Ex-RNC Chair Torches McConnell’s Claim Obama ‘Should’ve Kept His Mouth Shut’

Michael Steele noted that Trump “has yet to keep ‘his mouth shut’” about Obama.

Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele rebuked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday after McConnell labeled former President Barack Obama as “classless” for criticizing his successor’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

McConnell had declared Monday that Obama “should have kept his mouth shut” about President Donald Trump’s response to the health crisis. But Steele disagreed, tweeting that the former president is entitled to voice his view. He also noted that Trump has “yet to keep ‘his mouth shut’” about Obama.

The president has persistently attempted to blame Obama for testing failures and a shortage of medical supplies during the pandemic and has this week peddled a fringe theory accusing his predecessor of “the biggest political crime in American history” while declining to specify what that alleged crime would be. Continue reading.

Former RNC head drops the hammer on Republicans who claim the Bible says they don’t have to help the poor

AlterNet logoAppearing on MSNBC’s “AM Joy,” former National Republican Committee head Michael Steele slammed GOP lawmakers who have attempted to use the Bible as a defense for ignoring the needs of the poor and the helpless.

Speaking with host Joy Reid, Steele said that there will be reckoning one day for the Republican Party.

“Michael, this week Donald Trump lied to my colleague who asked him about this [immigration] policy and lied that he inherited the separation policy from President Obama and that he ended it, which is just a blatant flat out lie, right?” host Reid proposed. “You have members of Congress saying the Bible doesn’t say we’re supposed to care for the poor. I mean, you actually have a sense of moral disconnections in your party that I don’t understand, and I need your help.”

View the complete June 23 article by Tom Boggioni from Raw Story on the AlterNet website here.