Maddow broadcasts form 1040 from Trump’s 2005 tax returns, WH responds
On Tuesday, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow broadcast the 1040 from Pres. Donald Trump’s 2005 tax returns after teasing the Internet that she had something of a bombshell. But, The Hill said, the White House released the information and slammed the network in the process.
According to The Hill:
The White House on Tuesday night released some details of President Trump’s income and paid taxes from 2005, as MSNBC prepared to release the information in an evening broadcast.
Trump reported $150 million in income and $38 million paid in taxes, according to a statement from the White House.
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MSNBC host Rachel Maddow had teased Tuesday evening that she had Trump’s 1040 form from 2005. MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell tweeted, “This is the night we’ve been waiting for.”
MSNBC alerted the White House about the information, and the White House seemed to opt to take the punch out of the report, releasing the major numbers itself shortly before the broadcast — and slamming MSNBC in the process.
“You know you are desperate for rating when you are willing to violate the law to push a story about two pages of tax returns from over a decade ago,” the White House said in a statement. “Despite this substantial income figure and tax paid, it is totally illegal to steal and publish tax returns. The dishonest media can continue to make this part of their agenda, while the President will focus on his, which includes tax reform that will benefit all Americans.”
Here’s video of the segment:
Maddow’s fail didn’t go unnoticed on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/MarkDice/status/841828013620715520
One person noted that Trump actually paid more in taxes than “crazy” socialist Bernie Sanders:
Effective tax rates in 2005:
Trump: 25%
Obama: 19.5%
Sanders: 13.5%Thanks Rachel Maddow for commitin' a felony for this info. Merica.
— Cloyd Rivers (@CloydRivers) March 15, 2017
Two thoughts:
1. Rachel Maddow made a fool of herself.
2. I couldn't care less about Trump's tax returns.— Kassy Dillon (@KassyDillon) March 15, 2017
How bad was her fail?
Twitchy noted:
Not even a half-hour into the broadcast, and Hillary Clinton’s former press secretary was already advising Democrats to drop the whole thing and pivot back to telling the American public that the Obamacare replacement will result in millions of people losing insurance by no longer being forced to buy it.
Dems should return focus to Trumpcare tomorrow & the millions it will leave uninsured, not get distracted by two pages from '05 tax return
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) March 15, 2017
Twitchy added:
It looks like people forgot for a minute just how boring tax returns and Maddow can be. After a windup that had many experiencing flashbacks to Geraldo Rivera stalling while workers drilled into Al Capone’s empty vault, viewers were left wondering if Trump hadn’t leaked the tax return himself, seeing as he came across looking pretty good.
https://twitter.com/toddstarnes/status/841822429504798720
Even CNN’s Van Jones made fun of Maddow:
You know Rachel Maddow failed horribly with #TrumpTaxReturns when even CNN's Van Jones and Anderson Cooper made fun of her… pic.twitter.com/W7TeMI9HSf
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) March 15, 2017
The bottom line:
@Mr_Pinko #rachelmaddow #FakeNews
NBC Shoots Themselves in the Foot https://t.co/yU8n1bb6Du pic.twitter.com/VoF8Uq6oNq— ?♦️ Lori ?? Patriot♦️? (@LiberatedCit) March 15, 2017
Exit question: Will any legal action be taken against MSNBC or Maddow?
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- Precious Snowflake Alert: Maddow Issues Viewer Warning Concerning ‘Offensive’ Political Pins and Words
- MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski: Media’s job to ‘control exactly what people think’
- Liberals Gone Wild: Protests, flag burnings, Trump hung in effigy
- NYT columnist to IRS: Break the law, leak Trump’s tax info
- CNN: Assassinating Trump could keep Obama regime in power
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