Michael Steele on Trump, Haley, DeSantis, Democracy
The Bill Press Pod
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🗓️ 9 January 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele discusses the 2024 election, the state of the Republican Party, and his new show on MSNBC. Steele predicts that Donald Trump will win the Republican nomination, despite facing numerous legal challenges. He also criticizes the GOP for not standing up to Trump and for failing to offer a viable alternative. Steele believes that the upcoming election is crucial for the future of democracy in the US, and he urges voters to reject Trump's authoritarian tendencies. He also previews his new show, "The Weekend” with Alicia Menendez and Symone Sanders-Townsend which premiers this Saturday at 8AM on MSNBC.
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| 1:10.0 | Hello, good friends. Welcome to the 2024 edition of the Bill Press pod and the beginning of what promises to be a wild year on several fronts. |
| 1:12.8 | It's already pretty wild with the Iowa caucuses just one week away, Donald Trump campaigning hard for a landslide win, and Nikki Haley |
| 1:19.1 | and Ron DeSantis buying for second place. The big question is, if Trump wins big in Iowa, |
| 1:25.2 | is there any way to stop him in New Hampshire or South Carolina? |
| 1:30.0 | Well, some Republicans like Stuart Stevens, Bill Christo and Charlie Sykes, all previous |
| 1:35.4 | guests on our podcast, are trying hard to stop him from getting the nomination or getting |
| 1:41.6 | re-elected. And today we meet the leader of the Republican never-trumpers, MSNBC's Michael Steele. |
| 1:49.4 | Not so long ago, you may remember, Michael Steele was chairman of the Republican National Committee, |
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