'Gaslighting liar': Ex-GOP staffer slams Rep. Steve Scalise's 'nonsense' victory lap

Following the House's impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas by a single vote, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) spoke to MSNBC, demanding that President Joe Biden pass the House's extremely strict anti-immigration bill rather than the bipartisan border security compromise brokered in the Senate, otherwise he supports "open borders."

This did not sit well with former Republican turned Democratic strategist Kurt Bardella, who raged against the House leader on MSNBC.

"After you heard that interview, what are your thoughts?" asked anchor Charles Coleman. "Tell me your reaction immediately not only to the vote, but to the narrative that is continuing to be pushed?"

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"What a gaslighting liar, that is what Steve Scalise is," said Bardella. "He is full of it. This idea that if you don't do what we say you want open borders, that is utter nonsense. The idea that we want to compromise, you will come to an agreement in a room and then Donald Trump would say don't make any agreement and all of a sudden it would fall apart. How many times have we seen that story play out?"

"The idea that Steve Scalise or any Republicans are going to get something done, saying we are tired of passing things that look good but don't do anything," Bardella continued. "What are you guys — did you guys just do right now? You passed an impeachment and he's never going to be removed from office. Don't give me that. He sits and talks about the American people being tired of this and that. The American people voted overwhelmingly for Joe Biden, and Joe Biden appointed the Homeland Security secretary, and you are undermining the will of the people. Don't sit there and tell me what the American people want."

"By the way, I thought Donald Trump was supposed to fix the border in the first place?" added Bardella. "Wasn't Mexico supposed to pay for a border wall? Whatever happened to that? Where's the check? The amount of lying and gaslighting that we just saw from Steve Scalise is amazing."

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