Michael Steele: Tripped up by Their Own Lies

About this episode

Michael Steele joins Tim Miller to discuss the pitfalls of the Trump administration and the media's role in exposing their lies.

The men serving Trump are so used to getting away with punking people, including too many members of the media, that they sometimes walk into a trap they don't see coming, and the truth slips out. Like Todd Blanche—Trump's personal attorney masquerading as acting AG—having to own the fact that he collaborated with Ghislaine Maxwell to protect Trump. Or Jay Clayton, the DNI nominee, showing that he has zero self-worth and that he's ready to do anything to help POTUS try to steal the election in the fall. Plus, the administration has too much of an obsession with d*icks—and trying to rewrite African-American history as well. And parents with young kids be warned: Vance has an issue with eating corn dogs and has an odd reaction to Biden licking an ice cream cone. Michael Steele joins Tim Miller. Show notes: Michael's "The Weeknight" on MS NOW Longer clip of Ossoff's exchange with Jay Clayton Tim's episode with Clint Smith from the July 4th weekend "This Is Your Land," the book Tim referenced Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to www.joindeleteme.com/BULWARK and use promo code BULWARK at checkout. Go to Dupe.com for their 100% Free Research for Me comparison shopping tool…

People in this episode

Host: Tim Miller

Guest: Michael Steele

Topics covered

• Trump administration
• media manipulation
• election integrity
• African-American history
• parenting
• political commentary

Keywords

• Trump
• Michael Steele
• Tim Miller
• media
• election
• Ghislaine Maxwell
• Jay Clayton
• politics
• parenting
• history

Sponsors

DeleteMe, Dupe.com

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Trump, Biden

Books & works: The Weeknight, This Is Your Land

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