This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to Michael Steele, a former chair of the Republican national committee. The pair discuss why he chose to campaign for a Joe Biden victory, and how the Republicans are getting it wrong when it comes to Black and minority voters
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Michael Steele was the first Black chairman of the GOP, but in 2020 he decided to join the Lincoln Project, a group of disaffected Republicans who grouped together to campaign against Donald Trump winning a second term.
Still a Republican, he believes his party needs to abandon its recent populist rhetoric and widen the net of potential voters beyond older white Americans. As he explains in this fascinating interview with Jonathan, if it doesn’t do so, the party could rue the decision for years to come.
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