Former MSNBC host Chris Matthews claimed on Wednesday that rural Americans were essentially members of a &#8220;cult&#8221; and would &#8220;vote their craziness&#8221; if Democrats did not show up at the polls in numbers large enough to prevent them from doing so.
Matthews made an appearance during a panel discussion on Wednesday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;Morning Joe,&#8221; joined by fellow panelist and former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) as well as regular hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski. He explained that if Democrats wanted to fight back on issues they cared about, they would have to make sure they voted in large numbers.
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Chris Matthews and Mika Brzezinski on Morning Joe &quot;Voters have to get out there and say damnit: If I&#39;m a young person, if I&#39;m a black person if I&#39;m out in the streets, I don&#39;t trust the cops I&#39;ve got to vote that way. If I am a woman and I want to protect myself I got to vote… <a href="https://t.co/JXRg0kslkw">pic.twitter.com/JXRg0kslkw</a>
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Brzezinski began by setting the stage, noting that the Iowa caucuses were just days away and primary elections would begin just a short time after.
McCaskill noted that caucuses could be awkward for those who are not supporting former President Donald Trump, particularly in more rural areas where he is more popular.
&#8220;If you are not on Donald Trump’s bandwagon, if you’re not a member of the cult, then you just stay quiet,&#8221; she said — but pointed out just how difficult that could be when there was a caucus rather than a traditional primary. &#8220;Everybody sees which — which corner of the room you go to, uh, who you are joining.&#8221;
&#8220;Iowa is days away. New Hampshire is coming up. And Donald Trump, given this conversation, even, is the clear frontrunner,&#8221; Brzezinski prompted, turning the floor over to Matthews.
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&#8220;You know, I think President Biden gave a good speech on Friday. I think he began the conversation about the Constitution and democracy,&#8221; Matthews began. &#8220;But I think he has to turn the corner and go to the next step. The reason we love our democracy. The reason we all love it is, if we don’t like the government and they’re doing something, we can do something about it.&#8221;
Matthews went on to argue that the most important issue to vote for was civil rights, giving a rambling story about the city of Philadelphia to illustrate his point.
&#8220;You know, when I was growing up in Philadelphia, there were the black, a majority of black, majority now, they voted, they were highly registered voters. They were more registered than the white people. You know why? Because they had Frank Rizzo as mayor. You had a law and order guy, and they said, this is the only way we can defend ourselves. You had, you had black lives, this is an early case of that. You have to defend yourself. You have to vote to protect your rights in the Constitution.&#8221;
&#8220;The Bill of Rights was put there by Jefferson and Madison because people said the Constitution and democracy is not enough. We have to write in here our Bill of Rights,&#8221; Matthews continued, adding, &#8220;And I have to, and voters have to get out there and say, damn it, if I’m a young person, if I’m a black person, if I’m out in the streets and I don’t trust the cops, I got to vote that way. And if I am a woman, I want to protect myself in my own decisions. I’ve got to vote that way.&#8221;
He then argued that the 2024 election was likely to be a close one, saying that made it even more important for Democrats to get out and vote: &#8220;It’s going to be very close in places like Pennsylvania, and you’re gonna have rural people out there voting their craziness about the cult, so you better be there to match them and you got to be there. Vote against that. And I’m telling you, this is really important that you vote for your rights.&#8221;
&#8220;I know it is. And for women especially, we’ve already lost many rights,&#8221; Brzezinski said, referencing the overturning of the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade. &#8220;Fifty years of rights.&#8221;

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Chris Matthews Calls Rural Americans ‘Cult’ Members Who Will ‘Vote Their Craziness’ If Democrats Don’t Stop Them

Chris Matthews Calls Rural Americans 'Cult' Members Who Will 'Vote Their Craziness' If Democrats Don't Stop Them

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Former MSNBC host Chris Matthews received backlash from progressives over the last couple of days after declaring that he tried to warn &#8220;we were headed too far-left.&#8221;
&#8220;Matthews – a moderate Democrat who was replaced by the far-left Joy Reid when he left MSNBC – shocked viewers in March 2020 by announcing he would immediately step down from his program amid a series of controversies,&#8221; Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbc-chris-matthews-liberals">reported</a>. &#8220;During his on-air remarks, the longtime MSNBC host then referenced claims of sexual harassment against him by a journalist who previously appeared on his show.&#8221;
&#8220;I want Hardball fans to know how I appreciate your faith in me,&#8221; Matthews tweeted. &#8220;2022 could be a great time to show what we’ve learned. I tried to warn we were headed too far left.&#8221;
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I want Hardball fans to know how I appreciate your faith in me. 2022 could be a great time to show what we’ve learned. I tried to warn we were headed too far left.
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Notable leftist responses included:
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<li>Will Brunch, columnist: &#8220;This is your takeaway from a year in which right-wing authoritarians tried to stage a violent coup??&#8221;</li>
<li>Jay Rosen, NYU journalism professor: &#8220;Good lord. Have some dignity, man. Be thankful you&#8217;re not Halperin and&#8230; I don&#8217;t know— watch football games. Read some Churchill biographies. Try Lowe&#8217;s.&#8221;</li>
<li>Gary Legum, blogger: &#8220;Did he get into some leftover eggnog?&#8221;</li>
<li>David Cross: &#8220;&#8216;Too far left&#8217; Yes that&#8217;s the real problem, we hired the centrist VP of a centrist president who isn&#8217;t able to get legislation passed that would make a centrist appear somewhat leftist but only relative to how right leaning our current leftists are.&#8221;</li>
<li>David Atkins: &#8220;An evidence-free, self-serving take that perfectly exemplifies what was wrong with Hardball in the first place.&#8221;</li>
<li>Andrew Perez, writer: &#8220;Don&#8217;t worry your old pundit colleagues have that narrative covered.&#8221;</li>
<li>Michael Sainato, writer: &#8220;Remember when this old creep &#8216;retired&#8217; for sexual harassment only to try to creep back up to froth at the mouth a little more about the left?&#8221;</li>
<li>Peter Daou: &#8220;LOL. I still remember when I launched the #TooFarLeft hashtag in response to Obama and it trended #1.&#8221;</li>
<li>Walker Bragman: &#8220;Imagine watching Biden squander the first trifecta Democrats have had in a decade in the face of an existential climate crisis and an escalating pandemic and thinking &#8216;we need more of that!'&#8221;</li>
<li>Max Berger: &#8220;The United States has the highest poverty rate in the OECD (17.8%), and the 3rd highest level of income inequality.&#8221;</li>
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Former MSNBC Host Chris Matthews Slammed After Declaring: ‘I Tried To Warn We Were Headed Too Far Left’

