'That is so frigging laughable': Michael Steele rips into GOP Senate rumors about Gaetz
On Saturday morning, former RNC chair Michael Steele blew off a report that a majority of Senate Republicans are prepared to shoot down Donald Trump's nomination of scandal-plagued Rep. Matt Gaetz's nomination to be attorney general.
On MSNBC's "The Weekend," ex-Rep Joe Walsh (R-IL) stated the he felt there would be a flood of leaks about the Florida Republican and ex-Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who has been tabbed to be Trump's Director of National Intelligence, that would "kneecap" their ability to even get a confirmation hearing before the Senate.
That led MSNBC's Alicia Menendez to interject, "We have some reporting coming in overnight from NBC's Julie Tsirkin about the fact that a majority of Senate GOP says Gaetz won't be confirmed, Trump's team saying they will get Gaetz confirmed even if there is an ugly battle."
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"So, to your point about cowardice, they know. whether they will say it with their face and name attached is a different question," she pitched to Walsh.
"Yeah, that is so laughable," co-host Steele interjected. "That is so frigging laughable."
"Oh, yeah," he added sarcastically. " The majority ... privately. Is this the same private folks that told us that January 6th that the president of the United States was about to be impeached for it because everybody went to the floor and they said privately that is what is going to happen?"
Addressing Walsh, he added, "You are absolutely right, they're wusses. They are not prepared to do this but here is the deal: I think –– I'm just a little crazy here –– you've got Speaker [Michael] Johnson and Donald Trump having a conversation and Johnson is like, 'We have a problem, can you help me out? 'Can you make an appointment?' Oh, sure. So you get him [Gaetz] out of the House. So what happens? He is gone and no longer a House problem and then it's Trump's problem? Trump is like, you have to get him through the Senate."
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