Ex-RNC Chair Stops Himself From Going Too Far As He Slams Vile GOP Attack

Former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele  got fired up as he reacted to Republican jabs at Kamala Harris blended family, calling the attacks disgusting and politically idiotic.

You sit there, and you scratch your head, and you go, is it me, or are they just stupid? Is it me, or they just rude, crude and vile in their approach to how Im shaping my life, how Im working to bring a family together? Steele, an MSNBC political analyst, said on Deadline: White House Thursday.

There is no harder work than for a mother or father who divorced, remarry, try to bring a family together with the idea of being family, he continued. And theyre now saying that women arent fulfilled or competent or capable unless they have children? That a family isnt a family unless it is a mom and a dad who marry and never divorce.

As Steele defended the many diverse types of families across the country, he had to refrain from getting too carried away on air.

Even if you dont have children, youre still family as a husband and husband, wife [and] wife, man and woman whatever your family is, he said.

And I dont need these he continued, stopping himself mid-sentence. Ill be good because its four oclock in the afternoon.

I dont need these Ill put it this way, these asses, telling me what my family is and telling me how I raise my kids, or looking at my family and judging it. You dont get to do that, he added.

Harris is the stepmother of two children with her husband, Doug Emhoff. Republicans have berated her for not having biological children.

In 2021, Donald Trump s running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), suggested Harris and other Democrats without biological kids cant be good leaders because they dont have a direct stake in the country.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) on Tuesday said at a Trump town hall event that her kids keep her humble, adding, Unfortunately, Kamala Harris doesnt have anything keeping her humble.

Watch Steeles analysis on MSNBC below.