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Why Are Black Men in the MAGA Movement? (w/ Don Lemon) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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Don Lemon speaks with Michael Steele about faith, politics and his new book, "I Once Was Lost: My Search for God in America." Don discusses growing up as gay in the Southern Black Church, his journey with religion and his departure from CNN. The pair also discuss Michael Steele's personal evolution, the lessons he learned from his mother and the disappointing behavior of Black Republican Men. If you enjoyed this podcast, be sure to leave a review or share it with a friend! Check out the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Once-Was-Lost-... Follow Don Lemon @donlemon Follow Michael @MichaelSteele Follow the podcast @steele_podcast Follow The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline 00:00 Cold Open 0:02:30 Interview Begins 0:07:05 Don Leaving CNN and the Process of Writing His Book 0:8:31 Don's Journey with Faith 0:10:15 The Role of Women in Don's Life 0:12:45 Growing Up Gay and Black in the South 0:15:25 Interpreting the Bible as an Allegory 0:17:04 Facing Att …...more
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Why Are Black Men in the MAGA Movement? (w/ Don Lemon) | The Michael Steele Podcast
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Don Lemon speaks with Michael Steele about faith, politics and his new book, "I Once Was Lost: My Search for God in America." Don discusses growing up as gay in the Southern Black Church, his journey with religion and his departure from CNN. The pair also discuss Michael Steele's personal evolution, the lessons he learned from his mother and the disappointing behavior of Black Republican Men. If you enjoyed this podcast, be sure to leave a review or share it with a friend! Check out the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Once-Was-Lost-... Follow Don Lemon @donlemon Follow Michael @MichaelSteele Follow the podcast @steele_podcast Follow The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline 00:00 Cold Open 0:02:30 Interview Begins 0:07:05 Don Leaving CNN and the Process of Writing His Book 0:8:31 Don's Journey with Faith 0:10:15 The Role of Women in Don's Life 0:12:45 Growing Up Gay and Black in the South 0:15:25 Interpreting the Bible as an Allegory 0:17:04 Facing Attacks from the Public 0:30:23 The Parable of Abraham Going Up the Mountain 0:41:31 The Religiosity of Guns 0:57:06 Michael Steele's Evolution and the Importance of Being an Independent Thinker 1:03:48 The Disappointing Behavior of Black Republican Men 🔥 Get 30 days of Bulwark+ absolutely free: https://thebulwark.com/freetrial
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Surviving the Current Moment | Michael Steele Podcast

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What Happens to the GOP After Trump? (w/ Chris Vance, Barbara Comstock & Charlie Dent)

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Trump Deploys the National Guard, ABC News Suspends Terry Moran & the Trump-Elon Spat Continues

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An EXTREMELY Unfiltered Hour With Rep. Stacey Plaskett | Michael Steele Podcast

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The Drama of Elon Musk (Quick Take)

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Turning Democrats Into Fighters (with Eugene Daniels, Rick Wilson, April Ryan & Jason Johnson)

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Why Jonathan Capehart Quit the Washington Post | The Michael Steele Podcast

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The Supreme Court's Conservative Agenda (with Leah Litman) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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How Conservatives BLEW UP Our Whole Legal System (with Leah Litman) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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Laura Loomer COMES AFTER Sam! What Did He Do? (w/ Sam Stein) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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Laura Loomer COMES AFTER Sam! What Did He Do? (w/ Sam Stein) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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Can We Get Our Government to Listen to Us? | Michael's Quick Take

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Can We Get Our Government to Listen to Us? | Michael's Quick Take

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The Cover-Ups Happening in Your Backyard (w/ Miranda Spivack) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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The Cover-Ups Happening in Your Backyard (w/ Miranda Spivack)

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How Trump Has Tried to Court Black Men with Stereotypes | Michael's Quick Take

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How Trump Has Tried to Court Black Men with Stereotypes | Michael's Quick Take

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DISASTROUS! Trump's 100 Day Sh*tstorm (w/ Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz) | Michael Steele Podcast

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Republicans Won't Get Rid of Michael Steele Without a Fight (w/ Oren Cass) | Michael Steele Podcast

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Republicans Won't Get Rid of Michael Steele Without a Fight (w/ Oren Cass) | Michael Steele Podcast

