{"id":2393776,"date":"2025-01-22T12:49:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T17:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-uncomfortable-moment-msnbc-shill-had-to-be-corrected-about-the-constitution-on-air\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T12:50:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T17:50:57","slug":"watch-uncomfortable-moment-msnbc-shill-had-to-be-corrected-about-the-constitution-on-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-uncomfortable-moment-msnbc-shill-had-to-be-corrected-about-the-constitution-on-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Uncomfortable Moment MSNBC Shill Had to Be Corrected About the Constitution On-Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-uncomfortable-moment-msnbc-shill-had-to-be-corrected-about-the-constitution-on-air%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2393776&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On MSNBC, during a \u200dsegment before the inauguration of Donald Trump, Michael\u2063 Steele mistakenly claimed that the U.S. Constitution \u2064allows presidential inaugurations to be held in March. He questioned the January date due to cold weather, stating it would be better to move it\u200d back to March, which led \u2063to confusion from his colleague, Symone Sanders-Townsend.She pointed out that the Constitution mandates inauguration on January 20,as established by the Twentieth Amendment. despite Steele&#8217;s insistence, Sanders-Townsend \u200cclarified that inaugurations\u200b were \u200chistorically held on March 4 until Franklin D. Roosevelt&#8217;s time. The segment \u2063highlighted Steele&#8217;s lack of correct facts regarding the constitutional amendment, emphasizing the need for accuracy in discussions around such critically important topics.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some of the hosts on MSNBC had an awkward moment on Sunday after Michael Steele wrongly insisted that the Constitution allows for presidential inaugurations to be held in March.<\/p>\n<p>The tense moment on &ldquo;The Weekend,&rdquo; which came one day before the inauguration of President Donald Trump, saw Steele, the former lieutenant governor of Maryland and former chair of the Republican National Committee, wonder aloud why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-elon-musk-nazi-salute-trump-inauguration-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inaugurations<\/a> are hosted in January given the frigid temperatures seen this year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, there&rsquo;s still the value of moving the inauguration back to March,&rdquo; he said, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/msnbcs-michael-steele-corrects-symone-sanders-townsend-with-condescending-remark-and-hes-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know why they ever moved to January in the first place, but here we are.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>At that point, colleague Symone Sanders-Townsend raised an eyebrow and was visibly confused.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Constitution,&rdquo; she replied simply.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What was that?&rdquo; Steele asked. &ldquo;The Constitution,&rdquo; Sanders-Townsend insisted.<\/p>\n<p>But Steele doubled down on his remarks.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No, the inauguration was held in March right up through Roosevelt,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;And then they changed it. It ain&rsquo;t in the Constitution.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sanders-Townsend laughed knowingly as Steele narrated the introduction for the next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/msnbc-broadcasts-joy-reids-utterly-insane-california-wildfire-conspiracy-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">segment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Steele&rsquo;s insistence to the contrary, Sanders-Townsend was correct.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders-Townsend, the former chief spokeswoman and senior adviser to now-former Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-biden-harris-refuse-clap-trump-explains-going-fix-mess\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a>, rightly seems to have known that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reaganlibrary.gov\/constitutional-amendments-amendment-20-date-changes-presidency-congress-and-succession#:~:text=Congress%2C%20and%20Succession%E2%80%9D-,Constitutional%20Amendments%20%E2%80%93%20Amendment%2020%20%E2%80%93%20%E2%80%9CDate%20Changes%20for,Presidency%2C%20Congress%2C%20and%20Succession%E2%80%9D&amp;text=Amendment%20Twenty%20to%20the%20Constitution,March%204%20to%20January%2020.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twentieth Amendment<\/a> to the Constitution mandates that presidential inaugurations be held at noon on Jan. 20 in the year after general elections.<\/p>\n<p>Steele, to his credit, was correct in that presidents through Franklin D. Roosevelt were previously inaugurated on March 4, and instead entered office on March 5 when that day fell on a Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fdr-insidious-plan-court-packing-failed-biden-may-using-right-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roosevelt<\/a> was the first commander-in-chief to be sworn into office in January. That was the second of his four inaugurations.<\/p>\n<p>The Library of Congress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/item\/today-in-history\/january-20\/#:~:text=On%20January%2020%2C%201937%2C%20Franklin,earlier%20on%20March%204%2C%201933.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a> that &ldquo;a basic pattern of activities has been established over the years&rdquo; for presidential inaugurations.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Around noon, the president is sworn in at the Capitol by the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court,&rdquo; a webpage for the Library of Congress described.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After taking the brief, 35-word oath of office, the new chief executive delivers an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-purge-has-begun-where-it-stops-nobody-knows\/\" title=\"The Purge Has Begun. Where It Stops, Nobody Knows.\">inaugural address<\/a>, followed by a parade through the city, and an evening of gala festivities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taiwans-president-and-former-president-visit-us-and-china-respectively\/\" title=\"Taiwan\u2019s President and Former President Visit US and China Respectively\">inaugural celebrations<\/a> have &ldquo;run the gamut from Andrew Jackson&rsquo;s raucous White House reception in 1829, to FDR&rsquo;s somber wartime affair in 1945.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Trump inauguration was a bit abnormal, with the oaths and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">inaugural address occurring inside<\/a> the Capitol Rotunda rather than outdoors in the view of the National Mall.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, what remains clear is that Steele should brush up on his facts, and maybe check his ego a bit along the way.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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This incident occurred just a day before Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration. Steele, who previously served as Maryland&#8217;s lieutenant governor and chair of the Republican National Committee, questioned why inaugurations are held in January given the cold weather that year. He suggested moving them back to March, stating he didn&#8217;t understand the shift to January. His colleague Symone Sanders-Townsend appeared confused and pointed out that it is indeed outlined in the Constitution. Despite her correction, Steele insisted that inaugurations were traditionally held in March until Franklin D. Roosevelt changed it to January; however, Sanders-Townsend was right about the Twentieth Amendment specifying January 20 for presidential inaugurations following general elections. The Library of Congress notes a consistent pattern for these events over time, including swearing-in ceremonies at noon and subsequent celebrations. The Trump inauguration was notably different as it took place indoors rather than outside on the National Mall. Ultimately, this incident highlighted Steele&#8217;s need to verify his facts more carefully<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2393777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Michael-Steele.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[8062,36497,3746],"class_list":["post-2393776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-constitution","tag-media-critique","tag-msnbc"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Michael-Steele.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2393776"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2393780,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393776\/revisions\/2393780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2393777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2393776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2393776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2393776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}