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As the missing FBI text message controversy continued to grow and the Inspector General’s investigation marched on, the liberal media had adopted the strategy to completely smear any criticism directed at the bureau. And during MSNBC’s MTP Daily on Wednesday, former RNC Chairman Michael Steele obnoxiously chimed in and declared that Republicans were “going to rue the day” they decided to question the FBI.
To start off the questions to the panel during the segment, host Chuck Todd whined about how “this White House effort, it's -- I'll say this, they no longer -- the White House press office no longer distances themselves from the President's attempts to discredit the FBI.”
Todd would later pivot to Steele and assert that the more the Trump White House called out the FBI for alleged impropriety the guiltier they looked. Steele chided the administration for wasting its time fighting back instead of forwarding policy: “No, we’re not doing that. We now have set up a wholesale operation between the White House and Capitol Hill to sully the reputation of good men and women who work inside of the FBI.”
Steele also claimed that no one should be making a fuss about the alleged bias and corruption at the FBI and to let the IG conduct the probe. Which was a ridiculous argument because the purpose of the media was to shine a light in the dark places in government and to get the truth out. And seemingly playing off of his guest, Todd complained that Trump was going after civil servants as if that made them somehow above reproach.
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