With President-elect Donald Trump’s “First Buddy” Elon Musk teasing the possibility of purchasing liberal cable news channel MSNBC, it was just a matter of time before the X owner’s allies began piling on and suggesting the network’s stars are in freakout mode.
After the billionaire shared a sophomoric meme about him struggling to resist the “temptation” of buying MSNBC, a short clip of MSNBC host Rachel Maddow supposedly holding back tears over Musk’s tweet quickly went viral on social media. But no, Maddow did not break down and get emotional on the air over the head of “DOGE” joking about being her new boss.
