A co-founder of the anti-Trump group Lincoln Project, a PAC formed by a group of Rebublicans “Never Trump” to help Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential race, said in his podcast that he will register again as a Democrat.
Steve Schmidt was a Republican strategist for years before breaking with the party because of President Trump.
Now he is a political commentator for MSNBC and co-hosts a podcast, called “Battlefield”, with David Plouffe, a Democratic strategist who played key roles in each of President Obama’s campaigns.
Steve Schmidt participates in a party organized by SHOWTIME®, Prime Video Channels and IMDb to celebrate SHAMELESS at the Acura Festival Village on January 26, 2019 in Park City, Utah. (Rich Polk photo / Getty Images for IMDb)
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“I spent 29 years as a Republican,” said Schmidt last week. “I spent two and a half years as an independent and in the late afternoon I will register as a member of the Democratic Party.”
Explaining his decision, Schmidt said: “Only the Democratic Party represents the ideas and ideals of American freedom”. He also called it a “large and large party” – despite its proximity to the “waking up” and canceling culture.
Schmidt lives in Park City, Utah, according to the Salt Lake Tribune, a state where Republicans outnumber Democrats by 3 to 1.
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Last month, he launched the idea of running a Senate run against Republican Senator Mike Lee, prompting speculation about whether he would run as a Democrat or challenge Lee in the Republican primaries.
Lee reportedly replied, “LOL.”
Schmidt publicly resigned his Republican Party membership in June 2018, criticizing him as “totally Trump’s party” in a tweet posted on his Twitter profile.