'Assume the worst' from Trump's 'menagerie of misfits': ex-GOP lawmaker

During an appearance on MSNBC's "The Weekend," a former Republican member of the House agreed with ex-RNC chair Michael Steele's assessment of Donald Trump's cabinet picks as a "menagerie of misfits" and raised a warning about what is to come.

With the entire panel reacting to the president-elect's choices –– running from scandal-plagued Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) to unqualified Fox News personality Pete Hegseth –– host Steele took the lead with guest ex-Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL).

"It is very real, it is very real," Steele began. "So Donald Trump is leveling up a menagerie of misfits, people that he knows are not competent, capable, intelligent enough to do the jobs that he is giving them."

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After sharing a clip of Trump confidant Steve Bannon threatening, "We are going to burn some of these institutions down to the ground because you know why? They need to be burned down to the ground," Steele added, "The deconstruction of the administrative state has been a key calling card for those acolytes around Donald trump. Donald Trump is probably more or less agnostic in most cases. What is your take on what you are seeing with these potential cabinet secretaries running agencies that affect the health of the American people and the national security of our country?"

"Assume the worst," Walsh replied. "Assume the most sinister. In this era of Trump over the last nine or 10 years, we just have not used our imagination."

"Assume the worst, it is not going to be a circus," he continued. "This is more dangerous. Donald Trump has convinced millions and millions of Americans that the Justice Department is our enemy. The FBI is our enemy, the intelligence community is our enemy. So this will be four years of Tearing down these institutions –– just like Donald Trump successfully tore down our elections system. Same thing."

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