Former RNC chair Michael Steele criticized outgoing chair Ronna McDaniel’s call for Republican unity, saying it is a two-way street and unity has already been broken by party infighting.
Steele argued McDaniel calling Republicans like him “RINOs” undermines unity.
“The unity thing is a two-way street,” Steele said. “And you don’t have unity when you refer to Republicans like me as a RINO (Republican in Name Only) who’s been in the party for over 50 years.”
McDaniel acknowledged Republican issues but said they must unite before November.
“We want to make sure that we’re united as we head into this next election,” McDaniel said. “Seven years ago I talked a lot about unity. I talk about it all the time; you guys hear me. We cannot win if we’re divided.”
“We can only win through addition, we cannot win through subtraction, which is why I have worked diligently to expand our tent,” she added.
Steele countered the disunity comes from allowing white nationalism and illiberal behavior to dominate the party’s foundations.
“You don’t have unity when you disavow and, and break apart the very foundations of a once proud party based on the principles and ideas of Lincoln, and Eisenhower and Reagan and Bush,” Steele said.
“You don’t create, you know, this space for unity when you allow authoritarian, white nationalism, illiberal behavior to overwhelm and consume the very foundations of the party, so y’all need to check the unity conversation amongst yourselves first before you bring it to others,” Steele added. “Because that’s where the disunity is.”
He added, “It’s not it’s not with me. I was doing just fine till your behind showed up. I was winning elections, right? What did you do?”
He noted Republicans were winning under his leadership, questioning what McDaniel accomplished.
Her resignation followed Trump pushing for his preferred picks as new chair and co-chair, Michael Whatley and Lara Trump.
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