Steve Schmidt Storms Off His Own Podcast over Questions on Howard Schultz: ‘This is Bullsh*t’
EXCERPT:
LEVINE: "You say he wants to have an adult conversation. Last week he called a 70 percent tax on incomes over $10 million ridiculous, from a United States congresswoman who happened to have been elected to something. Now, I know you're a guy of words, Steve, and ridiculous means deserving or inviting derision or mockery, absurd synonyms 'comical', 'hilarious', you could go on, 'farcical.' Does he really mean that a tax on incomes over $10 million at 70 percent, which is widely popular with the American people, is ridiculous? Is that an adult conversation?"
SCHMIDT: “Yeah, I think he thinks it’s ridiculous, and it’s confiscatory, and that it’s anti-growth — that would be his point."
LEVINE: "Will Derek Jeter or another athlete not hit another home run because they’re going to get taxed at 70? What’s the economic behavior that he thinks it’s anti-growth, other than his own pocket?”
SCHMIDT: "Adam, this is bullsh*t. I’m not doing this.”
LEVINE: "Steve, you’ve got to answer the questions."
SCHMIDT: "I'm not."
LEVINE: "You've got to, Steve."
SCHMIDT: "I'm not."
