'The level of stupid there is untenable': Former RNC chair slams Marjorie Taylor Greene

Former RNC Chariman Michael Steele slammed attendees of President Donald Trump’s first cabinet meeting and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on MSNBC Wednesday.

Elon Musk spoke at the cabinet meeting, and Steele noted that he did so before Trump spoke. “He is the most important person in that room, and that includes the President of the United States,” Steele said.

He criticized the meeting attendees. “The fact that they just sat there like little lemmings and applauded the moment that more and more of their power was sucked away from them and affirmed by Elon Musk standing there is significant,” he said.

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“Now, I know a lot of folks are going to, you know, take exception of what I said about who the most powerful man in that room is, but I'm sorry. I'm watching the dynamics. I'm listening to how this is laid out. If I'm the president of the United States, I'm not letting him talk first,” he added.

Greene, who is chair of the Department of Government Accountability subcommittee, criticized Democrats who have been standing up for federal workers amidst Trump and Musk's mass firings.

“You can protest all you want, Greene said, “but the American people disagree with you. You're protecting the bureaucracy. The bureaucracy is not a business. Those are not real jobs producing federal revenue. By the way, they're consuming taxpayer dollars. Those jobs are paid for by the American tax people who work real jobs, earn real income, pay federal taxes and then pay these federal employees. Federal employees do not deserve their jobs. Federal employees not do not deserve their paychecks.”

“Maybe I'm confused, but isn't she a federal employee?” asked MSNBC’s Chris Jansing.

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“Yes… the level of stupid there is untenable, and the fact that she's the chair of this subcommittee should tell you everything you need to know. She is a federal employee.”

“The American people don't agree with what's happening. Every… piece of polling that's coming out shows a significant majority, which means, which tells me Republicans don't agree with this… So I just this is where we are, Chris, and the country is going to have to grapple with the wholesale onslaught against the government and the mess that's being left in its wake, because this is not going to get undone easily, as long as you have individuals like that sitting with power and control over how this plays out.”

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