Ex-Republican compares GOP leaders to heroin users complaining that they're addicted

Former Republican Stuart Stevens criticized some of the GOP leaders he said he helped elect in a Thursday conversation about President Donald Trump.

Speaking on MSNBC, the Lincoln Project co-founder cited special elections in Wisconsin and Florida on Tuesday as proof that Trumpism isn't doing as well as it did in November.

Wisconsin held a judicial election for the state Supreme Court, and the Republican-supported candidate failed by ten points, NBC News reported. This is despite over $25 million in campaign investments from tech billionaire Elon Musk and his political organization, according to Fortune.

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In Florida, two special elections in reliably Republican districts remained in GOP hands. What startled political analysts, however, is that Trump won those districts by 20 and 30 points, while this time the lead was cut in half, Politico reported.

"You know, I have to say, I have zero sympathy," said Stevens. "In fact, I have just absolute scorn for my old Republican — some of these people I helped elect. They went out and bought a ton of heroin, started injecting it, and now are complaining that they're addicted.

"You know, they brought this on themselves. So, they could stop this. They're not powerless. They're actually some of the most powerful people in the world. But they're afraid. They won't stand up to Donald Trump."

It prompted him to wonder what it would take for some to finally oppose the president.

"So, maybe after hundreds of thousands of jobs are lost... We've seen trillions of dollars of wealth wiped out in the past 24 hours. Maybe at some point they'll do this out of fear of their own repercussions electorally," he foreshadowed. "But what does it say about, you know, they took an oath to defend America and everything that Trump is doing? We're putting tariffs on Switzerland, but not Russia? I mean, this is like a bad 'Saturday Night Live' skit."

Stevens went on to call Trump "corrupt" and "a criminal" who "has no idea what he's doing." Meanwhile, he closed, Republicans "are just all-in."

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