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On Saturday morning former Republican National Chairman Michael Steele jumped all over GOP vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance (R-OH) for his tepid response to Donald Trump's latest attack on U.S. military service members.

During a speech on Thursday, the former president downplayed the value of the Congressional Medal of Honor given to war heroes by stating the Presidential Medal of Freedom carries more value.

Responding to questions about Trump stating, "It's the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor, but civilian version — it's actually much better because everyone gets the Congressional Medal of Honor, they're soldiers, they are even in very bad shape because they have been hit so many times by bullets or they are dead," all Vance could offer up was, "I don't think him complementing and saying a nice word about a person who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom is in any way denigrating those received military honors."

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He then added, "They are two different awards. And think, the president was saying some nice things about a person he liked and that is a totally reasonable thing to do."

From his perch as a host of MSNBC's "The Weekend," a fuming Steele lectured, "This whole episode just sucks hard. You know, it strikes at the core of what we value as a country. Think about the men and women who, I mean, we don't have a conscripted army. No one is being forced into military service yet these men and women, for reasons only they know, it is a vocation, it is a calling to going to service knowing that you could face harm."

"To have a then president, now former president, denigrate that, but more importantly, to have his running mate, who himself is a member of that service, who wore that uniform, who stood next to those men and women who served with him, many of whom he knows and knew would go off and be harmed or killed, to stand there and to give credence and justification to that excuse-making on behalf of Donald Trump," he continued.

"Shame on you J.D.!" he exclaimed. "Shame on you. You dishonor the uniform that you wore and that, to me, when you listen to a Gold Star family member, who you can still hear the difficulty of having to consume that crap from Vance and Trump, we are shocked by it because that is just not who we are as a nation."

"We have never, in the 230 years of this country's history, done that until the last seven years or so," he added.

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Speaking with host Michael Smerconish on Saturday morning, CNN contributor and Democratic strategist David Axelrod suggested Donald Trump's campaign leadership would be doing itself a major disservice if they allowed the former president to take the stage and debate Vice President Kamala Harris next month.

According to Axelrod, if Trump's performance lately in his so-called "press conferences" is indicative of his state of mind, Trump's inner circle is setting itself up for a nationally televised disaster.

Simply put, he told the host, the former president shows no sign of being "competent."

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"He thought that he had won when we were in Milwaukee, the talk there was of a landslide and it felt like they were talking about the terms of surrender that they were going to demand and he felt very serene that he had beaten this," he told the host. "Now all of a sudden his life is flashing before his eyes, and I think it's one of the things that's unsettling him."

"But they sent him out yesterday to do a press conference, or two days ago, about the economy and his big challenge is to make her [Kamala Harris] the incumbent not the turn-the-page candidate and he wants to link her to [President Joe] Biden in a way that will make her the incumbent and that was what the press conference was all about."

"Instead, he blew himself up and spent ten minutes on his legal problems and lashing out in other places and he overwhelmed the message of his own press conference," he continued. "He is not a competent candidate right now and one of the questions about this debate is 'Is that the guy who's going to step on the debate stage?' Because, if it is, they've got a world of hurt."

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Reflecting on changes in Donald Trump's campaign leadership structure, a former official who worked in the ex-president's administration predicted heads will roll because his re-election chances are now seriously in doubt.

Appearing on MSNBC's "The Weekend," Olivia Troye, one of leaders of Republicans Against Trump, admitted that she is surprised vice presidential candidate and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) hasn't been cast aside.

Speaking with co-host Michael Steele, Troye began. "Watching the campaign, I think it's imploded."

"What has happened here is they were caught flat-footed," she continued. "I think they have nothing to counter this powerful ticket of two relatable people who are out there actually campaigning, talking to voters everyday showing that they they truly identify with the challenges they face."

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"What does Donald Trump have?" she asked. "I guess, you know, I don't know, country club owner, maybe, lots of bankruptcies, convicted felon. Then you have J.D. Vance, who denigrates women and talks about menopausal women, childless cat and dog ladies, I don't know where they're going with this."

'I think you're seeing a lot of turmoil there," she continued. "I wonder how long some of these people are going to stay in their roles ... I think Trump is grasping here, trying to figure out what to do because he really does have no plan, no actual policy objectives and it is just a bunch of mudslinging."

"You know, I'm surprised he still has J.D. Vance on the ticket, I keep wondering if he's going to bump him off," she added.

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While vice presidential running-mate J.D. Vance has been trying to make inroads with veterans, Trump spoke out on the honors veterans are bestowed by a president or a member of Congress.