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Michael Steele

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2354 total appearances

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

I said this in 2020, repeated it in 24, but in 26, it is going to be enormously more important than those two periods. They have to overwhelm the ballot box with their vote. I said this on the weekend, a number of weeks now in a row, and I will keep saying this to understand. I think you appreciate this. I know you appreciate this, what the end game is here. The end game is not 2028.

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

The end game is 2026. Because in 2026, Republicans know, and certainly MAGA Republicans around Trump know, that they could very well lose the House. They don't want to lose the House. You lose the House, and then all of a sudden, everything else for the next two years becomes that much harder to do.

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

The end game is 2026. Because in 2026, Republicans know, and certainly MAGA Republicans around Trump know, that they could very well lose the House. They don't want to lose the House. You lose the House, and then all of a sudden, everything else for the next two years becomes that much harder to do.

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

The end game is 2026. Because in 2026, Republicans know, and certainly MAGA Republicans around Trump know, that they could very well lose the House. They don't want to lose the House. You lose the House, and then all of a sudden, everything else for the next two years becomes that much harder to do.

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

Now you'll have a Democratic-controlled Congress that will be hauling people's ass to their committees. demanding information, doing investigations, et cetera, et cetera. And they don't want that. They don't need that noise from within side Washington. They don't need that resistance from Capitol Hill. So it's imperative that they keep the House. Right.

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

Now you'll have a Democratic-controlled Congress that will be hauling people's ass to their committees. demanding information, doing investigations, et cetera, et cetera. And they don't want that. They don't need that noise from within side Washington. They don't need that resistance from Capitol Hill. So it's imperative that they keep the House. Right.

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

Now you'll have a Democratic-controlled Congress that will be hauling people's ass to their committees. demanding information, doing investigations, et cetera, et cetera. And they don't want that. They don't need that noise from within side Washington. They don't need that resistance from Capitol Hill. So it's imperative that they keep the House. Right.

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

So when the president issues an executive order reconfiguring our elections, understand, folks, this is not about 2028. This is about 2026. Part two of that to get to part one is, OK, how do we safeguard? Well... Let's see. A little thing called the Insurrection Act. If you've noticed, there have been stories now popping up here and there, very much as you just described.

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

So when the president issues an executive order reconfiguring our elections, understand, folks, this is not about 2028. This is about 2026. Part two of that to get to part one is, OK, how do we safeguard? Well... Let's see. A little thing called the Insurrection Act. If you've noticed, there have been stories now popping up here and there, very much as you just described.

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

So when the president issues an executive order reconfiguring our elections, understand, folks, this is not about 2028. This is about 2026. Part two of that to get to part one is, OK, how do we safeguard? Well... Let's see. A little thing called the Insurrection Act. If you've noticed, there have been stories now popping up here and there, very much as you just described.

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

You know, Tim is on his mic. The New York Times does one thing and everybody else moves on. Well, there are stories now that people need to pay attention to about folks inside the White House because they can't help themselves. They talk too much. Talking about a strategy around the Insurrection Act. That's why I keep warning people, when you protest, behave yourselves.

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

You know, Tim is on his mic. The New York Times does one thing and everybody else moves on. Well, there are stories now that people need to pay attention to about folks inside the White House because they can't help themselves. They talk too much. Talking about a strategy around the Insurrection Act. That's why I keep warning people, when you protest, behave yourselves.

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

You know, Tim is on his mic. The New York Times does one thing and everybody else moves on. Well, there are stories now that people need to pay attention to about folks inside the White House because they can't help themselves. They talk too much. Talking about a strategy around the Insurrection Act. That's why I keep warning people, when you protest, behave yourselves.

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

Don't get caught up in stupid. Right. Don't get drawn into confrontation. Number one. And for organizers to police your people. In other words, have a better understanding of who's out on the streets with you because they will they will send people infiltrate. They always project, Tim, you know that. Oh, yeah. Look, they paid these Democrats to come to the town hall. No, they didn't.

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

Don't get caught up in stupid. Right. Don't get drawn into confrontation. Number one. And for organizers to police your people. In other words, have a better understanding of who's out on the streets with you because they will they will send people infiltrate. They always project, Tim, you know that. Oh, yeah. Look, they paid these Democrats to come to the town hall. No, they didn't.

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

Don't get caught up in stupid. Right. Don't get drawn into confrontation. Number one. And for organizers to police your people. In other words, have a better understanding of who's out on the streets with you because they will they will send people infiltrate. They always project, Tim, you know that. Oh, yeah. Look, they paid these Democrats to come to the town hall. No, they didn't.

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

Because if that if they paid them, then what's the problem? Then why don't you? pretend you're a Democrat, get paid and expose it. Right? I haven't seen any of that yet. I haven't seen any of that because it doesn't exist. But when you have a large gathering of protesters, I can put people in there and mix it up and cause a fight. And then guess what? Then Trump said, oh, see, look at all that.

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

Because if that if they paid them, then what's the problem? Then why don't you? pretend you're a Democrat, get paid and expose it. Right? I haven't seen any of that yet. I haven't seen any of that because it doesn't exist. But when you have a large gathering of protesters, I can put people in there and mix it up and cause a fight. And then guess what? Then Trump said, oh, see, look at all that.

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

Because if that if they paid them, then what's the problem? Then why don't you? pretend you're a Democrat, get paid and expose it. Right? I haven't seen any of that yet. I haven't seen any of that because it doesn't exist. But when you have a large gathering of protesters, I can put people in there and mix it up and cause a fight. And then guess what? Then Trump said, oh, see, look at all that.

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

Look at the violence. Look at all that violence. And he invokes the Insurrection Act to, quote, put down the violence to protect the virginity of this great nation. And so we need to be mindful of what the end game is here. And the end game is always the ballot box. Why? Because it is the essential power of we the people. Be mindful of it.