Michael Steele

She is useless in that role, except to the extent that she services Donald Trump.

And you can take that however you want.

And the reality of it is that at the end of the day, he is a firebrand and he is a damn good journalist.

And he was in a position to document the excesses across the board.

I mean, whatever you want to say, like you said, I'm not a fan and do not advocate going into a church service and protesting.

Wait till the service is over, grab the pastor, have a conversation.

They wanted the bling and they wanted the firecracker moment.

They got it.

And here's what happens when you play with stupid fire.

It will not only burn you, but it will burn everyone else in the vicinity.

And so making an example of Don Lemon is what this game is.

Instilling fear in the American press corps is what this is.

To getting folks like you and me to suddenly, but more importantly, you know, the corporate entities that we work for to go soft.

Oh, well, I don't know if we should.

We've got to be careful.

We don't need Trump mad at us.

It's just two words that sum up what I feel about this administration and particularly this president in this moment.

And I think a lot more Americans are coming to those feelings.

And I think actions like this further those feelings in a way that I think, look, I looked at the 2026 elections in 2025 and in late 2024 and said the Democrats are in a position then

to pick up 35 to 40 seats in the House.