Epic fail: Rachel Maddow mocked after dragging out Trump tax ‘scoop’

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow was widely mocked on social media Tuesday night after drawing out the revelations in what she announced was an “exclusive story” regarding Donald Trump’s tax returns.

( Article by Ben Kew from Breitbart.com )

Instead of getting right to her big scoop about a 2005 Trump tax return she obtained, Maddow opened her show with a rambling 20-minute rant outlining her often tangential theories regarding Trump’s connections to Russia.

Maddow did not unveil the relevant tax documents until 23 minutes into the show, revealing that Donald Trump had made more than $150 million in income in 2005 and paid $38 million in income taxes that year.

In fact, Maddow took so long to get to the point, that the Trump White House scooped her:

White House releases Trump tax info ahead of MSNBC report, says he paid $38M in 2005 https://t.co/8TtPu4eCA6 pic.twitter.com/qjyl4p6dPM

— The Hill (@thehill) 15 de marzo de 2017

So @maddow took so long to get to the news that @realDonaldTrump scooped her. https://t.co/yTwpBHianm

— Joel B. Pollak (@joelpollak) 15 de marzo de 2017

Social media lit up with mockery for Maddow’s rambling anti-climactic monologue. The harshest criticism came from Maddow’s own colleagues in the media:

Maddow is going to show us the tax return at 9:57, isn’t she?

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) 15 de marzo de 2017

This is like watching a super hyped prize fight and the first few rounds are Zzzzzzz.

— Bob Cusack (@BobCusack) 15 de marzo de 2017

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