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Michael Fanone Didn't Ask to Be Pardoned | Michael's Quick Take

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Trump's Atrocities Won't Stop with Immigrants (w/ Michael Fanone) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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Trump's Atrocities Won't Stop with Immigrants (w/ Michael Fanone) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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Trump's Policies Hurt MAGA, Too | Michael's Quick Take

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Trump's Policies Hurt MAGA, Too | Michael's Quick Take

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MAGA Turning On Elon And Doge? (With Rep. Suhas Subramanyam)

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MAGA Turning On Elon And Doge? (With Rep. Suhas Subramanyam)

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How Obama and Pelosi Got Biden to Drop Out | Michael's Quick Take

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How Obama and Pelosi Got Biden to Drop Out | Michael's Quick Take

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Kamala Deep Dive: How 2024 Went So Wrong (w/ Jonathan Allen & Amie Parnes) | Michael Steele Podcast

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Kamala Deep Dive: How 2024 Went So Wrong (w/ Jonathan Allen & Amie Parnes) | Michael Steele Podcast

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How the HELL Is It Legal for Elon to BUY an Election? (W/ Jim Acosta) | Michael's Quick Take

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How the Hell Is It Legal for Elon to Buy an Election? | Michael's Quick Take

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Yep, Trump's About to TANK the Economy (w/ Jim Acosta) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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Yep, Trump's About to Tank the Economy, Dipsh*ts! (w/ Jim Acosta) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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The Religious Right Married Systematic Evil | Michael's Quick Take

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The Religious Right Married Systematic Evil | Michael's Quick Take

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How Christians Are Ending American Democracy (w/ Katherine Stewart) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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How Christians Are Ending American Democracy (w/ Katherine Stewart) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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Confronting Religious Blocks | Michael's Quick Take

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Confronting Religious Blocks | Michael's Quick Take

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American Politics Replaced Religious Identity (w/ Ross Douthat) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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American Politics Replaced Religious Identity (w/ Ross Douthat) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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Our Country Is Run By Devious IDIOTS | Michael's Quick Take

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Our Country Is Run By Devious IDIOTS | Michael's Quick Take

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We're Watching Marco Rubio's Soul Wither & Die (with Rick Wilson) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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We're Watching Marco Rubio's Soul Wither & Die (with Rick Wilson) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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America Has No King | Michael's Quick Take

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America Has No King | Michael's Quick Take

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America Relapsed (w/ Sophia A. Nelson) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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America Relapsed (w/ Sophia A. Nelson) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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What Kash Patel's FBI Means for America's Justice System (with Ryan J. Reilly) | Michael Steele

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What Kash Patel's FBI Means for America's Justice System (with Ryan J. Reilly) | Michael Steele

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We Can't Fight Each Other AND Trump | Michael's Quick Take

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We Can't Fight Each Other AND Trump | Michael's Quick Take

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Organizing a REVOLUTION in Trump's 2025 (With Tamika D. Mallory) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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Is Trump Untouchable? | Michael's Quick Take

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Is Trump Untouchable? | Michael's Quick Take

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Trump SHREDDING the Constitution! We Need BETTER Leadership! (w/ Joe Walsh) | Michael Steele Podcast

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Trump Is Drafting a New Constitution (with Joe Walsh) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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Has Groupthink Made Us Fall Out of Touch with Reality? | Michael's Quick Take

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How Did Politics Get So Dumb? We're Surrounded By Idiots (w/ Dr. Cornel West and Dr. Robert George)

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How Jeff Bezos and Donald Trump PROFIT Off Our ATTENTION | Michael's Quick Take

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America Wants a BRAND, Not the TRUTH (w/ Chris Hayes) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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Why Historically Black Colleges Matter in 2025 | Michael's Quick Take

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"One of the Most UNAMERICAN Things" (w/ Mayor Randall Woofin) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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What Ever Happened To Accountability? | Michael's Quick Take

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Merrick Garland Was FECKLESS, Jack Smith Was a FIGHTER (w/ Glenn Kirschner) | Michael Steel Podcast

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If Democrats Are Going to Pander, They Need to Do It Right! | Michael's Quick Take

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Time to be RUTHLESS! (Barbershop w/ Karen Hunter, Tim Miller & Roland Martin) | Michael Steele