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&#8220;I did something wrong.&#8221;
That&#8217;s how former MSNBC host Chris Matthews explained his sudden departure from MSNBC.
Matthews appeared on MSNBC host Joy Reid&#8217;s show Tuesday after abruptly retiring in March 2020 amid allegations of inappropriate behavior. Matthews was accused of flirting with a female journalist who had appeared on his show multiple times beginning in 2016.
In a rambling explanation that both took and cast blame, Matthews said &#8220;nobody has come to defend me.&#8221;
“I think the reason I — I know the reason I left, somebody reported that I complimented somebody — actually, I’m gonna&#8217; use the right words here. I commented, remarked on somebody’s appearance in the makeup room, and I shouldn’t have done that,” Matthews said. “Nobody has to come defend me. And by the way, I kept all my friends, but nobody needs to defend me. I did something wrong. So I&#8217;m going to move on from that. I took ownership of it, using a nice modern phrase. I took complete ownership. I did not deny it. I lost my show over it. That&#8217;s it. So that&#8217;s the truth.”
Matthews announced his retirement during his show “Hardball” on MSNBC. “I’m retiring. This is the last ‘Hardball’ on MSNBC, and obviously this isn’t for lack of interest in politics,” said Matthews. “As you can tell, I’ve loved every minute of my 20 years as host of ‘Hardball.’ Every morning, I read the papers and I’m gung-ho to get to work. Not many people have had this privilege.”
In his own defense, Matthews said: “A lot of it has to do with how we talk to each other. Compliments on a woman’s appearance, that some men, including me, might have once incorrectly thought were OK, were never OK. Not then and certainly not today.”
Liberals quickly came to Matthews&#8217; defense.
“Chris Matthews is a friend of mine. He and I have flirted unabashedly for 20 years. This is an atrocious end to a noble, happy-warrior career. I will continue to be his friend. Angry column to follow,” Kathleen Parker, a syndicated columnist at The Washington Post, wrote on Twitter.
Joe Scarborough, co-host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” with Mika Brzezinski, also had Matthews’ back.
“Mika and I were deeply moved by @SteveKornacki’s tribute to Chris Matthews. Actually, we are wiping tears from our eyes. We love Chris and will miss him every night in our home at 7pm. As Steve said, Chris was the most human TV guy and ‘I say that as the highest compliment,&#8217;” he wrote.
Matthews appeared on the Tuesday show in his old time slot for a 14-minute segment geared around hawking his new book, &#8220;This Country.&#8221;
“The good news is, I’ve never had in my life two years to actually sit down and write about my 70 years, which is to talk about an incredible life I’ve been so lucky to have, to be on the inside of American politics looking out,” Matthews said, later adding, “It was an amazing experience to work within democracy, and to see parts of the world fighting for democracy, like Nelson Mandela and bringing down the Berlin Wall. I got to see it all in one lifetime. I want to share with the people who watched my show so faithfully all those years.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/msnbcs-chris-matthews-disappears-after-allegations-of-sexism">MSNBC’s Chris Matthews Disappears After Allegations Of Sexism</a>

Hardball with Chris Matthews – Season 2016

‘I Did Something Wrong’: Chris Matthews Explains His Abrupt Departure From MSNBC

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Former MSNBC host Chris Matthews took a beating on social media Monday when leftists scolded him for daring to praise Trump for his classy and all-American response to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg&#8217;s death last Friday.
&#8220;Trump is right to show respect for RBG. True presidential behavior. Far too rare,&#8221; Matthews tweeted.
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Trump is right to show respect for RBG. True presidential behavior. Far too rare.
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On Friday night, after learning news of Ginsburg&#8217;s death, the president said he was &#8220;sad&#8221; to hear of her passing and praised her life accomplishments.
“She led an amazing life,” Trump said. “What else can you say? She was an amazing woman. Whether you agreed or not, she was an amazing woman who led an amazing life. I am sad to hear that.”
Of course, this moment of humanity was seen as an empty gesture by far-leftists.
&#8220;He implied her grieving family were a bunch of liars today for relaying her dying wish,&#8221; tweeted former Amy Klobuchar communications director Tim Rogan.
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He implied her grieving family were a bunch of liars today for relaying her dying wish. <a href="https://t.co/YxyWmru3dn">https://t.co/YxyWmru3dn</a>
&mdash; Tim Hogan (@timjhogan) <a href="https://twitter.com/timjhogan/status/1308092242440093703?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Lol. Whew these journalists are so desperate to declare &#8216;presidential behavior&#8217;. Go away, Mr. Matthews,&#8221; tweeted Soledad O&#8217;Brien. 
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Lol. Whew these journalists are so desperate to declare “presidential behavior”. 
Go away, Mr. Matthews. <a href="https://t.co/zGXN1iAqMR">https://t.co/zGXN1iAqMR</a>
&mdash; Soledad O&#39;Brien (@soledadobrien) <a href="https://twitter.com/soledadobrien/status/1308078185922297857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Did Chuck Todd repeatedly bludgeon you in the head with Chris Cillizza?&#8221; tweeted writer Rafi Schwartz.
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Did Chuck Todd repeatedly bludgeon you in the head with Chris Cillizza? <a href="https://t.co/aG5N5Lwp2B">https://t.co/aG5N5Lwp2B</a>
&mdash; Rafi Schwartz (@TheJewishDream) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheJewishDream/status/1308105332305035264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Oh big deal,&#8221; responded &#8220;The View&#8221; co-host Joy Behar.
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Oh big deal.
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Chris Matthews <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-msnbcs-chris-matthews-announces-retirement-during-tv-segment">announced his retirement</a> this past March after being slapped with a spate of sexual harassment allegations.
“After conversation with NBC, I decided tonight will be my last ‘Hardball,&#8217;” Matthews continued. “So let me tell you why: The younger generations are ready to take the reigns. We see them in politics, the media, and fighting for their causes. … They grew up with better standards, fair standards. A lot of it has to do with how we talk to each other, compliments on a woman’s appearance that some men, including me, might have once incorrectly thought were okay, were never okay. Certainly not today.”
“For making such comments in the past, I’m sorry,” Matthews continued. “I’m very proud of the work I’ve done here. Long before I went on television, I worked for years in politics, was a newspaper columnist and author. I’m working on another book. I’ll continue to write and talk about politics and cheer on my producers and crew here in Washington and New York and my MSNBC colleagues. They will continue to produce great journalism in the years ahead. For those who have gotten in the habit of watching ‘Hardball’ every night I hope you’re going to miss me because I’m going to miss you.”
Though Republicans have vowed to replace Ginsburg&#8217;s seat prior to the 2020 election, they have largely spoken of the late justice with kind words, praising for her commitment to jurisprudence and her courage to persist in the face of debilitating illnesses. On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) especially highlighted Ginsburg&#8217;s ability to befriend people with whom she disagreed, particularly the late-Justice Antonin Scalia.
“On the court, Justice Ginsburg was a universally-admired colleague,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-mitch-mcconnell-honors-rbg-on-the-senate-floor">said McConnell</a>. “No wonder that so many Americans have taken particular comforts in these past days by remembering her famous friendship with her ideological opposite, the late Justice Scalia.  Together, they made sure the halls of justice would also reign with laughter and comedy. They rarely sat on the same side of a high profile decision, but they still sat together at the opera and most any other time they could manage to be together.”
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Chris Matthews Praises Trump’s ‘True Presidential Behavior’ Following RBG’s Death, Leftists Blast Him

