MSNBC continued their never-ending obsession with every little action of the Trump administration Tuesday, and, true to form, they weren’t squeamish about throwing around groundless accusations of foul play. On The 11th Hour that night, Stephanie Ruhle hosted a panel which discussed Trump’s recent termination of two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission, and the allegation was made, with no evidence, that Trump did it for his own illegal personal gain.
Ruhle first turned to Rohit Chopra, formerly of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. She neglected to mention off the bat that Chopra was not exactly an impartial source, but rather a Democratic Party apparatchik who had held several partisan posts and was a career left-wing activist. She asked him for his thoughts on the layoff, to which Chopra responded:
Well. Why on Earth are they getting fired? Is it because they were the ones that were taking on subscription scams? Is it because they were taking on children's privacy? Because they were going after Amazon, Facebook, some of these big companies violating the law? I don't understand what the reason is. And the only thing that makes sense, is maybe someone is calling the shots to get rid of people who were trying to enforce the law for consumers.
