Why don't Republican leaders push back when its members embrace white nationalism and violence? Former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele says current GOP leadership is too scared to go up against the party's growing right wing because there is too much to lose.

"They are not willing to risk that leadership nor are they willing to risk their position to go against those undermining the very fabric of who we are as a country because there's more value in grifting off of that, raising money," Steele said on "Salon Talks."

Watch the full episode with Michael Steele to hear more about what it would take for the more moderate side of the party to make a comeback: https://www.salon.com/tv/video/ip51lc