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Veteran MSNBC host Chris Matthews resigned last week following allegations that he inappropriately flirted with women who appeared on his show and several high-profile, on-air blunders.
On Friday night, “Real Time” host Bill Maher defended the fallen anchor, calling the former host “a friend of mine.” Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/bill-maher-defends-chris-matthews-after-msnbc-departure-married-guys-want-to-flirt-for-2-seconds.amp">reported</a> that Maher opened his program with a monologue about Matthews.
&#8220;A friend of mine lost his job this week &#8212; Chris Matthews,&#8221; said. &#8220;Wanted to give him a shoutout because I will miss him and a lot of other people will too. &#8230; MSNBC used to run this thing, &#8216;This is who we are.&#8217; Well, I didn&#8217;t like who you were this week and I don&#8217;t think a lot of people who work there like this either and I think this cancel culture is a cancer on progressivism.&#8221;
Maher went on to list the “horrible things” that Matthews did wrong prior to his abrupt retirement, including his comparison of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) win in Nevada to Adolf Hitler taking over France and confusing Republican Sen. Tim Scott (SC) for the Democratic candidate looking to unseat Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Jaime Harrison. In addition to claims that he traumatized women by complimenting their looks, Matthews was also accused of being too harsh on female Democratic candidates like Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), even though he was hard on a lot of candidates, especially Sanders.
&#8220;I got fired for doing what I do on a show called &#8216;Politically Incorrect.&#8217; This show is called &#8216;Hardball&#8217;!&#8221; Maher said. &#8220;This sounds like every question Chris has asked. And I hated to be interviewed by Chris because he&#8217;d ask you a question, you&#8217;d start to answer, and he&#8217;d keep talking because he had so many thoughts. I&#8217;d like to have some more people on TV with thoughts. A lot of other people couldn&#8217;t interrupt themselves because they don&#8217;t have a thought that the producer isn&#8217;t putting in their ear!&#8221;
Maher then said Matthews did make “kind of creepy remarks” to women, but defended the former MSNBC host by saying “Guys are married for a million years … want to flirt for two seconds.”
Maher then poked fun at GQ writer Laura Bassett who claimed Matthews’ compliments about her looks “undermined my ability to do my job well.” Maher played on Bassett’s newfound “victim” status, since she tried to paint herself as a victim of sexual harassment due to Matthews’ comments.
&#8220;Thank you, Rosa Parks,&#8221; Maher said, sarcastically. &#8220;I guess my question is, &#8216;Do you understand why Democrats lose?&#8230; Is she a compliment victim or a compliment survivor?&#8221;
Matthews said goodbye to viewers on last Monday’s episode of “Hardball,” which he had hosted for 20 years.
&#8220;Let me start with my headline tonight: I&#8217;m retiring. This is the last &#8216;Hardball&#8217; on MSNBC,&#8221; Matthews said. &#8220;And obviously, this isn&#8217;t for the lack of interest in politics. As you can tell, I loved every minute of my 20 years as host of &#8216;Hardball.&#8217; Every morning I read the papers and I&#8217;m gung-ho to get to work. Not many people have had this privilege. I loved working with my producers and our discussions we&#8217;d have on how we report the news. And I love having this connection with you, the people who watch.&#8221;
&#8220;After conversations with NBC, I decided tonight will be my last &#8216;Hardball.&#8217; So let me tell you why. The younger generations out there are ready to take the reins. We see them in politics, in the media, and fighting for their causes,&#8221; he continued.

