Steve Schmidt, the Republican-turned-Democrat who ran John McCain’s presidential campaign, had a bit of a meltdown this weekend.

It was understandable since he was responding to news that Donald Trump Junior had sent texts to his father’s former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, about how they could hang on to the presidency by any means necessary.

Don told Meadows that there were multiple ways to do it and “we control them all.” He implied that Republican-controlled states could simply overturn their election results and install Trump-friendly electors who would favor him in the electoral college tally.

Schmidt was having absolutely none of it:

CHEAT SHEET:

The United States of America is the OLDEST CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC IN THE WORLD. The AMERICAN PEOPLE are SOVEREIGN. This means they are in CONTROL. The AMERICAN People~NOT the people they elect are in CONTROL. ELECTED OFFICIALS are granted TEMPORARY LAWFUL

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) April 9, 2022

As you can see from the abundance of capital letters, Steve was miffed.

Later in the series of tweets, Schmidt drew the line and said that the entire Trump family should never even be close to holding elected office again:

A Presidents SON has no standing in this land. He holds no TITLE and no HONORS . He is simply a citizen. NO MORE and NO LESS than any other CITIZEN. He has no authority, no special privilege. HE CONTROLS NOTHING.

The FACT that @DonaldJTrumpJr speaks like that shows his malice and autocratic heart. He speaks in the language of political violence. It is the language of PUTIN. American Presidents and their sons control nothing. Trump jr showed in real time how much Trump, his aides and family hate that idea. These people must never hold any position of power or public responsibility ever again.

Schmidt wasn’t done:

2/ AUTHORITY to Write, Execute and Interpret the law within a system of Government that is Co-equal, Federal and based on the following principles. 1. The Powers of Government are proscribed. 2. The powers of Government are limited. 3. The Rights of the Individual exist beyond

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) April 9, 2022

3/the power of Government to interfere with. Today, we recognize ALL MEN are CREATED EQUAL as ALL PEOPLE are CREATED EQUAL. A Presidents SON has no standing in this land. He hold no TITLE and no HONORS . He is simply a citizen. NO MORE and NO LESS than any other CITIZEN. He has

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) April 9, 2022

4/ no authority, no special privilege. HE CONTROLS NOTHING. The FACT that @DonaldJTrumpJr jr speaks like that shows his malice and autocratic heart. He speaks in the language of political violence. It is the language of PUTIN. American Presidents and their sons control nothing.

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) April 9, 2022

5/ Presidents SERVE the PEOPLE of AMERICA. Election to the Office of President of the United States of America is the highest honor the collective Citizenry can bestow on a fellow citizen. It is a sacred trust. The President is a trustee of the idea of America. Trump jr showed in

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) April 9, 2022

6/ real time how much Trump, his aides and family hate that idea. These people must never hold any position of power or public responsibility ever again. Disgrace doesn’t begin to describe it. What they did is unforgivable in this country within the span of mortal life.

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) April 9, 2022

Steve, welcome to the shindig. We’re already a few cocktails in.