Michael Steele: If Trump Lost the Election, ‘We’d Probably Be in a Very Similar Space’ We Were Four Years Ago

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STEELE: “And I think when you broaden the lens out real quick, if I could, Andrea, to what Jackie just said, which I think was very important to not misunderstand the realities of Capitol Hill, this moment, but for me, a lot of this was less of, you know, looking back at history or history, you know, sort of being that placeholder, but more of what Donald Trump is saying and what Republicans are saying, 'This is okay. What happened on January 6th four years ago was okay. This is how we do it now. This is how the game is going to be played in order to keep power and to control power, and to make sure we get our way'. Everybody — you know, all the Republicans around town are giddy about today, you know, this 'peaceful transfer of power.' Why? Because they won. Now, if they hadn’t won, what would today be like? What would we be saying here in this moment? We would be probably in a very similar space to four years ago because that drumbeat of control for power and retribution would have been signaled. But there’s no need for that now, because everything fell in place the way we wanted it to. We’re getting our way. And that’s going to be something that will be interesting to watch play out, not just today, with the events today, but what we’ve already seen, with how Donald Trump came in and saved Mike Johnson’s speakership. So, how do you think Mike Johnson is going to repay him?"