Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Sunday pushed the out-of-context narrative of former President Donald Trump’s “Bloodbath” comment during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Many articles from mainstream media outlets claimed that Trump said he predicted a “bloodbath” if he loses in November.
However, a few were honest enough to include that Trump was referring to the automobile industry as he had prefaced it by saying, “We’re gonna put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you’re not gonna be able to sell those guys if I get elected.”
Pelosi told CNN’s Dana Bash, “He’s even predicting a bloodbath, what does that mean, he’s going to exact a bloodbath?”
Benny Johnson shared a clip of the exchange and quipped, “CNN dragged out Nancy Pelosi to amplify the ‘bloodbath’ hoax.”
CNN dragged out Nancy Pelosi to amplify the “bloodbath” hoax
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 17, 2024
Twitter owner Elon Musk took MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough to task for attempting to take part in the narrative as well.
Collin Rugg shared a post on X explaining what occurred where he said, “NEW: MSNBC host Joe Scarborough has deleted his