Twitter Just SHREDDED Rachel Maddow Over Trump Tax Return ‘Story’
MSNBC’s unapologetic liberal “journalist” Rachel Maddow lit the internet on fire Tuesday night when she teased via Twitter that she’d gotten her hands on President Donald Trump’s tax returns – a scoop that would have been pretty juicy, considering Trump never released his tax returns during the presidential campaig
Rachel Maddow MSNBC on Twitter
BREAKING: We’ve got Trump tax returns. Tonight, 9pm ET. MSNBC. (Seriously).
Alas, it wasn’t true at all. What was she thinking!
What Maddow and the fine folks over at MSNBC actually managed to do was get part of a copy of Trump’s 2005 tax return. Which was already 12 years old. And which the White House had already released.
And which the Wall Street Journal had already reported on – a year ago.
Needless to say, the Twittersphere wasn’t all too happy as Maddow droned on…and on…and on during her open monologue, bashing Trump (and throwing out all manner of random, unsubstantiated speculations regarding his finances) without actually giving anyone any new information. Here are a few of the best reactions we found from the less-than-enthused:
Curtis Houck on Twitter
Political Twitter right now to @Maddow #TTT https://t.co/Sv2aXfzIxT
T.J. Quinn on Twitter
Why won’t Rachel Maddow release Donald Trump’s tax returns? What’s she hiding?
Josh Jordan on Twitter
The media when Maddow tweeted that she was going to release Trump’s tax returns tonight only to clarify it’s just his 1040 from 2005. https://t.co/qLdSGa5LWz
Josh Jordan on Twitter
Rachel Maddow tonight. https://t.co/zxLyJjzN4n