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MSNBC Guest Spreads a Massive Lie About the Stranded Astronauts

Matt Vespa
Matt Vespa  |  March 19, 2025 6:05 AM

It’s been nearly a year, but astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams are finally back on Earth. They were stranded in space because the Biden administration didn’t want to give Elon Musk, Donald Trump, or the GOP an election win. Biden tends to leave things behind: he left Americans behind in Afghanistan, he left these astronauts stranded in space, and he let numerous Americans, like Marc Fogel, rot in detainment. It took less than two months to do what Biden could never do, which was secure the release of hostages and bring these two astronauts back.

Yet, on MSNBC, they tried to spin this tremendous win for Trump and the nation, adding that Wilmore and Williams were never stranded despite that being the national media consensus. Even the fake news media writ large couldn’t say they weren’t. The pair were up in space much longer than their original mission. PBS, ABC, BBC, CSPAN, and even Live Science all described their situation as being stranded:

Before Elon and Trump rescued them, Wilmore said it was “absolutely factual” that Biden shot down Elon’s offer to rescue the astronauts (via NY Post): 

One of the NASA astronauts trapped on the International Space Station said he believes Elon Musk’s claim that the Biden administration rejected the SpaceX CEO’s offer to help bring the team home. 

Barry “Butch” Wilmore made the comment Tuesday during an in-orbit press conference with fellow castaway Sunita Williams nine months after their Boeing Starliner capsule malfunctioned and left the pair stuck on the ISS. 

One questioner asked about Musk’s recent claim that former President Joe Biden had intentionally stalled their rescue for “political reasons.” 

In an earlier question, Wilmore denied that politics had anything to do with the team’s delayed departure, but he seemed to shift his stance when answering the later question. 

“I can only say that Mr. Musk, what he says, is absolutely factual … I believe him,” he said.

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