What a giant, big, fat flatline after a breathless build-up by Rachel Maddow. She said she had a MAJOR SCOOP to reveal on tonight’s Rachel Madcow Show. She was going to blow the lid off of Trump because she had his tax returns… for one year… long ago…
It turns out Donald Trump is rich. Yawn.
Money-
The big reveal, which Maddow did not get to until after a lengthy monologue and commercial break, showed that in 2005 Trump paid $38 million in federal income taxes on a reported income of $150 million.
That information was based on two pages of an IRS 1040 form supplied to journalist David Cay Johnston, who was a guest on Maddow’s show.
By the time Maddow got around to sharing that information, it had already been supplied by the White House and published on The Daily Beast, where Johnston is a columnist. Even so, the documents left the public with more questions than answers.
The decision to hype the scoop — Maddow first tweeted her all-caps “BREAKING” alert at 7:36 p.m. ET — disappointed many journalists, who felt that Maddow had undermined legitimate inquiry into Trump’s tax returns.
It also disappointed Democrats, including Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign press secretary Brian Fallon.
Before Maddow’s broadcast, Fallon retweeted the breaking news alert and called it “the holy grail.” After Maddow showed her hand, Fallon wrote: “Dems should return focus to Trumpcare tomorrow & the millions it will leave uninsured, not get distracted by two pages from ’05 tax return.”
Even CNBC took a dig at its sister network, with a headline that read: “Donald Trump just got a nice victory, thanks, of all people, to Rachel Maddow.”
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Swing and a miss, Ricky.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N9Z4W-rbWQI&feature=youtu.be
My hope is that Trump leaked a few dozen different 2005 returns to find the moles. Me thinks many folks just got Rick Maddow Rolled!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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Did Trump claim $2.50 per used pair of underwear to Salvation Army on his taxes like the bilge rat Clinton’s did?
Didn’t fucking think so…
She looks more like Ron Reagan every day.
And drama in 3, 2, 1, SHIT!
Racheal Maddow, Takes a licking and keeps on ticking.
@Menderman. Wouldnt that be awesom! Good call. Hope its true
EPIC FAIL! https://twitter.com/CSteven/status/841868322312470529
Some people aren’t even worth my pity. She is certainly one of them.
ICYMI
Rachel Mannity Show 03-14-2017
warning: entire eposode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT3ECdJDq18
skip to 39:05 to 39:07 for a 2 second summation by the Author himself, epic audio video guffaw. Isolate and spreadable.
When is she going back in the closet?
2005 Tax returns?
Back in 2005, wasn’t Obama teaching Constitution Law?
Bwahahahaha!
Can’t make this shit up!
Hey Rachel, your taxes are due April 15th.
Use form 1040 EZ-Duped…
I may be wrong but I thought that sometime last week Cay Johnston solicited on twitter Trump’s tax returns from anyone. I’m not sure but I thought there was some chatter about it. Of course, there will be an investigation.
Of course every mailed item is photographed several times along the way, from point A to point B. Fresh trail. 3rd party cams and stuff. Above and all.
Much ado about nothing.
May have to tune into msNBC Mourning Joe with some early morning popcorn puffs to watch the hilarity ensue. You know, the flecks and spittle and such.
http://www.mrctv.org/blog/twitter-just-shredded-rachel-maddow-over-trump-tax-return-story
Enjoy my ratings dollar. You earned ‘it.
Dance, NBC Monkeys, Dance.
Are these the same people who were so upset about the leaking of DNC, Hillary and Podesta emails?
Aaand once again the Wile E. Coyote media plummets to the canyon floor.
msNBC Katy Tur is looking mighty haggard, her girlish vocal fry is getting more pronounced and the stumbling, bumbling teleprompter reading is noticeable. Wonder what the deal is? Megyn Marie what what???
This is what happens when you munch the lib carpet one too many times. 🤢
Great headline for this story!
Did the Russians leak this?
izlamo delenda est …
How much do they want him to pay?