On MSNBC's "The Weekend", former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele went on a blistering rant aimed at outgoing RNC head Ronna McDaniel's tumultuous tenure by pointedly stating, "I was winning elections. What did you do?"
With McDaniel walking away — only to be replaced by Donald Trump loyalists — and asking for "unity," Steele, from his perch as the co-host of MSNBC show, wasn't having it.
"The unity thing is a two-way street, he lectured. "And you don't have unity when you refer to Republicans like me as a RINO [Republican In Name Only] who's been in the party for over 50 years. You don't have unity when you disavow and break apart the very foundations of a once proud party based on the principles and ideas of Lincoln and Eisenhower and Reagan and Bush."
"So y'all need to check the unity conversation amongst yourselves first before you bring it to others because that's where the disunity is," he continued. "It's not with me. I was doing just fine until your behind showed up. I was doing just fine. We were — I was winning elections, right? What did you do?"
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"You've just been showboating. You allowed [Georgia Republican] Marjorie Taylor Greene to show up in the House and disrespect your own house and the Republican brand by wearing some dumb behind cap on her head?" he exclaimed. "Come on folks, let's be real about what it is and what it isn't, and what it isn't is the stuff that myself and a lot of others have been fighting for."
"Look, I'm at a table with people that I would love to engage on public policy about, but we are talking about your dumb stupid stuff right?" he added. "This is the reality that you put us in. So unity is a two-way street. Y'all need to work on your end of the block because it's messed up as hell. "
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