MSNBC host Michael Steele has been mocked online for misspelling martial law while trying to criticize Donald Trump on social media.
The former RNC chair, 66, posted a link to an article on X on Wednesday, suggesting the president has entertained the idea of using the Insurrection Act to deploy active-duty troops in US cities.
‘This has always been the end game. It’s how Trump gets to Marshall Law and ultimately suspending the ’26 Elections,’ Steele said.
‘The fact they are “debating” it should have alarms sounding off. It won’t help to wake up to this fact after he does it.’
However, commenters were quick to point out that Steele wrote ‘Marshall Law,’ which is a misspelling of martial law.
‘Is Marshall Law anything like martial law?’ one person quipped. ‘What is “Marshall Law” and why are you treating it as a proper noun?’ said another.
‘It’s spelled “marital law,” actually,’ added a third person. ‘As an expert in being named Marshall, I assure you that you’re using the wrong word,’ a fourth said.
‘Moron. It’s “martial law.” You are actually as dumb as your reputation, a fifth person said.
MSNBC host Michael Steele (pictured) has been mocked online for misspelling martial law while trying to criticize Donald Trump
The former RNC chair shared a link to a news article on X Wednesday claiming the president has floated the idea of invoking the Insurrection Act
Some people made jokes about Steele’s mistake, using the definition of ‘marshal,’ a high-ranking law enforcement official, as the pun.
‘Marshall Law. Wasn’t he in one of those cheesy ’50s TV westerns?’ one person remarked. ‘Oh, yeah? Well, there’s a new “Marshall” in town,’ another joked.
Others sarcastically asked Steele if he was referring to other famous Marshalls.
‘Thurgood Marshall Law?! Oh no, not that,’ one person said, referencing the deceased Supreme Court Justice.
‘Is that like Marshall Mathers law?’ a second person said, referring to the rapper Eminem.
Steele, who was Maryland’s lieutenant governor from 2003 to 2007, gained attention in March after a fiery exchange with his cohost regarding Bernie Sanders and AOC’s ‘tone-deaf’ tour.
While Steele acknowledged the lawmakers’ efforts, he questioned whether the term ‘oligarchy’ truly resonates with everyday Americans.
‘The oligarchy tour, I think, kind of misses middle America because, in my opinion, Democrats are tone deaf to what the American people are saying. People at the local pub aren’t using the term oligarchy,’ Steele said.
His cohost, Symone Sanders-Townsend, quickly responded. ‘OK, wait, but they’re in middle America. He launched a tour in Omaha. They were in Denver,’ she argued.
Steele held firm, arguing that the issue wasn’t where the tour took place but how its message was framed.
‘It doesn’t matter where you launch it. It’s what you say when you launch it. And if you’re using terms and phraseology that is not directly connecting people, then that becomes a concern in the process,’ he explained.
