Everything is Donald Trump’s fault, according to Rachel Maddow, even things that are happening in other countries. This week, she blamed Venezuelan turmoil on “Trump donations.”
MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” on Thursday night played images of rioting and protests in Venezuela with the chyron “Unrest in Venezuela Over Trump Donations,” while Maddow claimed Venezuelans were “enraged anew” over a Trump Inaugural Committee FEC filing showing a major donation from Citgo Petroleum, an American subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela.
While Maddow did discuss the violence and economic unrest gripping the country, her show continued to air video of protests while she talked about Citgo donating $500,000 to President Trump’s inauguration.
The images were of massive protests against the country’s socialist government bringing about a collapsing economy and starvation, not donations to the Trump inauguration. Maddow herself did not expressly make that claim, but the show’s use of the chyron suggested the connection.
The New York Times on Wednesday called Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro’s government “increasingly autocratic.” Maduro has defied international calls to not crack down on protesters, and he has begun arming supporters after confiscating civilian guns.
Watch a video of the insane broadcast below:
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
Source: Free Beacon
Image: JD Lasica
Totally Unhinged!!!!
Ass wipe libtard!
Oh, yeah… honey! The crumbling of Venezuela’s Socialist government is Donald Trump’s fault. Got anymore tax returns to demonstrate how he never pays taxes?????
Dumb sh.t, Trump didn’t have anything to do with Venezuela. You must have your head up your a…
Perhaps not as great as the pain she gives US!