MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell said he does not know what the word "patriot" means Wednesday on "The Last Word."
O'Donnell's guest Mavanee Anderson, a friend of NSA leaker Edward Snowden, said Snowden may have been motivated by patriotism to join the Army in 2004.
O'Donnell replied he does not know what the word "patriot" means in almost any context:
MAVANEE ANDERSON: I don't think he was questioning whether or not you are trying to kill people when you join the military. I'll say I was surprised that -- when he told me that he had joined the Army and why. And his reasons for it. But I don't know, perhaps he is naive, or perhaps he is just a patriot who wants to do his part for the country.
LAWRENCE O'DONNELL: Well, on the patriot question or the general motivation question, because the word patriot to me, I'm not sure what it means in almost any context, but especially not this one. [...]