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Bill Maher Defends Chris Matthews: Married Guys ‘Want To Flirt For 2 Seconds’

Earlier this week, MSNBC host Chris Matthews resigned following a week of bad publicity, including claims of sexual harassment and his comparison of presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) win in Nevada to Adolf Hitler taking over France.
On Monday, Matthews left the network. GQ, the magazine that published an article by columnist Laura Bassett that claimed Matthews sexually harassed her by giving her compliments before her appearances, took a victory lap. The outlet posted an update to Bassett’s article stating that “On March 3rd, three days after this story was published, Chris Matthews retired from MSNBC on air.”
But Kyle Smith, writing at <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/03/the-real-reason-chris-matthews-was-fired-from-msnbc/amp/">The New York Post</a>, suggests Matthews wasn’t fired over the claims in the GQ article, but because he did his job by posing tough questions to Democrats running for the party presidential nomination. Smith wrote that Matthews’ job was to “represent the non-crazy, ‘No Kool-Aid for me, thanks’ Left on television, while being entertaining and pointed and wacky.” Yet the GQ article, Smith wrote, “artfully weaved” two different types of complaints against Matthews – that he complimented women and he was tough on two female presidential candidates – to claim he was a sexist:
<blockquote>One complaint was that Matthews <a href="https://pagesix.com/2020/02/28/chris-matthews-accused-of-inappropriately-flirting-with-female-guest/?_ga=2.225706393.2029211440.1583173800-2047514065.1564425125">would compliment women’s looks</a>. He said of Sarah Palin that there was “something electric” and “very attractive” about her. He told Erin Burnett, “You’re a knockout.” All true. He made a couple of mild compliments to Bassett: “Why haven’t I fallen in love with you yet?” True, men shouldn’t talk this way around the office, and few guys under 50 have failed to get the message that this kind of thing makes (some) women uncomfortable. But Matthews is 70. Old guys flirt with young women as a way of telling themselves they’re still in the game. Young women used to be more forgiving, to recognize the pathos underlying the impulse and shrug it off. Now they exaggerate their emotional reaction, pretend that they’re “shaken” or “couldn’t breathe.” Bassett writes that a couple of flirty comments from Matthews “undermined my ability to do my job well.” That’s hard to believe.</blockquote>
In the age of #MeToo and “believe all women,” allegations like the ones Bassett made against Matthews have become routine. Women are now equating a man complimenting them, even in a weird way, with sexual harassment and acting as if they are the victim of some horrible event. It detracts from real victims of sexual harassment and assault.
Smith asked why “women pretend to be undone by a stray compliment?” and suggested Bassett’s real motive was that she didn’t like the way Matthews questioned Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren.
“Bassett is utterly blatant about her real motive: She wanted Matthews fired for the way he interviewed Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren. She thinks Matthews damaged her political favorites, thinking (probably correctly) that when a prominent Democrat criticizes such candidates, he signals other moderate Democrats and centrists that it’s okay to vote for someone else,” Smith wrote.
Smith argued that Bassett was selective in her criticism, as Matthews has been antagonistic toward many male politicians as well. The Sanders-Hitler comparison was just one such example. Matthews, however, made his living off of “hysterical analogies” to drive viewership to his program, “Hardball.”

Writer Suggests Chris Matthews Was Fired For Being Tough On Democrat Candidates, Not Sexism

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Chris Matthews abruptly announced his retirement on Monday night during his show &#8220;Hardball&#8221; on MSNBC. Then, he was gone.
&#8220;I’m retiring. This is the last &#8216;Hardball&#8217; on MSNBC, and obviously this isn&#8217;t for lack of interest in politics,&#8221; said Matthews, 74. &#8220;As you can tell, I&#8217;ve loved every minute of my 20 years as host of &#8216;Hardball.&#8217; Every morning, I read the papers and I&#8217;m gung-ho to get to work. Not many people have had this privilege.&#8221;
In his defense, Matthews said: &#8220;A lot of it has to do with how we talk to each other. Compliments on a woman’s appearance, that some men, including me, might have once incorrectly thought were okay, were never okay. Not then and certainly not today.&#8221;
The network went to commercial, and when they came back, Matthews had disappeared. POOF.
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BREAKING: <a href="https://twitter.com/MSNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MSNBC</a> veteran &quot;Hardball&quot; anchor Chris Matthews abruptly resigned from the network tonight, leaving his colleagues shocked after he announced his resignation and did not return after the commercial break. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BreakingNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BreakingNews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChrisMatthews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ChrisMatthews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hardball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Hardball</a> <a href="https://t.co/tNz93vHLqe">pic.twitter.com/tNz93vHLqe</a>
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The surprise announcement came just three days after the longtime anchor was accused of sexual harassment by GQ columnist Laura Bassett.
In a <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/chris-matthews-experience">GQ </a><a href="https://www.gq.com/story/chris-matthews-experience">piece</a> Friday headlined, &#8220;Like Warren, I Had My Own Sexist Run-In with Chris Matthews,&#8221; Bassett claimed Matthews had used sexist language several times when she appeared on his show as a guest.
Basset wrote that Matthews had sexually harassed her in 2016, saying, &#8220;Why haven’t I fallen in love with you yet?&#8221; while she was getting her makeup done for an appearance,
<blockquote>The number of on-air incidents is long, exhausting, and creepy, including commenting to Erin Burnett, for example, “You’re a knockout&#8230; it’s all right getting bad news from you,” while telling her to move closer to the camera. Behind the scenes, one of Matthews’s former producers told The Daily Caller in 2017 that he allegedly rated his female guests on a numerical scale and would name a “hottest of the week,” like a “teenage boy.” In 1999, an assistant producer accused Matthews of sexual harassment, which CNBC, the show&#8217;s network at the time, investigated. They concluded that the comments were &#8220;inappropriate,&#8221; and Matthews received a “stern reprimand,” according to an MSNBC spokesperson.
This tendency to objectify women in his orbit has bled into his treatment of female politicians and candidates. He has repeatedly lusted over women in politics on air, including remarking in 2011 that there’s “something electric” and “very attractive” about the way former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin walks and moves, and noting in 2017 that acting attorney general Sally Yates is “attractive, obviously.” But he has reserved a particular contempt for the woman who made it closest to ascending the heights of American political power, Hillary Clinton, calling her “witchy,” “anti-male,” and “She-Devil.”</blockquote>
Not surprisingly, liberals came out of the woodwork to defend Matthews (so much for the #MeToo movement). And not one of them said, &#8220;I believe her.&#8221;
&#8220;Chris Matthews is a friend of mine. He and I have flirted unabashedly for 20 years. This is an atrocious end to a noble, happy-warrior career. I will continue to be his friend. Angry column to follow,&#8221; Kathleen Parker, a syndicated columnist at The Washington Post, wrote on Twitter.
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Chris Matthews is a friend of mine. He and I have flirted unabashedly for 20 years. This is an atrocious end to a noble, happy-warrior career. I will continue to be his friend. Angry column to follow. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChrisMatthews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ChrisMatthews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoCryingInBaseball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NoCryingInBaseball</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hardball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Hardball</a>
&mdash; kathleenparker (@kathleenparker) <a href="https://twitter.com/kathleenparker/status/1234633204482613248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Joe Scarborough, co-host of MSNBC&#8217;s &#8220;Morning Joe&#8221; with Mika Brzezinski, also got Matthews&#8217; back.
&#8220;Mika and I were deeply moved by @SteveKornacki’s tribute to Chris Matthews. Actually, we are wiping tears from our eyes. We love Chris and will miss him every night in our home at 7pm. As Steve said, Chris was the most human TV guy and &#8216;I say that as the highest compliment,'&#8221; he wrote.
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Mika and I were deeply moved by <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveKornacki?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SteveKornacki</a>’s tribute to Chris Matthews. Actually, we are wiping tears from our eyes. We love Chris and will miss him every night in our home at 7pm. As Steve said, Chris was the most human TV guy and “I say that as the highest compliment.” <a href="https://t.co/M7uGj61kAB">pic.twitter.com/M7uGj61kAB</a>
&mdash; Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeNBC/status/1234647388117196801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Mike Barnicle, a journalist and regular guest on MSNBC shows, said: &#8220;Chris Matthews resigned from MSNBC tonight. He is an honest, honorable, kind and compassionate human being and we wish him only the best in his career which is far from over.&#8221;
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Chris Matthews resigned from MSNBC tonight. He is an honest, honorable, kind and compassionate human being and we wish him only the best in his career which is far from over.
&mdash; Mike Barnicle (@mikebarnicle) <a href="https://twitter.com/mikebarnicle/status/1234655266920071174?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Robby Soave, senior editor at Reason magazine, said: &#8220;A question: Why does Christ Matthews have to retire, but Joy Reid can get away with lying about her past homophobia and getting hacking? She&#8217;s woke, he&#8217;s not, is that the difference?&#8221;
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A question: Why does Christ Matthews have to retire, but Joy Reid can get away with lying about her past homophobia and getting hacking? She&#39;s woke, he&#39;s not, is that the difference? <a href="https://t.co/VYMoTTjbie">https://t.co/VYMoTTjbie</a>
&mdash; Robby Soave (@robbysoave) <a href="https://twitter.com/robbysoave/status/1234666941475778560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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For her part, Bassett, the author of the GQ story, wrote: &#8220;All I gotta say is&#8230; it’s about time.&#8221;
Then she added: &#8220;No, I have more to say than that. Since calling out Chris Matthews, this week has been really rough. The harassment has been invasive, cruel and personal. And it’s all worth it if he will never have the platform to demean and objectify us again.&#8221;
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No, I have more to say than that. Since calling out Chris Matthews, this week has been really rough. The harassment has been invasive, cruel and personal. And it’s all worth it if he will never have the platform to demean and objectify us again. <a href="https://t.co/YS1FxW25zt">https://t.co/YS1FxW25zt</a>
&mdash; Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) <a href="https://twitter.com/LEBassett/status/1234632845911560197?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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DON’T BELIEVE HER: Liberals Race To Defend MSNBC’s Chris Matthews

