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The Michael Steele Podcast

A Moment of Clarity: "The Devil is More Than a Devil in the Detail"

The Michael Steele Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, Government, History, News

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Michael Steele reacts to President-elect Trump's pick of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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0:00.0

And now for a moment of clarity.

0:06.4

There's one more kind of wildcard I'm going to throw in here, Michael, the timing of all this.

0:11.6

We know the shooting of a health care CEO has brought up issues with health care coverage in this country.

0:16.8

We know people feel strongly about it.

0:19.7

Gallup recently asked Americans what they thought of the quality of health care.

0:23.6

44% rated it good or excellent.

0:26.0

This is the lowest level since Gallup started asking this question 23 years ago.

0:31.2

I wonder if it could make it easier for senators to justify their vote for someone like RFK Jr.

0:37.7

Who, you know, big picture says he wants to make sweeping changes and who, as Cheryl pointed

0:43.7

out, within these different things he said he is tasked with, there are some pieces of it,

0:49.5

like too many obese children or, you know, just making Americans healthier, that sound pretty good.

0:57.3

No, there are. There's no doubt about it. You know, the issue around processed food has been

1:02.2

a conversation among parents for sure and certainly those in the health care industry for

1:09.4

quite some time. To pay some attention to that

1:12.5

is important.

1:13.2

But as you started the conversation,

1:16.2

you know, it really is about the devil in the details.

1:20.1

What does it mean?

1:21.8

And how do you address what it means?

1:24.6

And so those, the aspect of that, if you have any indication from, again,

1:31.1

going back to what RFK Jr. has said himself, what his belief system is, and how he will

1:38.0

operate as the Secretary of Health in a Trump administration, when the president-elect says, go wild, do whatever you want to do,

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