'Turn up the heat': Ex-senator has a message for frustrated Dems and ex-GOP chair

Former Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele addressed some of Donald Trump's cabinet picks and the demand to sign a loyalty agreement with him.

MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace pointed out Trump's demands that appointees of top government offices swear an oath to him — when they're supposed to swear an oath to the Constitution.

"They pledge loyalty to him. Constitution be damned. This isn't about the Constitution. They're signing the agreement telling you we're not using the FBI; we don't want to do background checks. Quite frankly, it doesn't really matter. I mean, the stuff that is coming out, I mean, blackmail, talk — what else could I blackmail you with other than a 17-year-old, you know, hanging out with a 17-year-old girl?" Steele said.

He was referencing allegations that former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) engaged in sexual misconduct with a minor, which he has vehemently denied. The allegations led to investigations by the House Ethics Committee — which had been set to vote on releasing that report before he resigned — and the Justice Department, which chose not to bring charges.

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Steele said many MAGA loyalists have "no shame" or "no fear or concern" about his administration being full "of a crap load of sexual predators."

"I don't hear a human cry from the U.S. Senate Republicans about the kind of people he's putting up," said Steele. "They're trying to find peace with it. ... They're trying to make excuses for it."

He complained that even the public seems to have given up.

"I don't know what more they can tell us. The public doesn't seem to be outraged by it. I don't hear people calling in and writing and saying, 'What is Donald Trump doing? We didn't vote for this!' This is exactly what they voted for!"

Steele went on to ask if "deconstructing the administrative state" ... "is this what the price of gas is worth?"

Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) tried to follow Steele's downer message, begging folks not to give up.

"Here's what I want to implore everyone in two days before Thanksgiving, as we all are looking for something to be grateful for at this important holiday that is all about family, we can't give up," she said. "I get it, the people want to turn it all off. I get it that this roller coaster of depression and anger and frustration going back to depression and anger and frustration over what the people of America decided a few weeks ago."

However, she reminded viewers there "have been low points but it doesn't mean they turned it off. It meant they turned up the heat. And I think that's what needs to happen here."

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