The Warning with Steve Schmidt Steve Schmidt: MAGA Will Not Survive
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Feb 10, 2026 A breakdown of a Super Bowl halftime controversy and the culture war fury it sparked. A critique of celebrity backlash and claims about official language. An examination of political movements normalizing extreme behavior and misplaced priorities. A call that love will outlast rage.
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Language Is A Strength, Not A Threat
- Steve Schmidt highlights Megyn Kelly's outrage over Bad Bunny singing in Spanish as symptomatic of a deeper cultural rage.
- He argues multilingual America is a strength, not a threat to national unity.
Megyn Kelly's Super Bowl Rant
- Megyn Kelly's rant about Bad Bunny and English reflects a culture-war example Schmidt uses to illustrate MAGA's priorities.
- Her call for an English-only Super Bowl reveals exclusionary sentiments rather than policy concerns.
MAGA's Cultural Identity Explained
- Schmidt frames MAGA culture as rooted in worship of insurrectionists and the Confederate flag, not celebration of American ideals.
- He connects that culture to attacks on institutions and democratic norms.