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Michael Steele

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Michael Steele is a prominent Republican political figure from Maryland, known for his role as the first African American chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), serving from 2009 to 2011. During his tenure, he focused on expanding the party's outreach to minority communities and modernizing its image. Steele has also been a vocal commentator on political issues, frequently appearing on various media platforms to discuss Republican strategies and policies. His insights often reflect a blend of traditional conservative values with a call for inclusivity within the party.

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Oct 29, 2020

Government should be limited, so that it never becomes powerful enough to infringe on the rights of individuals. Taxes should be kept low. Promote oil and gas production at home. Drill, baby, drill, and drill now.

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Oct 29, 2020

I'd rather have a tango with Michael over policy than over being an American. And so I think that this is the important part of this election for me. This is about our citizenship. It's about who we are.

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Oct 29, 2020

What Biden has been able to do, narratively, has certainly put it in play in a way that I don't think anyone, if they're honest, thought would be possible.

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Oct 29, 2020

What Donald Trump did was take three bricks out of that wall, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.

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Oct 26, 2020

Now, look, this is the culture crazy part of the program. So everybody can get the popcorn and enjoy it, you know, who just lives and dream of Trump. The rest of us are going to vote.

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Oct 26, 2020

The only thing that changes after Donald Trump is unelected is that he will still have his Twitter account without the presidential seal.

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Oct 26, 2020

Joe Biden has had a steady and consistent lead for at least seven or eight months.

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Oct 26, 2020

No, they have a hole in their campaign, and it's a big one. And the whole is what the voters who have appealed off of the Trump campaign over the last four, five months.

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Oct 23, 2020

I do. I do. I know that there's still those who, you know, are quietly and secretly keeping their support for Joe Biden, you know, undercover. But this is a moment that we all as Republicans who believe in the foundational Lincolness, you…

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Oct 23, 2020

This ballot is like none ever cast. Now I'm a lifelong Republican and I'm still a Republican. But this ballot is how we restore the soul of our nation electing a good man Joe Biden and a trailblazer Kamala Harris and ensure an orderly…

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Oct 22, 2020

Their silence, their complicity, has now come back home to nestle right around their ankles. They can't get off of it, they can't move away from it.

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Oct 22, 2020

The reality for Trump is, he's going to try... to draw Biden into the murky quagmire of his soup.

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Oct 22, 2020

I am a Republican voting for Joe Biden over Trump, because I am an American first.

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Oct 20, 2020

For four years, many have said there would come a moment. Well, this is the moment. Because this ballot is like none ever cast. Now, I'm a lifelong Republican and I'm still a Republican. But this ballot is how we restore the soul of our…

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Oct 19, 2020

This has been in the making for some time, in watching a lot of the things that I value as a Republican that brought me into the party just get sidestepped, pushed aside from spending to how we treat our fellow men and women. And this…

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Oct 19, 2020

When The New York Times Editorial Board endorsed Joe Biden, we didn't do it because The New York Times is a partisan newspaper. We're actually not partisan. But I think we did it because we see him as the best chance at saving our…

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Oct 19, 2020

I ask Americans, if they're doing that -- if he does that to them, you're next.

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Oct 19, 2020

Look at the attacks these women of color have had to suffer at the hands of president of the United States.

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Oct 19, 2020

This president has come to represent for me an enormous character flaw in the office. And we have to resolve that character flaw. And he has to be replaced, I think, with someone who actually cares enough to listen, cares enough to put…

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Oct 19, 2020

For four years, many have said there will come a moment. Well, this is the moment. Because this ballot is like none ever cast. I'm a lifelong Republican and I'm still a Republican. But this ballot is how we restore the soul of our nation…

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Oct 15, 2020

You mean to tell me no one in the White House has briefed you about this organization and what they're doing? No one? Stop lying, all right?

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Oct 15, 2020

So, yes, the American people should bake this in. They should understand exactly, when the president is confronted with the truth of what's out there and what these groups are doing, and the truth of what it means to them, and his response…

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Oct 13, 2020

That's what I said, very unique closing argument to women. You know, I saved your neighborhood. I just want to know who just save it from.

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Oct 13, 2020

Oh, hell, no, I'm going to the polls. I'm going to get up early. I'm going to do like the first former first lady said, I'm going to pack a breakfast lunch and bring some dinner, and I may bring another breakfast.

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Oct 12, 2020

Shouldn't Democrats be looking for someone to run against Ron DeSantis already now?

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