Former GOP strategist Steve Schmidt slams Sarah Palin as 'unwell' and says she has no business serving the public 'even as a crossing guard'

SteveSchmidt, a former Republican strategist, blasted SarahPalin as a "degenerate liar" who should not be allowed to hold a position of public trust.

The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee is running for Congress.

In a thread on the social networking site,Schmidt, who was a senior campaign strategist and advisor to McCain during the senator's unsuccessful 2008 presidential bid, launched a number of attacks on the ex-governor.

When the campaign ended, I refused to let Sarah Palin speak, and I placed the phone call to Barack Obama for the concession.

Palin understood the party of personal responsibility was dead and replaced by a group of whiners who lied and blamed others for their failures. After the campaign, she went on the attack. She was not ignorant or unprepared. She was not a pathological liar because she became intoxicated by fame and grievance. She was a victim.

McCain tried to push Sarah down a different ideological path.

The former advisor wrote that the last words McCain said to Sarah was a warning.

AP Photo/Jeff Roberson

The former governor of Alaska and mayor of Wasilla jumped into politics this year, after dabbling in reality television.

She entered a crowded congressional race to represent Alaska in the US House.

In an April interview with The Associated Press, she said she would be all about Alaska if elected.

She told the outlet that she loves to work and anyone who is around her. Do you want me to work for you? I will do a good job for you if you do, and I will not back down.

The man who left the Republican Party because of his opposition to Donald Trump said he is against the idea of the former Alaska governor serving in public office again.

—Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) May 8, 2022

She is a pathological liar. Unfit. Unwell. She is a quitter and a buffoon who has no business holding a position of public trust. Not even as a crossing guard. Nothing.

The movie Game Change, which chronicled the events of the 2008 McCain campaign and was based on the book of the same name, was shown after the 2012 premiere.

He said at the time that he saw a person who was phenomenally talented at so many levels, but also someone who had a lot of flaws.

I think the idea of Sarah Palin being president of the United States scares me. I was involved in that. We were fueled by ambition to win and I played a part in that.

During a 2020 appearance on Tucker Carlson's Fox News program, she said that there was a lot of sabotage connected to her vice-presidential candidacy.

A representative of the former Alaska governor did not respond to the request for comment.