A Moment Of Clarity: The Hidden Dangers: ICE and the American Public
The Michael Steele Podcast
The Bulwark
4.8 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2026
⏱️ 2 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
The discourse surrounding American immigration enforcement reveals a harrowing portrait of the systemic anxieties currently gripping the citizenry. Michael Steele examines the pervasive atmosphere of apprehension fostered by ICE operations and discerns the broader societal erosion caused by state-sanctioned intimidation. This necessitates a rigorous demand for institutional accountability and a critical restoration of empirical truth within a political narrative often obscured by rhetoric.
Catch Michael Steele on The Weeknight Mondays - Fridays at 7pm EST on MS NOW: https://www.msnbc.com/weeknight
Follow Michael on X: https://x.com/MichaelSteele
Follow Michael on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/michaelsteele.bsky.social
Follow Michael on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chairman_steele/
Follow Michael on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@chairman_steele
Listen to The Michael Steele Podcast: https://www.thebulwark.com/s/the-michael-steele-podcast
Watch The Michael Steele Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJNKzTkCZE9uNqPiKYw5eU5YkS_mMsr6o
If you enjoyed this, be sure to leave a review or share it with a friend!
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | And now for a moment of clarity. |
| 0:05.0 | The truth is that every single person in the United States of America, U.S. citizens, white, black, brown, whoever you are, you have to worry now that an ice agent is going to come and shoot at you and kill you. |
| 0:23.7 | What you describe, Congressman, is the terrorism. |
| 0:26.3 | And that is a big part of the story that this administration is putting into the public and private lives of a lot of Americans out there. |
| 0:38.5 | You mentioned that, you know, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the President, |
| 0:42.3 | the Vice President, don't want to tell the truth, haven't told the truth, they're lying. |
| 0:46.1 | And the reason is because the truth has consequences. |
| 0:48.7 | Yeah, that's right. |
| 0:49.6 | The truth in Portland, the truth in Minnesota, the truth in Chicago has consequences. |
| 0:56.4 | That's right. |
| 0:57.0 | And so it is incumbent, I think, and I think more and more Americans want the assurance that you've just laid out on this table that this Congress and the next Congress, when presumably Democrats have control, will begin the process of holding every last masked agent |
| 1:13.5 | accountable. |
| 1:15.5 | Name, rank, badge number, all of it. |
| 1:18.6 | Because they're hiding behind the anonymity |
| 1:21.6 | because they think Donald Trump is going to protect them. |
| 1:24.6 | Yeah, that's exactly right. |
| 1:26.2 | And look, we said that today. |
| 1:29.0 | These people have to remember that control of Congress is going to protect them. Yeah, that's exactly right. And look, we said that today. These people have to remember that control of Congress is going to change. Catch Michael Steele on the weeknight, |
| 1:34.7 | Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. Eastern on MS now. |
Transcript will be available on the free plan in 24 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Bulwark, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Bulwark and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.