Steve Schmidt: Trump Showing ‘Tendency Towards His Autocratic Fetish’

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Steve Schmidt, a former Republican political strategist, summed up President Trump’s move to revoke former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance as “an abuse of power by a President who shows his tendency towards his autocratic fetish with increasing frequency.”

Watch Schmidt’s comments on MSNBC Thursday:

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  1. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    (checks off another word I never expected to hear on daytime cable news)

  2. Avatar for casper casper says:

    Autocratic or fetish?

  3. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    The fun one!

  4. “BREAKING: 92% of Trump voters admit being aroused by the thought of shaving Mike Pence’s head.”

  5. Avatar for zsak zsak says:

    Trump believes in the one man one vote principle. His being the one vote allowed.

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