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The Michael Steele Podcast

A Moment Of Clarity: "Redefine citizenship? That's the same old KKK racist BS!"

The Michael Steele Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, Government, History, News

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Michael Steele dismantles outdated narratives of heritage-based nationalism, examining their profound implications for American identity.

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0:00.0

And now for a moment of clarity.

0:05.0

What he's talking about is blood and soil like nationalism.

0:09.0

Yeah.

0:10.0

And that is, okay, KK.

0:12.0

It is.

0:13.0

Come on, Michael Steele.

0:14.0

Same okay, K races, BS.

0:16.0

That's exactly what it is.

0:17.0

And the Founding Fathers rejected it.

0:18.0

You can look at the Federalist Papers number one,

0:20.0

the Federalist Papers number 10. They were very, very clear that America is not going to be a country based on heritage. Because to be very clear, I, Alicia and Michael, are just as American as JD Vance. Some would argue probably even more so.

0:35.1

So what I love about this conversation is that it exactly proves what the founders hoped for.

0:43.9

Despite their owning slaves, not including women literally in the language of the document.

0:50.8

But this moment in our history is what the founders would hope happen.

0:57.3

What JD Vance, with all that highfalut and education you got, right, don't understand

1:03.2

is that the definition of America and Americans is what we make it.

1:11.3

And by that very definition, who we are at this table defines us as Americans.

1:16.6

Because it goes to the freedom.

1:18.7

It goes to the equality.

1:20.4

It goes to the opportunity.

1:22.3

It goes to the inalienable rights.

1:24.3

It goes to all the things that you and your administration are trying to take away from free

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