What up, what up, what up everybody this is Michael Steele with a quick take from the

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Hi, Michael. How are you? I am so good. How are you?

Honestly, I think like you and others blessed to see another day, but very, very concerned

about where we are as a country. And I mean that no politics, no shade, nothing, just deeply

concerned that we're headed in the wrong direction. You have been one of a number and growing

number of voices both inside and outside the Republican Party. You have since what, last

year left the party? Or has it been a little bit longer? It's been longer. Pretty much

since Trump got the nomination. I didn't necessarily want to make it official, but definitely

was very vocal about it around the time before the first impeachment took place.

Gotcha. So you've been out there for a while waving your arms and screaming. Danger

will robinson danger. You wrote a piece and this is a way to kind of get into the narrative

around Liz Cheney. You wrote a piece that appeared in USA Today, came out a few days ago,

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