Michael Steele, former chair of the Republican Nationwide Committee, has a blunt message for anybody hoping to see enhancements inside the occasion within the age of Donald Trump and his “MAGA grifters.”
“Should you’re ready for it to get higher, it’s not going to occur,” he stated whereas filling in as host of MSNBC’s “All In With Chris Hayes.”
“The issue is that Trump’s motion inside the occasion is rotten to the core,” he stated.
He pointed to the lengths individuals on the fitting have gone to court docket Trump loyalists, similar to a brand new admission from Fox Information that they allowed individuals they knew to be harmful liars on the air with the intention to proceed to maintain Trump supporters tuned in.
He famous that the Trump wing of the occasion has embraced Jan. 6 rioters in addition to characters similar to “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams, who final week went on a racist tirade urging white individuals to “get the hell away from Black individuals,” and Kyle Rittenhouse, the shooter acquitted of homicide fees after he killed two unarmed racial justice protesters in 2020.
“A rational Republican occasion wouldn't prop these people up as heroes,” he stated. “However the MAGA Republicans have bought their souls to Trump’s model of culture-war politics ― and for the RNC, guys like Scott Adams are simply one other strategy to fundraise off of grift and grievance.”
He urged the occasion to throw out the “MAGA grifters,” however didn’t appear optimistic that it will occur.
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