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The Michael Steele Podcast

A Moment Of Clarity: "Everybody's got an opinion about sh*t that don't matter to them." - Michael Steele

The Michael Steele Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, Government, History, News

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Michael Steele argues that voters in the community are the only ones who can determine the relevance of any political concern, and outside judgment is irrelevant. He emphasizes that the democratic system is designed to allow communities to make their own choices, and those who don't like it shouldn't "vote-shame" them.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

And now for a moment of clarity.

0:05.0

Well, he campaigned this week with a guy who was an unindicted co-conspirator in the

0:11.0

1993 World Trade Center bombing and served as a character witness for Omar Abdul Rahman,

0:18.0

the terrorists who organized it.

0:20.0

So Sarah Palin used to say, Obama paled around the terrorists, which was bullshit.

0:24.6

But I just don't know if this is a great look for the party.

0:30.6

I really don't.

0:31.6

My take is, I think what's being left out in this conversation is probably the most important

0:36.6

ingredient, and that is probably the most important ingredient.

0:38.3

And that is the people of New York.

0:40.3

They will decide whether or not everything you've just leveled up and every concern that

0:45.3

people have put out there about Mr. Mondami is relevant to them when they go to the polls.

0:50.3

When they start, they've started early voting.

0:53.3

And when they go to the polls, New Yorkers, they've started early voting, and when they go to the polls,

0:54.7

New Yorkers will decide, just like 78 million Americans did, four years after Donald Trump,

1:01.9

to reelect him. And here we are. So if we really believe in this idea that this is a pluralistic society and that voting matters and

1:14.2

democracy matters, then we are not in a position to sit back and second guess and vote

1:20.4

shame a community because we outside that community don't like their choice.

1:25.8

Right?

1:26.8

So what we have to do, this is the trick-wire bill for this country right now because everybody's

1:35.8

got an opinion about shit that don't matter to them.

1:38.8

I don't live in New York.

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