Reacting to a firing of key FBI officials late Friday by one of Donald Trump appointees, combined with a threat to purge every FBI employee who had anything with investigating the Jan. 6th insurrection that Trump inspired, MSNBC's Michael Steele ripped into lawmakers who are standing by doing nothing.
On Friday, acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove began the purge and demanded the FBI put together a list of all agents and F.B.I. staff “assigned at any time to investigations and/or prosecutions” tied to the Capitol riot.
Saturday morning, Steele, from his perch as co-host of "The Weekend" launched into scathing attack on both parties, singling out so-called "law and order Republicans."
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"You've got [Democratic House Minority Leader] Hakeem Jeffries in a statement saying Republicans are 'hollowing out the world's premier law enforcement agency and leaving everyday Americans more vulnerable to violent criminals and terrorists. This complete disregard for national security in pursuit of vengeance should shock every American.'" Steele quoted the lawmaker. "Okay, color me shocked! Alright, everybody in this town is shocked but the crap still happens and no one seems to be doing anything about it!"
"No one seems to be outraged and put out," he exclaimed. "People are losing their jobs, people are on the verge of retirement, two years, one year, six months from retirement. Lose out on that opportunity."
"You've got folks who are now in situations where Monday comes, 'What am I doing? I'm just sitting around waiting to be fired.' What are what are the responses from Democrats and Republicans on the Hill? Or is this one of those oh, you know, 'Color me tears, color me shocked –– we're so, so upset by all of this, but we're not going to do a damn thing about it.'"
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