Former Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Michael Steele called former President Donald Trump's remarks to House Republicans about ensuring the inclusion of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility(SAVE) Act in a stopgap bill to prevent a government shutdown, "the blind being led by the stupid."
On Sunday, 9/22/24,Steele, co-host of MSNBC's The Weekend, read aloud Trump's Wednesday Truth Social post: "If Republicans don't get the SAVE Act, and every ounce of it, they should not agree to a Continuing Resolution in any way, shape, or form. Democrats are registering Illegal Voters by the TENS OF THOUSANDS, as we speak." Steele stopped reading and interjected, "a lie," before continuing to read the rest of the post. There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2024 election, just as there was none in 2020, despite Trump's repeated claims.
In response to Trump's Truth Social post, Steele, who served as the RNC chair from 2009 to 2011 and is a critic of the former president, said, "We don't have an operating budget for this nation right now because of this nonsense from someone who is unserious about our nation's business," saying that House Republicans are "the blind being led by the stupid," in reference to Trump.