.

[octavia ash]

03:13 PM on 12/07/2011

America has been nothing since tha washed up actor [Reagan] was elected president. Talking about scraping the bottom of the barrel. Reagan was worst president ever. I hate him in death because he took food out of my children's mouths.

[toltec998]

01:55 PM on 12/07/2011

One more thing to add to the GOP short list of achievments; turning the run for the office of the POTUS into circus. God! These people lack leadership!

[boomcat44]

01:18 PM on 12/07/2011

I'm getting the impression that LO'D just doesn't like tRUMP.

[fusillijerry]

02:45 PM on 12/07/2011

Yeah. Seems to be.

[euromarkusx]

01:11 PM on 12/07/2011

Kissing Trump's ring makes you look like a joke.

Reagan would have laughed at what is going on with the GOP today

[Matt12]

08:51 PM on 12/07/2011

Well, you also don't know where that ring has been

[JOEL1954]

09:59 AM on 12/07/2011

This debate will never happen. No one of substance will show up and the party will somehow stop it.

[vidian6]

11:27 AM on 12/07/2011

I'm seriously hoping that it will. This will be the funniest thing TV has seen in years.

[mayoungkin]

09:09 AM on 12/07/2011

I can't imagine anyone of any political persuasion giving a rip about what Lawrence O'Donnell says about him or her. If I were to look up the word "twerp" in the dictionary I'd fully expect to see a picture of O'Donnell.

[BrainRagYell]

11:31 AM on 12/07/2011

Oh, but certainly Donald Trump is the pinnacle of political clarity.

Pathetic.

[mayoungkin]

12:06 PM on 12/09/2011

FWIW I don't have any use for Trump either. I try to limit comments to one topic at a time, apparently for people like you.

[thekidde]

12:35 PM on 12/07/2011

Your ignorance must make you blissful.

[larco849]

09:08 AM on 12/07/2011

I hear that the donald is planning a new reality show with the kardasians called "Egotist and non entities are we"

[me again]

08:42 AM on 12/07/2011

Trump has become the equivalent of the annual flu. He shows up and spreads himself around and makes you barf.

[phal4875]

03:05 PM on 12/07/2011

Fanned. Very funny!