‘I Was a Divisive Political A**hole’: Ex-Republican Congressman Gives Blunt Assessment of Former Self

EXCERPT:

WALSH: "Nicolle, I think a lot of it has to do with who’s trying to wake them up, who that messenger is. Look, you know my history. I was a divisive political assh*le from the right. I was a Trump supporter. I left that world because I realized, Nicolle, you and I have talked about it, all the destruction that leads to. Here’s the point. You talked about toxicity. I don’t -- Fred and I know who we want to win in November. I believe, no matter who wins in November, this country’s going to be 100 times more divided. And if the American people continue down this road where we want to destroy the people we disagree with, our democracy’s going to fail. And, Nicolle, I’ll fully acknowledge that MAGA, my world on the right, is further down that road. But man, damn near all Americans now are on that road where, 'I hate the person I disagree with, I want nothing to do with them.' Fred and I are just trying to show people that it’s possible to listen to people you disagree with."

(Via Mediaite)