Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ihe ngosi ya nke February 28, 2009, mgbe ọ na-atụle mgbalị nke Kọmitii Mba Republican iji nweta ewu ewu na ndị isi ojii, Hughley kwupụtara echiche ya na Onye isi oche RNC bụ Michael Steele na rapper Chuck D. Hughley kwuru, na-ezo aka n'ọtụtụ ndị ọcha nke ndị na-elekọta ndị isi ojii.
2008 Republican National Convention, "Iwu nke ndị Republican Party dị ịtụnanya ma ha yiri ka ha na-ekpo ọkụ ma nabata. Ma mgbe m na-ele ya ka a na-etinye ya n'ọrụ ọ dị ka ọ dịghị mkpa ka ị gaa n'ihu karịa Mgbakọ Mba Republican....Ọ dị ka Nazi Germany. Ọ bụ n'ụzọ nkịtị mere. Ana m eme ka isi ihe ahụ pụta ìhè, ọ bụghị nanị na anyị abụghị ndị a na-anabata - ọ bụghị nanị na anyị abụghị ndị a na-anabata, ma ha achọghịdị ịma ihe anyị chere. O yiri ka ọ bụ otú ahụ ka m si hụ ya... " Onyeisi oche Steele kwụsịrị ya okwu, sị, "Ọ dị mma, anọ m ebe a ugbu a, ihe i kwuru bụkwa eziokwu". Onye na-ekwu okwu na-agbanwe agbanwe bụ Andrew C. McCarthy katọrọ ntụnyere Hughley, onye kpọrọ ya "nkwupụta nkwutọ". Steele natakwara nkatọ site n'aka ndị na-eme ihe ike maka otu ihe ahụ, ma maka ikwupụta nkwekọrịta ya na Hughley, na maka okwu o kwuru na mbụ na ihe ngosi ahụ, na-achụpụ onye na-eweta redio Rush Limbaugh dị ka "onye na-eme ihe nkiri", na ịkpọ ihe ngosi redio ya "ọkụ" na "ajọ". Onye na-ekwu okwu banyere ndị Conservative bụ Michelle Malkin dere na okwu Steele "na-egwu aka aka ekpe", ebe onye otu RNC bụ Ada Fisher, na-ekwu okwu banyere okwu Steele na ihe ngosi ahụ, kpọrọ Steele ka ọ gbaa arụkwaghịm.