On Wednesday’s edition of The 11th Hour, MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle deceived her viewers as they would likely come to the conclusion that Republicans are terrified of the potential overturning of Roe v. Wade as a result of former RNC chairman Michael Steele declaring that Republicans actually fear Roe’s downfall.
Not concerned with the ramifications of the radical Democratic position of abortion being available anytime for any reason, Ruhle wondered, “Mr. Steele, assuming it holds, what could a Supreme Court decision reversing Roe mean for Republicans in swing districts? Right, the—the-- flavor Republicans you used to be.”
For Steele, the whole thing was hilarious. While cracking himself up, he declared, “Oh, let me tell you, there is a whole lot of angina going on in D.C., let me tell you. Mitch McConnell is not a happy camper. This was not the conversation he wanted Republicans to have over the summer, and going into the fall.”
Steele also compared McConnell’s reaction Peter denying Jesus, “So, you know, you saw it yesterday, when McConnell stood at the podium, and—and-- like Peter, on—on-- Holy Thursday night, denied anything related to the subject, you know, at hand. It's like, “no, I, you know, abortion? What abortion? Law? What Law? You know, and, you know, we just want to worry about what happened in the leak.”
Republicans are right to hold off celebrating until the decision is formally announced and focus on the leak and resulting pressure campaign and the former RNC chair should know that. Still, Steele claimed that Republicans like him were right to fear Roe’s overthrow:
And the country’s like, ‘no, that's not the conversation we're having right now,’ and so, Republicans are gonna have to figure out how to pivot into some kind of answer here, because you now have, you’ve—you’ve-- gotten your dream. You know, this has been an effort in the making for a long, long, long time. I've been in a lot of those meetings, so, now you are here, and a lot of us at the time was like, ‘okay what about childcare, what about supporting these women, what about programs that—that-- they're gonna need if you say you have to carry the child to term?’
Steele took an even sharper left turn by doing what liberals do by citing a possible example that accounts for an infinitesimally small percentage of abortions, “And with the draconian laws that are being put in place right now, what the hell do you think is going to happen with the ten-year-old girl who's been abused by—by-- her father? She can't stay in that house, she's now pregnant with his child, and you're telling her that she's got a carry to term, but you've got no resources available for her? That's the summer of 2022 for Republicans, and McConnell, and a lot of them are not happy with how this is played out with the Supreme Court.”
With Republicans like these, who needs Democrats?
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Here is a transcript for the May 4 show:
MSNBC The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle
5/4/2022
11:38 PM ET
STEPHANIE RUHLE: Mr. Steele, assuming it holds, what could a Supreme Court decision reversing Roe mean for Republicans in swing districts? Right, the—the-- flavor Republicans you used to be.
MICHAEL STEELE: Oh, let me tell you, there is a whole lot of angina going on in D.C., let me tell you. Mitch McConnell is not a happy camper. This was not the conversation he wanted Republicans to have over the summer, and going into the fall. It is not what Republicans in swing districts want to have to go stand in front of, a very, very agitated, angry and animated crowd of women and men on—on-- this issue.
So, you know, you saw it yesterday, when McConnell stood at the podium, and—and-- like Peter, on—on-- Holy Thursday night, denied anything related to the subject, you know, at hand. It's like, “no, I, you know, abortion? What abortion? Law? What Law? You know, and, you know, we just want to worry about what happened in the leak.”
And the country’s like, “no, that's not the conversation we're having right now,” and so, Republicans are gonna have to figure out how to pivot into some kind of answer here, because you now have, you’ve—you’ve-- gotten your dream. You know, this has been an effort in the making for a long, long, long time. I've been in a lot of those meetings, so, now you are here, and a lot of us at the time was like, “okay what about childcare, what about supporting these women, what about programs that—that-- they're gonna need if you say you have to carry the child to term?”
And with the draconian laws that are being put in place right now, what the hell do you think is going to happen with the ten-year-old girl who's been abused by—by-- her father? She can't stay in that house, she's now pregnant with his child, and you're telling her that she's got a carry to term, but you've got no resources available for her? That's the summer of 2022 for Republicans, and McConnell, and a lot of them are not happy with how this is played out with the Supreme Court. Particularly given those cases that force this issue right into this cycle.
