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when he was questioned if former President Trump\u2019s ear was actually hit by a high-caliber bullet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">MSNBC&#8217;s Michael Steele was mocked for posting an image of Vice President Kamala Harris as Captain America Tuesday along with the caption, &#8220;Hey @realDonaldTrump. You ready for this?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb2\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban1\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban1\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Last week, Steele, the former chair of the Republican National Committee, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/msnbcs-michael-steele-accused-pushing-conspiracy-theories-after-questioning-trumps-ear-wound\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused of pushing &#8220;conspiracy theories&#8221;<\/a> when he questioned if former President Trump\u2019s ear was actually hit by a high-caliber bullet.<\/p>\n<p>This week he&#8217;s getting blowback for what critics see as something similarly crazy: glorifying Harris as a Marvel superhero.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" id=\"desktop-desk-ad-lb2\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/former-rnc-chair-michael-steele-msnbc-assume-all-republicans-dangerous-until-proven-otherwise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FORMER RNC CHAIR MICHAEL STEELE ON MSNBC: \u2018ASSUME\u2019 ALL REPUBLICANS ARE \u2018DANGEROUS UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/343\/192\/Harris-Steele-split-1.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/686\/384\/Harris-Steele-split-1.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/672\/378\/Harris-Steele-split-1.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1344\/756\/Harris-Steele-split-1.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/931\/523\/Harris-Steele-split-1.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1862\/1046\/Harris-Steele-split-1.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/720\/405\/Harris-Steele-split-1.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1440\/810\/Harris-Steele-split-1.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1200\/675\/Harris-Steele-split-1.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Photos of Kamala Harris and Michael Steele arranged side by side.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Former RNC chairman Michael Steele was mocked online for promoting an image that depicted Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris as Captain America from Marvel Comics.<\/span> <span>(Kamala Harris photo by Ethan Miller\/Getty Images | Michael Steele photo by \u00a0William B. Plowman\/NBC\/NBC Newswire\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban2\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban2\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;What happened to you man?&#8221; Dave Rubin, host of &#8220;The Rubin Report,&#8221; questioned the former Republican.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-media twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-embed\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb3\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/msnbc-host-scolds-co-host-illegal-immigrant-program-undocumented\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MSNBC HOSTS SCOLDS CO-HOST FOR SAYING \u2018ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT\u2019 ON PROGRAM: WE SAY \u2018UNDOCUMENTED\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From running the RNC to debasing himself on MSNBC and posting AI-generated Dem fan fiction. Gives you a good glimpse at how the Republican Party was run for a couple of decades, and why voters were so hungry for someone like Donald Trump to start fighting,&#8221; Christopher Bedford, senior politics editor and DC correspondent for TheBlaze, posted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-media twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-embed\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban3\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban3\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;In the last eight years or so, liberal group think and mass delusions lend a sense of hyper reality and creepiness to daily life that makes my skin crawl. This is psychotic,&#8221; Michael Brendan Dougherty, senior writer at National Review said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-media twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-embed\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>David Marcus shared a direct quote from his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/democrats-told-biden-razor-sharp-wait-till-america-gets-kamala-harris-spin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News Digital column<\/a> the day before that read: &#8220;Kamala could campaign in a Captain America costume and everyone would see right through it, exposing her lack of accomplishments and years of lying about Joe,&#8221; in response to the tweet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-media twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-embed\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb4\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb4\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;This is the most embarrassing thing anyone has posted on this site in history,&#8221; Republican communicator Matt Whitlock posted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-media twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-embed\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" id=\"desktop-desk-ad-lb3\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban4\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban4\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The former RNC chairman, ladies and gentlemen. I&#8217;ll hand it to him: he is incapable of embarrassment,&#8221; political commentator Tom Woods said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-media twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-embed\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/343\/192\/TRUMP-STEELE-SPLIT.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/686\/384\/TRUMP-STEELE-SPLIT.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/672\/378\/TRUMP-STEELE-SPLIT.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1344\/756\/TRUMP-STEELE-SPLIT.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/931\/523\/TRUMP-STEELE-SPLIT.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1862\/1046\/TRUMP-STEELE-SPLIT.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/720\/405\/TRUMP-STEELE-SPLIT.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1440\/810\/TRUMP-STEELE-SPLIT.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1200\/675\/TRUMP-STEELE-SPLIT.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Donald Trump and Michael Steele\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>MSNBC analyst Michael Steele was accused of pushing &#8220;conspiracy theories&#8221; when he questioned if former President Trump\u2019s ear was actually hit by a high-caliber bullet.<\/span> <span>(Left: (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI\/AFP via Getty Images), Right: (Photo by Ronen Tivony\/NurPhoto via Getty Images))<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Harris is so far <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/biden-megadonor-refuses-back-kamala-harris-coronation-says-she-cant-beat-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unchallenged for the Democratic nomination<\/a>, which will be formally decided at the Aug. 19 convention in Chicago. President Biden endorsed her after dropping out of the 2024 presidential race Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Kendall Tietz is a writer with Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close Video MSNBC\u2019s Michael Steele accused of pushing \u2018conspiracy theories\u2019 after questioning Trump\u2019s ear wound MSNBC&#8217;s Michael Steele was accused of pushing &#8220;conspiracy theories&#8221; when he was questioned if former President Trump\u2019s ear was actually hit by a high-caliber bullet. 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