After Condemning Democrats For Using The ‘Race Card’ When In ‘Trouble,’ Steele Uses Race As Excuse
But today, in his first interview since the scandal broke, Steele said he would not step down and that he was “very angry” about the sex club “behavior.” Steele also suggested some the criticism directed towards him may be a result of his race, saying that African-Americans have a smaller “margin of error”:
STEPHANOPOULOS: We’ve got questions on my blog for you, this morning. One came in from Myron, he asked, do you feel as an African-American, you have a slimmer margin for error as another chairman would?
STEELE: The answer is yes.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Why is that?
STEELE: It just is. Barack Obama has a slimmer margin. A lot of folks do. It’s a different role for, you know, for me to play and others to play. That’s just the reality of it. But you take that as part of the nature of it. It’s not — it’s more because you’re not someone that they mow. I’m not a Washington insider, even though I grew up here in D.C. my view on politics is much more grassroots oriented. It’s not old boy network oriented. And so, you know, I tend to come at did stronger, streetwise, if you will.
But today, in his first interview since the scandal broke, Steele said he would not step down and that he was “very angry” about the sex club “behavior.” Steele also suggested some the criticism directed towards him may be a result of his race, saying that African-Americans have a smaller “margin of error”:
STEPHANOPOULOS: We’ve got questions on my blog for you, this morning. One came in from Myron, he asked, do you feel as an African-American, you have a slimmer margin for error as another chairman would?
STEELE: The answer is yes.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Why is that?
STEELE: It just is. Barack Obama has a slimmer margin. A lot of folks do. It’s a different role for, you know, for me to play and others to play. That’s just the reality of it. But you take that as part of the nature of it. It’s not — it’s more because you’re not someone that they mow. I’m not a Washington insider, even though I grew up here in D.C. my view on politics is much more grassroots oriented. It’s not old boy network oriented. And so, you know, I tend to come at did stronger, streetwise, if you will.
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