On Tuesday, leftist MSNBC host Rachel Maddow announced she had obtained President Donald Trump’s 2005 tax returns and would be releasing them on her nightly show.
It turned out to be a non-story, and only served to help Trump by revealing he actually paid a higher tax rate than many Democrat politicians, including Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and socialist Bernie Sanders. The president even paid a higher tax rate than MSNBC.
Maddow’s story fell flat and Twitter users immediately took the opportunity to destroy her:
#EpicFail https://t.co/f3DkPbTojD
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) March 15, 2017
TRUMP PAID HIGHER TAX RATE [25%] THAN MSNBC
COMCAST [24%]
MUCH HIGHER THAN OBAMA [19%]
Thank you Rachel Maddow! #TrumpTaxes
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) March 15, 2017
Trump paid a higher rate of tax than MSNBC’s parent company Comcast. 😄 #ThankYouMaddow
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) March 15, 2017
It took over 30 years for someone to top @GeraldoRivera for biggest over-hyped live TV epic fail in history. You did it Rachel Maddow !
— Mark Dice (@MarkDice) March 15, 2017
So I guess Rachel Maddow just demonstrated to us how #fakenews is made?
— Stacy Herbert (@stacyherbert) March 15, 2017
For her next trick, Rachel Maddow will reveal how Trump legally payed his mortgage, leased a car, maybe even purchased groceries!
— Harry Khachatrian (@Harry1T6) March 15, 2017
Rachel Maddow hyped up the release of #TrumpTaxReturn like she was about to politically destroy Trump. She just made him look even better. 😂
— Makada 🇺🇸 (@_Makada_) March 15, 2017
Tomorrow night Rachel Maddow solves the Kennedy Assassinaton. Will name Oswald as assassin. Don’t miss REAL JOURNALISM!
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) March 15, 2017
Even the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., mocked Maddow’s non-story:
Thank you Rachel Maddow for proving to your #Trump hating followers how successful @realDonaldTrump is & that he paid $40mm in taxes! #Taxes
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) March 15, 2017
BREAKING NEWS: 12 years ago @realDonaldTrump made a lot of money and paid a lot in taxes #scandal #thankyouMaddow
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) March 15, 2017
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