MeToo

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews announced on Monday that he was retiring effective immediately following controversy surrounding recent remarks that he had made on air.
&#8220;Let me start with my headline tonight. I&#8217;m retiring,&#8221; Matthews said. &#8220;This is the last &#8216;Hardball&#8217; on MSNBC, and obviously this isn&#8217;t for lack of interest in politics. As you can tell I have loved every minute of my 20 years as host as &#8216;Hardball.&#8217; Every morning I read the papers and I&#8217;m gung ho to get to work. Many many people have had this privilege.&#8221;
&#8220;I love working with the producers and the discussions we have over how to report the news,&#8221; Matthew continued. &#8220;I love having the connection with you the good people who watch. I&#8217;ve learned who you are, bumping into you on the sidewalk or waiting in an airport and saying hello. You&#8217;re like me. I hear from your kids and grandchildren. My dad loves you, my grandmother loves you. We watched it till the end. &#8221;
&#8220;After conversation with NBC, I decided tonight will be my last &#8216;Hardball,'&#8221; Matthews continued. &#8220;So let me tell you why: The younger generations are ready to take the reigns. We see them in politics, the media, and fighting for their causes. &#8230; They grew up with better standards, fair standards. A lot of it has to do with how we talk to each other, compliments on a woman&#8217;s appearance that some men, including me, might have once incorrectly thought were okay, were never okay. Certainly not today.&#8221;
&#8220;For making such comments in the past, I&#8217;m sorry,&#8221; Matthews continued. &#8220;I&#8217;m very proud of the work I&#8217;ve done here. Long before I went on television, I worked for years in politics, was a newspaper columnist and author. I&#8217;m working on another book. I&#8217;ll continue to write and talk about politics and cheer on my producers and crew here in Washington and New York and my MSNBC colleagues. They will continue to produce great journalism in the years ahead. For those who have gotten in the habit of watching &#8216;Hardball&#8217; every night I hope you&#8217;re going to miss me because I&#8217;m going to miss you.&#8221;
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Chris Matthews announces — on a Monday — he’s retiring and that today’s “Hardball” will be the last. 
&quot;After my conversation with NBC, I decided tonight will be my last Hardball. I’ll tell you why. The younger generations are ready to take the reigns.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/Y3HV9Qy35l">pic.twitter.com/Y3HV9Qy35l</a>
&mdash; Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1234631433072844801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Matthews&#8217; resignation comes after he received intense backlash over his criticisms of Bernie Sanders&#8217; socialism, mistaking a black Democrat for a black Republican, comparing Sanders&#8217; wins to Nazi Germany taking over France, and was accused of sexual harassment.
&#8220;But executives at MSNBC had been discussing a potential retirement plan for Mr. Matthews for months, according to two people familiar with internal network discussions,&#8221; The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/02/business/media/chris-matthews-resigns-steps-down-msnbc.html">reported</a>. &#8220;There was talk of shifting &#8216;Hardball&#8217; to a less prominent time of day, during MSNBC’s afternoon lineup.&#8221;
&#8220;Sources close to Matthews bill this as mutual decision&#8230;which it is on paper,&#8221; Journalist Yashar Ali tweeted late on Monday night following Matthews&#8217; announcement. &#8220;But he was told it was time to move on by NBC News management They didn’t want to deal with his inappropriate/offensive comments, gaffes, &amp; more stories about his past conduct during election year.&#8221;
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5. Sources close to Matthews bill this as mutual decision&#8230;which it is on paper. But he was told it was time to move on by NBC News management
They didn’t want to deal with his inappropriate/offensive comments, gaffes, &amp; more stories about his past conduct during election year
&mdash; Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1234648238285701121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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This report has been updated to include additional information.

