A report saying a Venezuelan state oil company made a $500k donation to help pay for the inauguration of Donald Trump had MSNBC and Rachel Maddow spinning the unrest in Venezuela this way:
Hottest Take in the History of Hot Takes pic.twitter.com/lBobw2aVI0
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 21, 2017
Yep, this was an actual Maddow segmenthttps://t.co/xeblQrIFVg
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 21, 2017
Ho. Lee. Cow:
The notion that unrest in Venezuela is due to Trump is too insane for words. Great job Maddow. pic.twitter.com/tw0VchNQGf
— Elliott Schwartz (@elliosch) April 21, 2017
Maddow: “Today Venezuelans are enraged anew by this brand new FEC filing from the White House.”
Well, it’s preferable to blaming the problems on the inevitable collapse of socialism.
I thought this had to be photoshopped. It's real https://t.co/l1ZcCVEB3J https://t.co/kcbqZtThBF
— John Tabin (@johntabin) April 21, 2017
I thought this had to be a joke, but it is real: https://t.co/nvysZwHXeu https://t.co/ZTgwoPHccF
— L (@OrwellForks) April 21, 2017
"Might Venezuelans be mad that they're starving?"
"No, this obviously has something to do with Trump."https://t.co/d6IKLlDQG5
— Maxwell (@maxplaining) April 21, 2017
@iowahawkblog I would say this is a parody account but MSNBC is a parody already..
— Mark T Shark (@MRaff57) April 21, 2017
@iowahawkblog Shit. They actually found a way to take Fake News to another level.
— Gabrielle Dawn (@MissGab416) April 21, 2017
@iowahawkblog Yeah. That's why they're protesting. Not because they don't have toilet paper and the grocery stores are empty.
— Wendy Stone (@ivylass) April 21, 2017
You stay credible, MSNBC!