Menu
Sign In Search Podcasts Libraries Charts People & Topics Add Podcast API Blog Pricing

Michael Steele

πŸ‘€ Speaker
2354 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1026: Michael Steele: Your Voice Matters

They understand why Medicaid is important because their mother, their father, their grandparent or themselves otherwise wouldn't get the health care that they need. They understand what the Department of Education at the federal level is there for. They recognize that the states absolutely control the outcome of educational training and programs, et cetera.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1026: Michael Steele: Your Voice Matters

They understand why Medicaid is important because their mother, their father, their grandparent or themselves otherwise wouldn't get the health care that they need. They understand what the Department of Education at the federal level is there for. They recognize that the states absolutely control the outcome of educational training and programs, et cetera.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1026: Michael Steele: Your Voice Matters

They understand why Medicaid is important because their mother, their father, their grandparent or themselves otherwise wouldn't get the health care that they need. They understand what the Department of Education at the federal level is there for. They recognize that the states absolutely control the outcome of educational training and programs, et cetera.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1026: Michael Steele: Your Voice Matters

But they also appreciate the fact that their special ed kid gets a little extra help from the federal government to get to stay a certain pace, to learn and to graduate and to try to become a productive person in our society. So they understand these things.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1026: Michael Steele: Your Voice Matters

But they also appreciate the fact that their special ed kid gets a little extra help from the federal government to get to stay a certain pace, to learn and to graduate and to try to become a productive person in our society. So they understand these things.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1026: Michael Steele: Your Voice Matters

But they also appreciate the fact that their special ed kid gets a little extra help from the federal government to get to stay a certain pace, to learn and to graduate and to try to become a productive person in our society. So they understand these things.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1026: Michael Steele: Your Voice Matters

The fact that the problem now with the MAGA folks inside the government who just wants to go in like, you know, Elon Musk with the buzzsaw, just going to start cutting and tearing and then go, oops, didn't mean to hit that. Oh, wow. I didn't know that was there. That's important. They're now hearing from the very people they thought would be standing out there cheering them.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1026: Michael Steele: Your Voice Matters

The fact that the problem now with the MAGA folks inside the government who just wants to go in like, you know, Elon Musk with the buzzsaw, just going to start cutting and tearing and then go, oops, didn't mean to hit that. Oh, wow. I didn't know that was there. That's important. They're now hearing from the very people they thought would be standing out there cheering them.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1026: Michael Steele: Your Voice Matters

The fact that the problem now with the MAGA folks inside the government who just wants to go in like, you know, Elon Musk with the buzzsaw, just going to start cutting and tearing and then go, oops, didn't mean to hit that. Oh, wow. I didn't know that was there. That's important. They're now hearing from the very people they thought would be standing out there cheering them.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1026: Michael Steele: Your Voice Matters

And they're not because they're wrong. And what we're seeing now, particularly in this space with Abrego Garcia, is I don't care, Tim. I don't give a damn if Abrego Garcia is the head of MS-13. They'd have some evidence if he was the head. Right. And I don't give a damn if he's Mother Teresa.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1026: Michael Steele: Your Voice Matters

And they're not because they're wrong. And what we're seeing now, particularly in this space with Abrego Garcia, is I don't care, Tim. I don't give a damn if Abrego Garcia is the head of MS-13. They'd have some evidence if he was the head. Right. And I don't give a damn if he's Mother Teresa.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1026: Michael Steele: Your Voice Matters

And they're not because they're wrong. And what we're seeing now, particularly in this space with Abrego Garcia, is I don't care, Tim. I don't give a damn if Abrego Garcia is the head of MS-13. They'd have some evidence if he was the head. Right. And I don't give a damn if he's Mother Teresa.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1026: Michael Steele: Your Voice Matters

But what I do give a damn about is that if our criminal justice system wants to pull him in, that A, to your point, they have the evidence. And B, he's allowed the due process to confront that evidence and to attest to his innocence. or whatever. But that process is important because if you strip that away for Abrego Garcia, Tim Miller, Michael Steele, Jane Doe, John Doe are next.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1026: Michael Steele: Your Voice Matters

But what I do give a damn about is that if our criminal justice system wants to pull him in, that A, to your point, they have the evidence. And B, he's allowed the due process to confront that evidence and to attest to his innocence. or whatever. But that process is important because if you strip that away for Abrego Garcia, Tim Miller, Michael Steele, Jane Doe, John Doe are next.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1026: Michael Steele: Your Voice Matters

But what I do give a damn about is that if our criminal justice system wants to pull him in, that A, to your point, they have the evidence. And B, he's allowed the due process to confront that evidence and to attest to his innocence. or whatever. But that process is important because if you strip that away for Abrego Garcia, Tim Miller, Michael Steele, Jane Doe, John Doe are next.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1026: Michael Steele: Your Voice Matters

And we know that's the end game. Why? Go back to the last point I made, because they fundamentally don't like the people that the government is there to serve. And they want to create a space in which the only folks around them and in their orbit are blind loyalists who at any moment they can kick to the curb. But until that moment occurs, we'll do whatever they want them to do.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1026: Michael Steele: Your Voice Matters

And we know that's the end game. Why? Go back to the last point I made, because they fundamentally don't like the people that the government is there to serve. And they want to create a space in which the only folks around them and in their orbit are blind loyalists who at any moment they can kick to the curb. But until that moment occurs, we'll do whatever they want them to do.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1026: Michael Steele: Your Voice Matters

And we know that's the end game. Why? Go back to the last point I made, because they fundamentally don't like the people that the government is there to serve. And they want to create a space in which the only folks around them and in their orbit are blind loyalists who at any moment they can kick to the curb. But until that moment occurs, we'll do whatever they want them to do.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1026: Michael Steele: Your Voice Matters

And that's not how the country was built.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1026: Michael Steele: Your Voice Matters

And that's not how the country was built.