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BREAKING: MSNBC’s Chris Matthews Announces Retirement During TV Segment

Chris Matthews was noticeably missing from MSNBC&#8217;s coverage of the South Carolina primary on Saturday, just a day after the longtime anchor of &#8220;Fastball&#8221; was accused of “sexist” behavior by a former network contributor.
Matthews is a regular on every election night, offering his high octane take on the goings on.  That made his absence Saturday night all the more glaring.
In a <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/chris-matthews-experience">GQ </a><a href="https://www.gq.com/story/chris-matthews-experience">piece</a> Friday headlined, &#8220;Like Warren, I Had My Own Sexist Run-In with Chris Matthews,&#8221; journalist Laura Bassett claimed that Matthews had used sexist language several times when she appeared on his show as a guest.
Matthews had pressed Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) after the Democrats&#8217; latest debate on Tuesday about why she harangued former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg over accusations of sexist behavior in his past, including a charge that he once told a pregnant employee to “kill it.”
“Why would he lie?” Matthews said of Bloomberg’s denial. “Because just to protect himself?”
&#8220;You believe he&#8217;s lying,&#8221; Matthews told Warren. When Warren said she believed the woman, Matthews asked why Bloomberg would lie.
Warren responded: &#8220;Yeah, and why would she lie? I mean, that&#8217;s the question, Chris.&#8221;
Basset wrote that Matthews had sexually harassed her in 2016, saying, “Why haven’t I fallen in love with you yet?” while she was getting her makeup done for an appearance,
<blockquote>The number of on-air incidents is long, exhausting, and creepy, including commenting to Erin Burnett, for example, “You’re a knockout&#8230; it’s all right getting bad news from you,” while telling her to move closer to the camera. Behind the scenes, one of Matthews’s former producers told The Daily Caller in 2017 that he allegedly rated his female guests on a numerical scale and would name a “hottest of the week,” like a “teenage boy.” In 1999, an assistant producer accused Matthews of sexual harassment, which CNBC, the show&#8217;s network at the time, investigated. They concluded that the comments were &#8220;inappropriate,&#8221; and Matthews received a “stern reprimand,” according to an MSNBC spokesperson.
This tendency to objectify women in his orbit has bled into his treatment of female politicians and candidates. He has repeatedly lusted over women in politics on air, including remarking in 2011 that there’s “something electric” and “very attractive” about the way former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin walks and moves, and noting in 2017 that acting attorney general Sally Yates is “attractive, obviously.” But he has reserved a particular contempt for the woman who made it closest to ascending the heights of American political power, Hillary Clinton, calling her “witchy,” “anti-male,” and “She-Devil.”
The Cut obtained footage of him joking in early 2016, just before a live interview with then candidate Clinton, “where’s that Bill Cosby pill,” referring to the date-rape drug. In 2005, he openly wondered whether the troops would “take the orders” from a female president; after another interview, he pinched Clinton’s cheek; and in another, he suggested that she had only had so much political success because her husband had “messed around.” This evening anchor, in addition to everything else, has repeatedly challenged whether women are legitimate politicians or could be president at all. &#8220;I was thinking how hard it is for a woman to take on a job that&#8217;s always been held by men,&#8221; he said of Clinton in 2006.</blockquote>
Matthews&#8217; disappearing act comes as MSNBC faces calls from a feminist organization to fire the anchor over the sexism and sexual misconduct allegations.
“MSNBC needs to fire Chris Matthews. Today,” UltraViolet President Shaunna Thomas said in a statement, which she posted on <a href="https://twitter.com/SLThomas/status/1232684310974603264" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a>. &#8220;Matthews’ refusal to believe women, and history of sexual harassment, make it clear that he is not fit to continue to cover this election. MSNBC can and must do better, and they can start by firing Chris Matthews.”
Matthews has had a bad run lately. He was blasted after he said Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) decisive victory in Nevada last weekend was like the Nazi invasion of France during World War II. He later apologized for the remark.
On Friday, Matthews mistook South Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Jaime Harrison for another black politician, Tim Scott (R-SC), <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/chris-matthews-absent-from-msnbcs-primary-coverage-after-sexism-allegations-on-air-slip-up">Fox News</a> reported.
<blockquote>&#8220;Jaime, I see you standing next to the guy you&#8217;re going to beat right there, maybe,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Maybe? Maybe, maybe? Lindsey Graham?&#8221;
Soon Matthews realized his error and apologized to Harrison.
&#8220;What am I saying? Big mistake. Mistaken identity, sir. Sorry,&#8221; Matthews said.
Harrison appeared to roll his eyes and looked shocked, but kept a smile on his face and answered Matthews&#8217; question.</blockquote>

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews Disappears After Allegations Of Sexism

