MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow was pulling a Rachel Maddow on Wednesday night when she attempted to set off a conspiracy theory about Elon Musk and the Trump administration.
The left-wing cable host devoted a segment of her show to accusing President Donald Trump and Musk of corruption and “self-dealing” over a potential $400 million purchase of armored Tesla vehicles through a State Department contract. However, Maddow omitted a crucial detail of the story: the planned purchase was listed in a procurement document published in December under former President Joe Biden’s administration, weeks before Trump even took office. (Subscribe to MR. RIGHT, a weekly newsletter about modern masculinity)
Tonight, Rachel Maddow led her show with a hit piece against the Cybertruck & Elon, suggesting the proposed $400M for armored Teslas was an example of “self-dealing.”
Yet she conveniently…
