On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews stated that the Republicans’ White House ceremony after the passage of the AHCA was like North Korea “where you have to have the same expression for Kim Jong-un or else you get
On Thursday, MSNBC host Katy Tur seemed to confuse when the next presidential election will be held when she asked, “Is there any chance that Donald Trump will face a primary challenger in 2018 from the Republican side?” Fellow host
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews argued, “As long as Trump bashes this world of self-congratulation,” of the “ruling class,” “the more his people will stay aboard his wobbly wagon train to who knows where.” Matthews said,
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews said President Donald Trump’s “boasts and bragging” was “simian,” adding it was like a “monkey banging with a stick.” Matthews said, “The ego here is — well it’s something. By the way, his
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” host Chris Matthews argued that people in the White House would be frightened of disagreeing with Jared Kushner and made another comparison between Kushner and Saddam Hussein’s sons Uday and Qusay.
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews argued, “Trump voters haven’t folded. They’re 96% where they were last November. The Republicans are heavily for Trump, four out of five. So, that resistance ain’t going to change history.” Matthews
Conservative commentator Ann Coulter, author of “In Trump We Trust: E Pluribus Awesome!” said Saturday on Fox News Channel’s “Justice” that university administrators have become so “insulated” in regards to free speech that even Bill Maher and Chris Matthews have started questioning
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews reacted to the controversy over author Ann Coulter speaking at UC-Berkeley by arguing that “free thinking, argument, debate” are why people go to college and asked those trying to cancel the
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews told Georgia Congressional candidate Jon Ossoff (D) his answer on what to do to companies who hire people in the country illegally was a “failure to be comprehensive” that progressives have.
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews wondered if the IRS could state that President Trump isn’t really under audit, and stated that it “would be a good leak” if someone at the IRS leaked that Trump isn’t
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews called Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) “Bates Motel,” referring to the fictional character Norman Bates from “Psycho,” in retaliation for Cotton calling President Barack Obama’s National Security Adviser Susan Rice “Typhoid Mary” in responding
While discussing Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s roles in the White House on Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews stated, “I kid about everything, but Uday and Qusay working for Saddam Hussein. You couldn’t go to a restaurant and
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” anchor Chris Matthews argued Democrats shouldn’t vote to confirm Judge Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination “Because it’s not his turn. It’s Merrick Garland’s turn, and everyone knows it.” Matthews said, “A president nominates a
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” anchor Chris Matthews asked of President Trump, “Why does he hate Merkel? … She’s the best leader in the world right now. The public likes her, and she is functional.” Matthews said, “Well, sometimes
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” anchor Chris Matthews stated that President Trump isn’t releasing his tax returns “because there’s a lot in there he doesn’t want us to know, like how about not paying taxes?” Matthews said, “President Trump
While discussing a potential Oprah Winfrey presidential candidacy in 2020 on Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” anchor Chris Matthews declared, “Right now, we have a president who has no empathy for regular people and their problems.” Matthews said, “I think
During a discussion of the Affordable Care Act during MSNBC’s coverage of President Trump’s speech before Congress, anchor Chris Matthews wondered, “We’ve had presidents talking about healthcare since Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt. Richard Nixon was going to have an employer
During MSNBC’s coverage of President Trump’s speech before Congress, anchor Chris Matthews stated that Trump’s message on “economic nationalism” “was a winner politically. I think that’s probably the reason he was elected in Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. It is his
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews remarked that he’s worried about courts making policy decisions and going beyond their expertise while discussing the court battle over President Trump’s immigration order with Yale University Law Professor Harold Koh.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” anchor Chris Matthews argued the DC v. Heller decision was “not with the language of the Constitution, the 2nd Amendment,” and ignored “the need for a militia with muskets and all the old reference that limited
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” at the tail-end of an interview two union leaders, Terry O’Sullivan, president of the Laborers’ International Union of North America and United Association president Mark McManus, host Chris Matthews admitted there were parts of the President Donald
During MSNBC’s Inauguration coverage, anchor Chris Matthews stated he phrase “America first” has a “Hitlerian background to it,” and Donald Trump’s Inaugural Address was what Putin has been saying. Matthews said, “I’m thinking, when he said today, America first, it
During MSNBC’s live coverage of the Inauguration, host Chris Matthews made a remark about Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner being executed like Benito Mussolini had his executed. Matthews said, “[I]t’s hard to fire your son-in-law. That’s the tricky
During MSNBC’s live coverage of the Inauguration, host Chris Matthews remarked that the Supreme Court put former President George W. Bush in office. Matthews said, “I just saw the warm embrace that w gave to the Supreme Court justices, especially
On Thursday’s broadcast of CBS’ “The Late Show,” MSNBC host Chris Matthews dubbed President Obama “the finest president we’ve had in I don’t know how long.” Matthews said, “He’s the finest president we’ve had in I don’t know how long.
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews said President-elect Donald Trump considering former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) for the position of secretary of state was “bringing another two-faced politician.” Partial transcript as follows: CHRIS MATTHEWS: Jason, you’re a political guy.
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews argued there was “too much romanticism” about Fidel Castro in the US and mocked arguments that Castro was good for education and healthcare by saying Castro wasn’t very good for the
Early Saturday morning, MSNBC “Hardball” host Chris Matthews reflected on the death of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, who passed away late Friday. Matthews explained that initially, Castro was regarded as a “romantic figure” and “folk hero.” “I will remind everybody, certainly
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” while discussing the news that President-elect Donald Trump will not pursue further investigations into former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, host Chris Matthews suggested to the senior adviser to Trump’s transition Kellyanne
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” anchor Chris Matthews wondered what statement there was for anti-Trump protesters to make because “They lost.” Matthews said of the protesters, “What kind of a statement is it really there to make? They lost.”
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews stated that he thought the Clintons looked down on middle class voters and because of the Clintons “basking in celebrity for 20-30 years,” those voters didn’t feel like they were part
You could almost hear the distant din of the funeral-home Wurlitzer.
Tuesday on MSNBC, network hosts Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow had a heated back-and-forth discussion over Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s immigration policy. As it appeared that GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump was on the verge of winning the White
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” NBC News Justice Correspondent Pete Williams stated that FBI Director James Comey’s letter announcing the FBI is taking another look at Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails did not just go
Thursday on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews said, it’s the Clintons’ “pattern” to raise money “hand over fist” using the White House like a “Motel 6” and that will not change if Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton wins in November.
During an interview on Tuesday’s edition of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews gave Vice President Joe Biden a pair of boxing gloves to help in “taking on Donald Trump with fisticuffs, behind the gym.” Matthews said, “I’ve been listening to
During Monday’s “Hardball” on MSNBC, host Chris Matthews compared Donald Trump to “Baghdad Bob” because the Republican presidential nominee still claims he will win the election, despite the polls showing differently. Then there’s ‘Baghdad Bob’ saying … that the Republican candidate
During MSNBC’s coverage of Wednesday’s presidential debate, anchor Chris Matthews asked, “Aren’t you afraid, Chris, aren’t you afraid, Joy, that Hillary’s just nuzzling up to a war with Assad’s regime, that she’s going to go to war with Assad?” Before adding,
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews stated that a clip of President Obama speaking had “a little MLK” and had a “Bible cadence that’s just overpowering, great stuff.” Matthews said, after playing a clip of President Obama
During MSNBC’s coverage of Tuesday’s Vice Presidential debate, MSNBC host Chris Matthews stated that Republican VP nominee Governor Mike Pence (R-IN) won the debate, “did all the things right that Donald Trump did wrong.” While Democratic candidate Senator Tim Kaine