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Had a Fox News host done this, he or she would instantly have been called a racist, but because MSNBC host Chris Matthews is a liberal, he will get a complete pass from the left-leaning media.
Jaime Harrison is a Democrat running to unseat Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). On Friday night he appeared on MSNBC to discuss his candidacy with Matthews, but when the network showed a video of Graham attending a Trump campaign rally in the state, the host confused Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) for Harrison.
“Jaime, I see you standing next to the guy you’re going to beat right there maybe, maybe, Lindsey Graham,” Matthews said.
The camera then shows Matthews and Harrison, who appears a little perplexed by the mistake, though he maintains a smile throughout Matthews’ blunder.
After Matthews makes the mistake, two people off camera tell him that the man next to Graham is actually “Tim Scott.” Matthews appears to be in a loud room, as he doesn’t seem to hear what everyone is telling him.
“Who’s that? I’m sorry,” he says as he struggles to hear his producer correct him. “Oh! It’s the other senator. What am I saying? Big mistake. Mistaken identity there, sorry.”
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Chris Matthews confused <a href="https://twitter.com/harrisonjaime?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@harrisonjaime</a>, who is a black Democrat running against Lindsey Graham, for Tim Scott, the black Republican US Senator from South Carolina
This is very awkward <a href="https://t.co/kMFITMjU4A">pic.twitter.com/kMFITMjU4A</a>
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1233560953431547905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Journalist Yashar Ali, who posted the clip of Matthews mistaking a Black Democrat for a Black Republican, had previously posted Friday night that, “The question none of my sources at NBC and MSNBC can answer&#8230;what value does Chris Matthews bring to the network?”
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The question none of my sources at NBC and MSNBC can answer&#8230;what value does Chris Matthews bring to the network?
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1233524091321110528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Just last week, Matthews found himself embroiled in controversy when he compared Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-VT) win in the Nevada caucus to Adolf Hitler taking over France. As The Daily Wire’s Paul Bois <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-matthews-faces-rebuke-calls-for-resignation-after-comparing-sanders-win-to-nazi-invasion">reported</a>, some on social media, including Sanders’ communication director Mike Casca, began calling for Matthews to resign.
“Never thought part of my job would be pleading with a national news network to stop likening the campaign of a Jewish presidential candidate whose family was wiped out by the Nazis to the Third Reich,” Casca tweeted.
Investigative reporter Alex Kotch joined in, saying he was “dead serious” about being “really, really insulted by a major pundit on an allegedly liberal news network comparing a Jewish candidate&#8217;s overwhelming caucus victory to the French losing a battle with the Nazis.”
“Get this lunatic off the air,” Kotch added.
Matthews has made no secret of his disdain for Sanders, and began the segment simple enough.
“It looks like Bernie Sanders is hard to beat right now,” Matthews said. “I’m with [James] Carville all the way in terms of the dangers of what lurks, what lies ahead in November. I’m very much aware that they’re sitting on so much oppo research on Bernie, what he said in the past about world affairs, how far-left he is … they are going to make the most of that in terms of world politics. They’re going to kill him.”
But it was what he said next that sent even liberals into a frenzy.
“I was reading last night, Brian [Williams], I know you’re a history guy too, I was reading last night about the fall of France in the summer of 1940, and the general, Renault, calls up Churchill and says, ‘It’s over.’ And Churchill says ‘How can it be? You’ve got the greatest army in Europe. How can it be over?’ He said, ‘It’s over,’” Matthews said. “So I have that suppressed feeling. I can’t be as wild as Carville, but he is damn smart, and I think he’s damn right on this one.”

WATCH: Chris Matthews Mistakes Black Democrat For Republican Tim Scott

Lindsey Graham

Tim Scott

After taking a beating on social media as activists called for his resignation or firing, MSNBC commentator Chris Matthews apologized on Monday for comparing Sen. Bernie Sanders&#8217; (I-VT) Nevada caucus victory to the Nazi invasion of France.
“As I watched the one-sided results of Saturday&#8217;s Democratic caucus in Nevada, I reached for a historic analogy and used a bad one,” Matthews said on MSNBC, as reported by <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/484435-chris-matthews-apologizes-to-sanders-for-comparing-victory-to-nazi-invasion">The Hill</a>. “I was wrong to refer to an event from the last days, or actually the first days, of World War II.”
Matthews then apologized to Bernie Sanders, a Jew, for comparing his &#8220;well-deserved&#8221; victory to Nazi power.
&#8220;I’m sorry for comparing anything from that tragic era in which so many suffered, especially the Jewish people, to an electorate result in which you were the well-deserved winner,&#8221; he said, adding that he will “strive to do a better job myself” as the primary election unfolds.
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Chris Matthews apologizes to Bernie Sanders and his supporters for comparing Bernies NV win to Nazis taking France in WWII <a href="https://t.co/gMq9mnq30i">pic.twitter.com/gMq9mnq30i</a>
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On Saturday, as Sanders&#8217; victory in Nevada appeared imminent, Matthews joined establishment Democrats <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-matthews-faces-rebuke-calls-for-resignation-after-comparing-sanders-win-to-nazi-invasion">in a collective panic</a> over the possibility that an avowed socialist could win the party&#8217;s nomination.
“It looks like Bernie Sanders is hard to beat right now,” Matthews said. “I’m with Carville all the way in terms of the dangers of what lurks, what lies ahead in November. I’m very much aware that they’re sitting on so much oppo research on Bernie, what he said in the past about world affairs, how far-left he is … they are going to make the most of that in terms of world politics. They’re going to kill him.”
He continued, “I was reading last night, Brian, I know you’re a history guy too, I was reading last night about the fall of France in the summer of 1940, and the general, Renault, calls up Churchill and says, ‘It’s over.’ And Churchill says ‘How can it be? You’ve got the greatest army in Europe. How can it be over?’ He said, ‘It’s over.’ So I have that suppressed feeling. I can’t be as wild as Carville, but he is damn smart, and I think he’s damn right on this one.”
As the weekend unfolded, Matthews faced a scolding on social media as several hardcore Sanders&#8217; supporters called for his firing.
Of course, Matthews was hardly alone in his fear about a Sanders victory; none other than former Obama National Finance Committee Member Don Peebles said that he would have a difficult time voting for a socialist in the primary.
“There’s no way I could vote for Bernie Sanders as a socialist,” Peebles said Sunday. “I believe things need to be shaken up, and voters on the Republican side as well thought they did, and that’s how Trump got the nomination, and that’s why he’s president. I think these centrist Democrats need to articulate a much more aggressive vision to moving the nation forward and bringing everybody else into the prosperity that we’re seeing right now.”
Former Clinton adviser James Carville referred to the rise of Bernie Sanders as “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/james-carville-explodes-over-bernie-sanderss-nevada-win-political-suicide-putin-is-ecstatic">political suicide</a>.”
“The happiest person right now is Vladimir Putin,” Carville said on Saturday. “I don’t think Sanders wants Putin to help. I think they don’t like this story. But the story is a fact. This thing is going very well for Vladimir Putin. I promise you. He’s probably staying up watching this right now. How you doing, Vlad?”

