Michael Steele, whom you will recall, was an especially worthless RNC Chair and now semi-prominent NeverTrumper, has become an Ear Truther. 

Perhaps Trump wasn't shot... Perhaps they are hiding something... Where are the medical records? 

Proof! I want proof of ear damage. The magic bullet theory doesn't fit the facts!

America needs to know, I tell you, more about Trump's ear than Joe Biden's brain! 

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— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) July 17, 2024

This, my friends, is what Trump Derangement Syndrome does to a person. It turns you into a conspEARacy theorist. And yes, I am proud of that one, despite it being pretty lame. 

Despite the graphic photographic evidence from different angles showing former President Trump was missing chunks of his right ear after being shot in the head during a failed assassination attempt over the weekend, MSNBC host Michael Steele wasted oxygen during the network’s coverage of Night Two of the Republican National Convention on Tuesday to spew debunked fringe conspiracy theories claiming Trump wasn’t actually hit by a bullet.

“Where I am at this point, it's been three days, going on four…and yet, we have not received a medical report from the hospital nor have we received a medical report from the campaign or from the Trump organization about the extent of the damage to his ear,” he decried.

Steele, who’s not a ballistics expert nor was he pro-gun rights in any meaningful way, bloviated about how “If he was shot by a high-caliber bullet, there should probably be very little ear there. And so we would like to know that.”

Uh, wut? Obviously, Steele is trying to imply that Trump wasn't really shot--he even floats the "teleprompter glass" theory, despite the teleprompters not being shattered and despite the fact that it wouldn't change a thing about the assassination attempt. 

He went on to falsely speculate that Trump may not have even been hit by a bullet: “Was it caused by a bullet as opposed to some reports from those on the scene, other reporters, saying that it was actually shards of glass from the teleprompter itself, not the bullet?”

One of the liberal media’s favorite fact-checkers, Snopes even debunked the nonsense Steele was peddling. “The assertion that glass, not a bullet, caused the injury is undercut by the fact that photographs show no damage to the teleprompters allegedly hit to produce the broken glass, by a New York Times photograph capturing a bullet passing by Trump's ear,” they wrote. They cited Getty Images used by USA Today to show that both teleprompters were completely intact.

Why even go there? 

No big deal. Just MSNBC calling Trump’s bandage a prop and suggesting he wasn’t actually injured.

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— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) July 16, 2024

Two reasons: first, to undercut the "heroic Trump" impression that most people have after seeing the former president defiant after getting shot--it seems less heroic if he was grazed by a piece of glass than a bullet, I suppose, and second, to draw a comparison between Trump not sharing his medical records and the questions around Biden's. 

Co-host Ari Melber followed up by suggesting that the need to know the medical condition of Trump’s ear somehow matched the need to know President Biden’s cognitive state:

While there's a certain amount of time that could be understandable for any medical scenario, the calls around the current president's medical condition, the questions around his capacity, are also the same questions you have in a medical event like this. Certainly the public would want to know as much as possible about both incidents, and the Trump campaign has not been the most transparent.

Now, I admit that there is a lot that America needs to know about the assassination attempt last Saturday, but the condition of Trump's ear is not high on the list of things most of us are worried about. 

We'd rather know why the Secret Service Director thinks that a mildly sloped roof impedes the Secret Service doing its job. 

"Should that roof have been secured?"

Director Kimberly Cheatle: "That building has a sloped roof. There's a safety factor considered that we wouldn't want to put somebody up on the sloped roof." pic.twitter.com/66eteneY4E

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 17, 2024

We'd like to know why security was so lax in light of intelligence that indicated that Iran has an active plot to kill former president Trump.

NEW: USSS Kim Cheatle gaslights during an interview with CNN about President Trump’s ‘beefed up’ protection.

A president was just shot in the face and not only has this woman not resigned, but now she’s gaslighting.

CNN: “Was every element increased after you learned of this… pic.twitter.com/fyKkwHQVnR

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 17, 2024

Apparently Mayorkas is dragging his feet on allowing Congress to question Director Cheatle next week in public hearings. 

I, for one, would like to hear her answer a lot of questions under oath. I am guessing that many others would as well. 

BREAKING: @EricTrump says his father almost lost his head because of @SecretService incompetence. pic.twitter.com/hDoNzfsj2B

— Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) July 17, 2024

But our illustrious MSNBC former RNC Chair wants to know about Trump's ear. 

Deranged. 

New rule: If a cow can do it, a secret service agent can do itpic.twitter.com/RxmvwbNLkf

— Swan (@AndySwan) July 17, 2024