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DOGE Can Only Be LAUGHABLE with Marjorie Taylor Greene Running the Show | Michael's Quick Take

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Will the Government Shut Down Over the Holidays? (w/ Leader Hakeem Jeffries) |Michael Steele Podcast

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How Republicans Use Slogans to Win Voters | Michael's Quick Take

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Time to Use the GOP's Dirty Tricks Against Them! (w/ Brian Tyler Cohen) | Michael Steele Podcast

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There's Nothing That Brings Us All Together Anymore | Michael's Quick Take

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The Bitter End of Biden's Presidency (with Michael Smerconish) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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What Does Freedom Look Like for Ukraine and Gaza? | Michael's Quick Take

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Freedom in the Age of Trump (w/ Timothy Snyder) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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America's Not Man Enough to Make a Woman President | Michael's Quick Take

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Barbershop! (w/ John Fugelsang, Tara Setmayer and Symone Sanders-Townsend) | Michael Steele Podcast

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America Wasn't Better Than Trump After All | Michael's Quick Take

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All This Insanity Was Avoidable, Merrick Garland (with Elie Mystal) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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How Elon Musk and RFK Jr. Will Influence Trump's Second Term | Michael's Quick Take

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The Country Wanted Trump (with Rick Wilson) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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What It Means to be a Republican Voting for Kamala on Tuesday | Michael's Quick Take

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Trump's "Best People" Know He's the WORST (w/ Olivia Troye and Sarah Matthews) | Michael Steele

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The Calculated Lies of Donald Trump | Michael's Quick Take

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GOP Lies Have No Repercussions! How Do We Change That? (w/ Bill Adair) | Michael Steele Podcast

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What Makes This Election Different Than 2020 | Michael's Quick Take

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How Latino Voters Are Shaping Harris v. Trump (with Mike Madrid)

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Dear Republicans: Abandon Your Party & FIGHT for Your Principles | Michael's Quick Take

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NEWSFLASH GOP! Electing Trump Won't Help You! (w/ Leigh McGowan/PoliticsGirl) | Michael Steele

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Why MAGA Was Never an Option for Michael Steele | Michael's Quick Take

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Why Are Black Men in the MAGA Movement? (w/ Don Lemon) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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Trump Will Never Recover From How Badly Kamala Trolled Him | Michael's Quick Take

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Mary Trump Reveals Why Her Family Turned Out the Way It Did | Michael Steele Podcast

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders has NO SHAME | Michael's Quick Take

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It's Up to Us to Get Kamala to the White House (w/ Rick Ungar) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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He's No Reagan! Why Trump Will be Considered Our Worst President | Michael's Quick Take

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Is Reagan Responsible for Trump? (w/ Max Boot) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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The Expectations of the First Female President | Michael's Quick Take

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A Presidency is Defined by How You End It (w/ Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky)

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Doug Emhoff's Non-Toxic Masculinity Can Handle Kamala Harris' Success | Michael's Quick Take

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She Turned The Whole Election Around (w/ Sophia Nelson & Dr. Jason Johnson) | Michael Steele Podcast

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The Autocrats of the World Keep Tabs on Each Other | Michael's Quick Take

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MAGA is Telegraphing How They'll End Democracy (w/ Anne Applebaum) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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Trump's Backwards Vision for American Could FINALLY be his Undoing! | Michael's Quick Take

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Tim Walz is Winning Over America! (with Molly Jong-Fast) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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Kamala Proved Critics Wrong! | Michael's Quick Take

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Dems Stopped Catering to Racists & It Worked! (with Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr.) | Michael Steele Podcast

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Trump Winning Could Mean a 10-3 Conservative Supreme Court | Michael's Quick Take

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Project 2025's HORRIFYING Plans for SCOTUS! (w/ Dahlia Lithwick) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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Trump's Supporters Loved How Angry he Made the Left | Michael Steele's Quick Take

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Memes to Extremism: How Internet Fueled Far-Right Movements (w/ Elle Reeve) | Michael Steele Podcast

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How can we CRUSH the "Second American Revolution"? (with Thom Hartmann) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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Loyal Trump Goons Won't Escape His Wrath! | Michael's Quick Take

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The Way to Beat Donald Trump (with Rick Wilson) | The Michael Steele Podcast

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