Former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Steele on Monday mocked the GOP's response to a whistleblower complaint that contributed to the launch of a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump.

"On this particular day, the GOP decided on a new strategy to address the #WhistleblowerComplaint," Steele tweeted, with a gif of a woman trying to sweep away ocean waves.

On this particular day, the GOP decided on a new strategy to address the #WhistleblowerComplaint. pic.twitter.com/LxPQu1hyHt — Michael Steele (@MichaelSteele) September 30, 2019

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Steele, who served one term as RNC chairman from 2009 to 2011,

has criticized Trump before.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiDemocratic senator to party: 'A little message discipline wouldn't kill us' Overnight Health Care: New wave of COVID-19 cases builds in US | Florida to lift all coronavirus restrictions on restaurants, bars | Trump stirs questions with 0 drug coupon plan Overnight Defense: Appeals court revives House lawsuit against military funding for border wall | Dems push for limits on transferring military gear to police | Lawmakers ask for IG probe into Pentagon's use of COVID-19 funds MORE (D-Calif.) last week announced a formal impeachment inquiry after a whistleblower alleged Trump solicited interference from Ukraine into the 2020 election to benefit himself politically.

The White House released a partial memo of a call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky showing Trump asked the foreign leader to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenFormer Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick Bloomberg rolls out M ad buy to boost Biden in Florida MORE, a leading 2020 candidate, and his son.

The whistleblower complaint also alleges the White House asked officials to put the call between the leaders on a highly classified server, instead of the normal system.

Trump continues to defend the call as being appropriate.

The RNC has tried to shift the attention away from Trump's alleged election interference by continuing to point to unfounded allegations that Biden acted wrongly in dealing with Ukraine while he was vice president.