Matthews: Trump 'Playing to Racists' Against Black President

December 18th, 2015 4:55 PM
Appearing as a guest before MSNBC's live coverage of President Barack Obama's Friday press conference, during a discussion of Donald Trump's history of promoting birtherism against the President, MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews recalled his accusation that Trump is "playing to racists" and playing to a view that President Obama is "not one of us, he's black."
Video

FBN’s Dobbs Spotlights MRC's Dan Joseph Confronting Chris Matthews

December 16th, 2015 9:21 PM
Near the end of his Fox Business Network (FBN) show on Wednesday night, host Lou Dobbs played and discussed with his panel video released on Tuesday that featured MRCTV’s Dan Joseph asking MSNBC’s Chris Matthews if he still has “the thrill” up his leg all these years later about President Barack Obama. Of course, as many readers now know, Matthews fired back by ignoring Joseph’s question and…
Video

Matthews Grouses Rubio Is 'Cute' and Too Polished a Speaker

December 16th, 2015 8:53 PM
Chris Matthews has made no secret of how much he loves the "perfect" Barack Obama in everything from his speaking style on down to his family life. But far be it from the hyperpartisan Hardball host to see Rubio's good looks and polished speaking style as plusses for him in a hypothetical general-election contest against Hillary Clinton.
Video

Chris Matthews Curses MRCTV for Asking If His Leg Is Still Thrilled

December 16th, 2015 2:47 PM
MRCTV’s Dan Joseph wandered the spin room in Las Vegas on Tuesday night, and found MSNBC star Chris Matthews. “I asked him whether he was feeling the thrill or whether the thrill was gone after seven years of President Obama. As you will see, he was not amused.” In fact, he said “Go to Hell,” which caused the video to be shared all over the Internet includingTheBlaze, the Daily Caller, the Free…
Video

Chris Matthews: Hillary Is ‘Probable' 2016 Winner, Speculates on 2020

December 16th, 2015 1:17 PM
During a live, post-debate edition of Hardball on Tuesday night, Chris Matthews declared Hillary Clinton the likely winner in 2016 and immediately moved on to 2020. Matthews, who famously had a “thrill" up his leg for Barack Obama, ended a segment on the current Vegas odds by declaring, “I think Hillary is favored. I think she'll probably win the general. Probably. Probably.”
Video

GOP Strategist to Matthews: We Could Blame Your Old Boss for ISIS

December 15th, 2015 8:05 PM
Former John McCain presidential campaign advisor Steve Schmidt pushed back against Chris Matthews on tonight's Hardball when the latter whipped out his tired Bush-caused-ISIS talking point.
Video

Matthews Offended That Chris Christie Calls ISIS Jihadis 'Animals'

December 14th, 2015 9:48 PM
MSNBC host Chris Matthews seems to have a problem with those who would call the torturers, rapists, and murderers who populate the ranks of ISIS as "animals."
Video

Matthews Stunned to Learn Obama Hamstrung Screening of S.B. Terrorist

December 14th, 2015 8:51 PM
On tonight's Tell Me Something I Don't Know"" segment wherein Hardball host Chris Matthews challenged his roundtable panelists to break some news, panelist Michelle Bernard succeeded when she informed the MSNBC anchor that Obama administration policy forbade visa-application screeners from looking at social media accounts for applicants like Tashfeen Malik, the female jihadi in the San Bernardino…
Video

Chris Matthews Praises Donald Trump for a Change

December 10th, 2015 9:01 PM
What does it take to get both Chris Matthews and Joan Walsh to say something kind about Donald Trump? Just make sure the target is the Hardball host's favorite archnemesis, Dick "it's pronounced CHEE-knee, by the way!" Cheney.
Video

Matthews: Mass Shootings Don't Happen 'All Over Europe'

December 1st, 2015 8:20 PM
In an interview with GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum on the December 1 edition of Hardball, MSNBC's Chris Matthews insisted that mass shootings don't happen "all over Europe." When an incredulous Santorum reminded Matthews about the November 13 Paris terrorist attacks, Matthews shot back that the Paris perpetrators were terrorists and not "locals."
Video

Matthews Hints Cruz, Fiorina 'Enjoy' Fatal Abortion Clinic Shooting

November 30th, 2015 9:12 PM
Republicans like Ted Cruz and Carly Fiorina seem to "enjoy" it when an abortion clinic is attacked by a crazed gunman because it opens another opportunity for them to attack the liberal media, Hardball host Chris Matthews bizarrely theorized on his November 30 program.
Video

Notable Quotables: Blasting 'Ugly' 'Fear Talk' on Syria

November 23rd, 2015 8:57 AM

This week, journalists echo the Obama line on Syrian refugees, blasting Republicans for their "ugly" "fear talk," even as FNC anchor Shepard Smith scolds the "collective freak-out....We cannot resort to the tactics of the barbarians." Meanwhile, ABC's Jon Karl confronts GOP candidate Ted Cruz: "You don't think it's un-American to say, only Christians, no Muslims?" And Scott Pelley scolds new…

Video

Matthews: NRA Wants Terrorists to Have Guns

November 20th, 2015 12:36 PM
During an interview with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) regarding his efforts to ensure New York City remains safe during heightened security in the wake of ISIS terrorist attacks, MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews insisted "the NRA is nondiscriminatory when it comes to who gets guns. They're for everybody getting them, including terrorists."
Video

Matthews Compares Ryan to Luke Skywalker In Attempt to Deride Him

November 19th, 2015 8:15 PM
Back in the mid-1980s, a hero of Chris Matthews's, Sen. Edward "Ted" Kennedy (D-Mass.), attempted to mock Ronald Reagan's anti-ballistic missile shield program, the Strategic Defense Initiative, by tagging it as a "Star Wars" program. But rather than catching on as a derisive term, most Americans thought it absolutely cool the idea that the U.S. could defense a way to blow up incoming nuclear…