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|name=Michael Steele
|image=Michael Steele.jpg
|party=[[Republican]](in name only)
|spouse=Andrea Derritt
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
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'''Michael Stephen Steele''' served as chairman of the [[Republican National Committee]] from 2009 to 2011. Previously he headed the [[conservative]] grassroots organization GOPAC. He served as [[Lieutenant Governor]] of [[Maryland]] from 2003 through 2007. Widely criticized by [[Democrat]]s and the [[fake news]] media as an "[[Uncle Tom]]" and "House negro", <ref>[https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090303192104AAX15rH&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKUsynps7pYItEwK7ezuvQlHJzrkvHhz2LBa3UMSKZFIek6o8EiYxDJx-kCGMm_zfPp0gq1itv38DY2g49ZBeLPcagUevi9P2K756xxz9Z9nz04yCfbl8FhjZKaT0z_Iiv0CR36WhQTKv6rg4rrpEvT17t_QjoZayhVbLpBwmlfO Is Michael Steele a boot-licking Uncle Tom?], [[Yahoo]] Answers.<br>*[https://youtu.be/NGCQKC6-C9I Michael Steele (Uncle Tom:The non-magic negro)......Obama 2009 (a lesson in American history)], Mar 3, 2009. Youtube.</ref> Steele participated in the 2020 [[Biden Putsch]] scenarios wargamed by the alleged "[[Transition Integrity Project]]".<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/how-2020-election-could-go-wrong/614842/</ref>
Steele was the first [[African American]] elected to statewide office in Maryland when he was elected Lieutenant Governor in 2002, and is the first black GOP national chairman.
Steele welcomes welcomed conservatives and [[Tea Party Movement|Tea Partiers]] to the Republican Party, more than some [[RINO]]s and others would like. In his book, Steele compares the GOP under Bush to an alcoholic, and argues that grass-roots activism will return the party to its core conservative values of limited government, fiscal restraint and a strong national defense. He has encouraged the heated Tea Party protests that [[RINO]]s worry could lead to their own defeat.
Many of the criticisms of Steele are insubstantial and unjustified. For example, Steele was giving paid speeches, which sparked criticism by three former RNC chairmen. Others complained about blunt talk by Steele in his new book.<ref>Philip Rucker and Chris Cillizza, "Steele's book release, fiery rhetoric fuel dissatisfaction within GOP," [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/07/AR2010010703699.html ''Washington Post'' Jan. 9, 2010]</ref>
===Opposition to Donald Trump===
:{{See also|Blue state Civil War}}
Despite holding [[conservative]] views, Steele has opposed [[Donald Trump]] since the latter's 2016 presidential campaign,<ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/michael-steele-no-support-trump-230138 Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele won't back Trump]</ref> announcing then that he wouldn't vote for Trump nor [[Hillary Clinton]] in the [[2016 U.S. presidential election]]. Steele has also expressed disdain for [[evangelicals]] who support Trump, telling them to “shut the hell up”.<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/24/michael-steele-former-rnc-chair-blasts-evangelical/ Former RNC chair blasts Evangelical Trump supporters: 'Shut the hell up']</ref>
In May 2020, Steele tweeted a rebuke against [[Mitch McConnell]] after the latter told [[Barack Obama]] to keep “his mouth shut” over the exoneration of [[Michael Flynn]].<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ex-rnc-chair-mcconnell-shouldnt-tell-grown-ass-black-man-obama-to-keep-his-mouth-shut Ex-RNC chair: McConnell shouldn't tell 'grown ass black man' Obama to keep his mouth shut]</ref>
In August 2020, Steele endorsed 2020 [[Democratic]] presidential nominee, [[Joe Biden]], instead of not endorsing both presidential candidates. Thus, making him a RINO.<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/08/michael-steele-trump-race-convention/615829/]</ref>
==Personal life==
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