Hypocritical Trump Endorsement Shows "Deep Moral Rot" in Republican Party

The Warning with Steve Schmidt

Steve Schmidt

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🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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This week, South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace appeared in a fiery interview on ABC’s “This Week With George Stephanopoulos.” During the interview, Stephanopoulos asked Mace how she could square being a rape survivor with endorsing the former president who was found liable by a jury for sexual assault. This endorsement also comes after Rep. Mace said he should never hold office again for his role in the Capitol attack on January 6th. Steve Schmidt calls this hypocritical reversal a “moral rot” and representative of a larger movement in the Republican party.

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0:00.0	And I'm not going to sit here on your show and be asked a question meant to shame me about another potential rape victim.
0:07.0	I'm not going to do that.
0:08.0	It's actually not about shaming you. It's a question about Donald Trump.
0:10.0	No, you are shaming me.
0:11.0	You've endorsed Donald Trump for president.
0:13.0	Donald Trump has been found liable for rape by a jury.
0:16.0	Donald Trump has been found liable for defaming the victim of that rape by a jury.
0:21.4	It's been affirmed by a judge.
0:22.9	It was not a criminal court case, number one, number two.
0:27.3	I live with shame.
0:29.2	And you're asking me a question about my political choices,
0:32.2	trying to shame me as a rape victim.
0:33.9	And I find it disgusting.
0:34.9	It is Monday, March 11thth and there are 238 days left
0:39.4	until America will decide who the next president of the United States will be. One of
0:47.6	Donald Trump's chief defenders, one of his aspiring lieutenants, is South Carolina Congresswoman Nancy Mace,
0:57.7	who has become increasingly erratic and unhinged over the last three years.
1:04.8	Her journey is nothing short of astonishing.
1:08.6	Let's watch Nancy Mace in the immediate aftermath of January 6th when she makes
1:16.3	perfectly clear that Donald Trump should never hold political office again. We've got to hold not only
1:24.2	the president accountable and ensure that he doesn't hold office again in the future, but also we need to hold members of our Congress, even in my own party
1:32.1	accountable for the rhetoric and the actions that led up to Wednesday's events.
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