Michael Steele is no 'Pied Piper.'

Capehart

The Washington Post

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🗓️ 16 August 2016

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Jonathan talks with former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele, about why Trump is good for Republicans, the party's problem with race and Steele's time studying for the priesthood.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone it's Jonathan Kapart this week we're talking to former
0:06.5	chairman of the Republican Party Michael Steele and we get into everything
0:10.4	Trump the future of the GOP his party's problem with race, and that time he said this to his staff.
0:16.0	Oh, hell no, uh-uh, not in this instance, now I'm blowing this shit up.
0:20.0	buckle your seat belts because it's about to get real.
0:23.0	Welcome to the very first episode of Cape Up.
0:28.0	I'm Jonathan Kapart of the Washington Post and we begin with Michael Steele,
0:34.9	former lieutenant governor of Maryland and former chairman of the Republican National
0:39.7	Committee. Thanks for coming in. It's good to be here. Are you sure? Yeah, I am. I gotta ask you as a national
0:45.8	brand with an eye towards the long term has a Republican Party made a mistake by
0:52.2	nominating Donald Trump.
0:53.9	No, I don't think so.
0:55.0	And I don't think so.
0:56.2	No, no, I don't think so because this is all part of the plan.
0:59.9	This is all part of the process.
1:01.8	It has to happen. And I've been saying for years
1:04.6	wait wait wait it has to happen this has to happen this this confrontation with
1:10.9	ourselves this real realization within the
1:13.2	Republican party this realization that in large measure we laid down the
1:18.9	metrics and the pathway for Donald Trump to emerge and to arise the way he did.
1:23.4	Go back and look at this campaign from its very inception.
1:27.8	Donald Trump coming down that stairway at what percentage support
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