Rachel Maddow was slammed for finding a suspect connection between alleged healthcare CEO assassin Luigi Mangione and Donald Trump.
Mangione, 26, was taken into custody on firearm charges Monday afternoon at the fast food joint in Altoona, Pennsylvania, five days after he allegedly shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, outside of a Manhattan hotel.
Maddow, appearing in her once a week slot on the struggling liberal network, inexplicably drew dots between Mangione and Trump's rumored pick for new ATF Director, Blake Masters.
'If it is him [Mangione], the fact that he's a professed Unabomber fan is unsettling. I might mention that it's even more unsettling that Donald Trump's reported choice to run the ATF is also a self-professed fan of the Unabomber,' she said.
The clip was initially brought to social media by left-wing journalist Ken Klippenstein, who laughed derisively at Maddow making the connection.
Social media was equally savage regardless of political ideology.
'What a feeble unhinged loser she is,' wrote one commenter.
'Everything leads back to him in her mind,' added another, referring to Trump's rent-free presence in Maddow's head.
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