Former Republican Nationwide Committee Chair Michael Steele tore into Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) over her “nationwide divorce” proposal.
The conspiracy theorist lawmaker, who spoke final yr at a white nationalist occasion and is an in depth ally of Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), says crimson states ought to cut up from blue ones.
“She has no clue what the hell she’s speaking about,” Steele mentioned on MSNBC on Thursday. “Why will we take heed to this loopy idiot? Marjorie Taylor Greene, please simply shut the hell up. Do us all a favor.” He known as her an “embarrassment” to Republicans and the nation.
Steele, a part of the GOP’s anti-Trump wing and a constant critic of Greene and different extremists, cited the response of Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) to Greene’s “nationwide divorce” concept.
“You recognize, I believe Abraham Lincoln handled that sort of madness,” Romney mentioned, dismissing Greene as a part of the “loony proper.”
“Mitt Romney mentioned it greatest,” Steele mentioned. “We fought that battle. A Republican president misplaced his life over making an attempt to avoid wasting the union, and this idiot needs to separate it? So right here we go. That is the sort of loopy that requires loads of heavy pondering, as a result of she isn’t.”
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