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MSNBC host Chris Matthews on "Morning Joe" Monday said he was unhappy with the direction voters are taking the Democratic Party. (Image: screenshot/MSNBC)
"It's Okay, Chris": MSNBC's Matthews Mocked for Fearing Sanders Nomination
"The Bernie surge has Chris Matthews on the verge of tears."
Feb 02, 2020
Chris Matthews was roundly derided by progressives Monday morning after the MSNBC host delivered a two-minute diatribe against 2020 Democratic presidential primary frontrunner Sen. Bernie Sanders, claiming that the Vermont senator would lose to President Donald Trump in a general election matchup.
"The Bernie surge has Chris Matthews on the verge of tears," tweeted Sanders supporter Samuel Finklestein. "It's okay, Chris."
"I think he's gonna win big tonight."
The Bernie surge has Chris Matthews on the verge of tears. It's okay, Chris.pic.twitter.com/65FT4C3Ik9
-- Samuel D. Finkelstein II (@CANCEL_SAM) February 3, 2020
Matthews appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" as part of a panel discussing the primary. Arms crossed and looking upset, the "Hardball" host claimed that while all of the candidates in the primary contest were flawed, Sanders was one of the worst.
"I'm not happy," said Matthews. "I'm not happy with this field."
The longtime newsman and onetime Democratic congressional aide said that Sanders reminded him of George McGovern, whose 1972 bid for the White House against incumbent Richard Nixon was a disaster for the party.
Journalist Rob Rousseau hit back on Twitter.
"Moronic cable tv millionaires like Chris Matthews truly believe nothing good can ever happen in America because of an election that happened 50 goddamn years ago," said Rousseau. "Cry more, Chris, we love to see it."
Despite his concerns, Matthews admitted that Sanders is likely headed to a strong showing in Iowa's Monday night caucuses.
"I think he's gonna win big tonight, real big," said Matthews.
The cable news host also disparaged Sanders as analogous to the kind of older activists manning anti-war tables at rallies--a comment that echoed Trump's red-baiting attacks against Sanders in a Super Bowl interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity.
As the Outline's Shuja Haider pointed out, that's not necessarily a knock on Sanders.
"Chris Matthews says Bernie is like an old guy distributing socialist literature at an antiwar rally, as though that's a bad thing," said Haider.
Sportswriter Lauren Walker agreed.
"Old people at protests from CodePink, Vets for Peace, etc., are some of the most authentic people you will ever talk to," said Walker. "Chris Matthews thinks they're kooks because they spend their time giving a shit about our foreign policy instead of going to brunch because he's a pig."
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Chris Matthews was roundly derided by progressives Monday morning after the MSNBC host delivered a two-minute diatribe against 2020 Democratic presidential primary frontrunner Sen. Bernie Sanders, claiming that the Vermont senator would lose to President Donald Trump in a general election matchup.
"The Bernie surge has Chris Matthews on the verge of tears," tweeted Sanders supporter Samuel Finklestein. "It's okay, Chris."
"I think he's gonna win big tonight."
The Bernie surge has Chris Matthews on the verge of tears. It's okay, Chris.pic.twitter.com/65FT4C3Ik9
-- Samuel D. Finkelstein II (@CANCEL_SAM) February 3, 2020
Matthews appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" as part of a panel discussing the primary. Arms crossed and looking upset, the "Hardball" host claimed that while all of the candidates in the primary contest were flawed, Sanders was one of the worst.
"I'm not happy," said Matthews. "I'm not happy with this field."
The longtime newsman and onetime Democratic congressional aide said that Sanders reminded him of George McGovern, whose 1972 bid for the White House against incumbent Richard Nixon was a disaster for the party.
Journalist Rob Rousseau hit back on Twitter.
"Moronic cable tv millionaires like Chris Matthews truly believe nothing good can ever happen in America because of an election that happened 50 goddamn years ago," said Rousseau. "Cry more, Chris, we love to see it."
Despite his concerns, Matthews admitted that Sanders is likely headed to a strong showing in Iowa's Monday night caucuses.
"I think he's gonna win big tonight, real big," said Matthews.
The cable news host also disparaged Sanders as analogous to the kind of older activists manning anti-war tables at rallies--a comment that echoed Trump's red-baiting attacks against Sanders in a Super Bowl interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity.
As the Outline's Shuja Haider pointed out, that's not necessarily a knock on Sanders.
"Chris Matthews says Bernie is like an old guy distributing socialist literature at an antiwar rally, as though that's a bad thing," said Haider.
Sportswriter Lauren Walker agreed.
"Old people at protests from CodePink, Vets for Peace, etc., are some of the most authentic people you will ever talk to," said Walker. "Chris Matthews thinks they're kooks because they spend their time giving a shit about our foreign policy instead of going to brunch because he's a pig."
Chris Matthews was roundly derided by progressives Monday morning after the MSNBC host delivered a two-minute diatribe against 2020 Democratic presidential primary frontrunner Sen. Bernie Sanders, claiming that the Vermont senator would lose to President Donald Trump in a general election matchup.
"The Bernie surge has Chris Matthews on the verge of tears," tweeted Sanders supporter Samuel Finklestein. "It's okay, Chris."
"I think he's gonna win big tonight."
The Bernie surge has Chris Matthews on the verge of tears. It's okay, Chris.pic.twitter.com/65FT4C3Ik9
-- Samuel D. Finkelstein II (@CANCEL_SAM) February 3, 2020
Matthews appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" as part of a panel discussing the primary. Arms crossed and looking upset, the "Hardball" host claimed that while all of the candidates in the primary contest were flawed, Sanders was one of the worst.
"I'm not happy," said Matthews. "I'm not happy with this field."
The longtime newsman and onetime Democratic congressional aide said that Sanders reminded him of George McGovern, whose 1972 bid for the White House against incumbent Richard Nixon was a disaster for the party.
Journalist Rob Rousseau hit back on Twitter.
"Moronic cable tv millionaires like Chris Matthews truly believe nothing good can ever happen in America because of an election that happened 50 goddamn years ago," said Rousseau. "Cry more, Chris, we love to see it."
Despite his concerns, Matthews admitted that Sanders is likely headed to a strong showing in Iowa's Monday night caucuses.
"I think he's gonna win big tonight, real big," said Matthews.
The cable news host also disparaged Sanders as analogous to the kind of older activists manning anti-war tables at rallies--a comment that echoed Trump's red-baiting attacks against Sanders in a Super Bowl interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity.
As the Outline's Shuja Haider pointed out, that's not necessarily a knock on Sanders.
"Chris Matthews says Bernie is like an old guy distributing socialist literature at an antiwar rally, as though that's a bad thing," said Haider.
Sportswriter Lauren Walker agreed.
"Old people at protests from CodePink, Vets for Peace, etc., are some of the most authentic people you will ever talk to," said Walker. "Chris Matthews thinks they're kooks because they spend their time giving a shit about our foreign policy instead of going to brunch because he's a pig."
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