Michael Steele Says Republicans ‘Don’t Care’ About Election Results Because They Have ‘Plan B’ to Get ‘Ultimate Control’

MSNBC’s Michael Steele declared Republicans don’t care about Tuesday’s election results because they have a “Plan B” to get “ultimate control.”

During MSNBC’s Tuesday night election coverage, Steele celebrated Democratic wins, including Abigail Spanberger winning Virginia’s gubernatorial race against Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, but he warned that Republicans will ignore election results and use intimidation tactics to win going forward.

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) also won New Jersey’s gubernatorial race. Meanwhile, Democrat Zohran Mamdani won New York City’s mayoral race against former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.

“Here’s the side of the Republican Party, of this Republican Party, you cannot lose sight of. The reason they don’t care, or it seems like they don’t care, is because they got a Plan B. And the Plan B is the state election offices that they now control and setting up those operations going into ’26 to make sure, not just that you have ballot watchers and poll watchers, but they have their fingers in some degree on the system,” Steele, the former chair of the Republican National Committee, said.

Republicans, he argued, have a plan to take “ultimate control” despite Democrats’ successes on Tuesday. Tuesday, he declared, however, was a “good night” for Democrats.

“You can’t lose sight of that side of this equation of how they get the ultimate control, and of course, all the other things that lead and feed into those various narratives. Tonight’s a good night for Democrats. Tonight’s a good night for the country in the sense that you do have this ability to go out and vote and participate in the system as you’re supposed to.”

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