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WATCH: Chris Matthews Apologizes For Comparing Bernie Sanders Nevada Victory To Nazi Invasion

Bernie Sanders

It&#8217;s no secret that MSNBC host Chris Matthews fears what Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) could do to the Democratic Party if he receives the nomination, but he may have crossed the line this past weekend when comparing the socialist&#8217;s win in Nevada to Adolf Hitler taking over France.
&#8220;It looks like Bernie Sanders is hard to beat right now,” Matthews said. “I’m with Carville all the way in terms of the dangers of what lurks, what lies ahead in November. I’m very much aware that they’re sitting on so much oppo research on Bernie, what he said in the past about world affairs, how far-left he is … they are going to make the most of that in terms of world politics. They’re going to kill him.”
He continued, “I was reading last night, Brian, I know you’re a history guy too, I was reading last night about the fall of France in the summer of 1940, and the general, Renault, calls up Churchill and says, ‘It’s over.’ And Churchill says ‘How can it be? You’ve got the greatest army in Europe. How can it be over?’ He said, ‘It’s over.’ So I have that suppressed feeling. I can’t be as wild as Carville, but he is damn smart, and I think he’s damn right on this one.”
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MSNBC’s Chris Matthews likens Sanders victory in Nevada to Nazi Germany overrunning France in 1940: “It’s too late to stop him … it’s over” <a href="https://t.co/6GJetLoDkq">pic.twitter.com/6GJetLoDkq</a>
&mdash; Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1231353446336548867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2020</a></blockquote>
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According to<a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/media/484237-chris-matthews-faces-calls-for-resignation-after-comparing-sanders-victory-to"> The Hill</a>, as the weekend unfolded, social media erupted with calls for Matthews&#8217; resignation, including from Bernie Sanders&#8217; communications director Mike Casca. People were especially incensed that Matthews would mention Sanders and Nazis in the same breath considering that Sanders is Jewish.
&#8220;Never thought part of my job would be pleading with a national news network to stop likening the campaign of a Jewish presidential candidate whose family was wiped out by the Nazis to the Third Reich,&#8221; tweeted Casca.
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never thought part of my job would be pleading with a national news network to stop likening the campaign of a jewish presidential candidate whose family was wiped out by the nazis to the third reich.
but here we are. <a href="https://t.co/2G1bqZ6bkI">https://t.co/2G1bqZ6bkI</a>
&mdash; mike casca (@cascamike) <a href="https://twitter.com/cascamike/status/1231351029616316416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;For once, I&#8217;m not being sarcastic here. I&#8217;m dead serious. I&#8217;m really, really insulted by a major pundit on an allegedly liberal news network comparing a Jewish candidate&#8217;s overwhelming caucus victory to the French losing a battle with the Nazis. Get this lunatic off the air,&#8221; tweeted reporter Alex Kotch.
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For once, I&#39;m not being sarcastic here. I&#39;m dead serious. 
I&#39;m really, really insulted by a major pundit on an allegedly liberal news network comparing a Jewish candidate&#39;s overwhelming caucus victory to the French losing a battle with the Nazis.
Get this lunatic off the air. <a href="https://t.co/HZXWl3ceS7">https://t.co/HZXWl3ceS7</a>
&mdash; Alex Kotch (@alexkotch) <a href="https://twitter.com/alexkotch/status/1231354290360475648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Chris Mathews has been generous to me on a number of occasions, even blurbing my book. However, his constant references to political violence and today Nazism to describe Bernie Sanders campaign is beyond the pale. [Matthews] must resign or be fired from MSNBC,&#8221; tweeted filmmaker Arun Chaudhary.
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Chris Mathews has been generous to me on a number of occasions, even blurbing my book. However, his constant references to political violence and today Nazism to describe Bernie Sanders campaign is beyond the pale. <a href="https://twitter.com/HardballChris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HardballChris</a> must resign or be fired from <a href="https://twitter.com/MSNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MSNBC</a>.
&mdash; Arun Chaudhary (@ArunChaud) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArunChaud/status/1231359106088304640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Probably true but there are a million other ways he could have made his point that don’t involve the holocaust,&#8221; tweeted Yashar Ali.
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Probably true but there are a million other ways he could have made his point that don’t involve the holocaust <a href="https://t.co/14fFnuPBnt">https://t.co/14fFnuPBnt</a>
&mdash; Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1231364338096594946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2020</a></blockquote>
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“[Chris Matthews] just compared Bernie Sanders and his movement to Hitler and the Nazis on national television.  Sanders, who is Jewish and lost family in the Holocaust, is on track to be the nation&#8217;s first Jewish president. Enough with this. Matthews should not be on the air,&#8221; tweeted journalist Walker Bragman.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/HardballChris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HardballChris</a> just compared Bernie Sanders and his movement to Hitler and the Nazis on national television. 
Sanders, who is Jewish and lost family in the Holocaust, is on track to be the nation&#39;s first Jewish president. 
Enough with this. Matthews should not be on the air. <a href="https://t.co/TBC9bOmdfa">https://t.co/TBC9bOmdfa</a>
&mdash; Walker Bragman (@WalkerBragman) <a href="https://twitter.com/WalkerBragman/status/1231355581799260160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2020</a></blockquote>
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On Sunday, MSNBC political analyst Anand Giridharadas <a href="https://www.salon.com/2020/02/24/chris-matthews-rebuked-by-msnbc-colleague-for-comparing-sanders-win-to-nazi-invasion/">openly rebuked</a> Matthews on the air.
&#8220;Why is Chris Matthews on this air talking about the victory [of] Bernie Sanders, who had kin murdered in the Holocaust, analogizing it to the Nazi conquest of France?&#8221; Giridharadas asked. &#8220;People stuck in an old way of thinking, in 20th-century thinking, are missing what is going on. It is time for all of us to step up, rethink the dawn of what may be, frankly, a new era in American life.&#8221;
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