During an appearance on MSNBC on Sunday morning a former senior aide who worked for congressional Republicans lashed out at the direction the party is still taking and its continuing allegiance with the embattled Donald Trump.
Speaking with MSNBC fill-in host Charles Coleman Jr., Rina Shah called out GOP lawmakers who "still bear responsibility for the monster that became Trump."
Explaining how Trump has taken over the party," she told the host, "He spoke to these Americans who were so frustrated with members of Congress that just didn't serve them. They had this anger, that visceral anger is still very much there. They feel like these members of Congress are fat cats serving themselves and there's all this evidence that shows that is true."
"You can't get out of that lane unless you do a hard pivot," she suggested. "So, yes, there's a lot of people within today's GOP that still bear responsibility for the monster that became Trump. But I think, at this point, it's the only way to save the party — and that's why I remain and I believe we need two healthy parties at least in the system in order for our democracy to thrive and that's why we still remain right-of-center."
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"Am I still anti-Trump? Absolutely," she added. "Am I still all about working to defeat him in every way possible? Yes. It's an exhausting task when you have so few people committed to that cause."
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