He didn’t vote for McCain in 2008. Clearly, he did not vote for Trump in 2016 or 2020. If you vote for the democrat in every election, doesn’t that make you a democrat?
Steve Schmidt is a known liar and a sleazeball.
He could simply be saying this to ingratiate himself to Lincoln Project donors. He's aware that he gets most, if not all, of his funding from hard core Dems who worship Obama.