Former Congressman J.C. Watts (R-OK) praised Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) for talking about policy areas that are not “typical conservative issues” and “most conservatives would be afraid of getting voted off the island” for discussing on Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball.”
Thursday on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews wrapped up a segment on this week’s controversy over Indiana’s and Arkansas’ “religious freedom” laws after discussing former Gov. Jeb Bush’s (R-FL) Silicon Valley walk-back from seemingly stronger support of the Indiana bill earlier
MSNBC’s “Hardball” host Chris Matthews said that Israel maybe “should fear” an “economically potent” Iran because that’s going to arise as a result of our deal with Iran on Thursday’s “MSNBC Live.” “Israel doesn’t have the exact same foreign policy
On his Thursday “Hardball” broadcast on MSNBC, host Chris Matthews took aim at the Republican Party for its opposition to President Barack Obama and in particular for the letter Senate Republicans signed on to warning the Iranian regime against an
MSNBC’s “Hardball” host Chris Matthews said that “I don’t know whether criminals actually buy guns at the store” and that murders are committed “oftentimes without any use of a gun” on Thursday. Matthews stated, in a discussion on the shootings
Tuesday on MSNBC’s Hardball,” while discussing Hillary Clinton’s refusal to turn over her email server to a neutral third party to end the controversy over her use of a private system while serving as secretary of state, host Chris Matthews
During his “Let Me Finish” segment on Monday’s broadcast MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews charged that Senate Republicans that signed on to a letter to the Iran leadership warning that any agreement that may be made with President Barack Obama pertaining
MSNBC’s “Hardball” host Chris Matthews argued that the “white people” pushing voter ID laws “don’t have any sense of fairness” on Thursday. In an interview with Representative James Clyburn (D-SC) what thinks of “these Republicans, who even though some of
MSNBC “Hardball” host Chris Matthews accused Republicans of letting Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu try “to take over US foreign policy” on Tuesday’s “MSNBC Live.” Matthews began by saying that Netanyahu “implied that he would be a better bargainer than the
On Wednesday, MSNBC’s “Hardball” host Chris Matthews said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should apologize for the “crapstorm” he started regarding his speech before Congress. Matthews said, “Let me finish tonight with this crapstorm that has Netanyahu has started.
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews said President Obama was “in effect” creating immigration law and declared the president can’t “set policy without the Congress participating” on Tuesday’s “Hardball.” After panelist Jonathan Capehart argued “we wouldn’t be in this position if Congress had
A State Department spokesperson hints the military won’t be able to defeat ISIS, but that a jobs program might.
Throughout all of Monday and into this morning, MSNBC had done what the Obama White House has refused: correctly identify the 21 men beheaded at the hands of ISIS as Christians. During Monday’s primetime hours, anchors Ed Schultz and Chris
During his “Let Me Finish” segment on his Monday show, MSNBC’s “Hardball” host Chris Matthews offered some scathing criticisms of President Barack Obama’s handling of the spread of ISIS throughout the Middle East. Transcript as follows: Let me finish tonight
MSNBC “Hardball” host Chris Matthews declared “I just don’t know how long we can take this as human beings” in response to the death of Kayla Mueller on Tuesday. While Matthews said he agreed that ISIS couldn’t be destroyed by
There’s no debate. Or is there? New Hampshire’s Democratic Party chair refuses to say whether there’ll be a debate ahead of the state’s primary next year.
MSNBC’s “Hardball” host Chris Matthews said that “I don’t see how anybody who’s African-American would think about voting Republican as long as Reince Priebus is running the show” due to the GOP’s support for voter ID laws on Wednesday. “They’re
Former DNC Chairman Howard Dean appeared on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews on Tuesday, where he issued a faux apology for describing people who go to see American Sniper as “angry.”
MSNBC host Chris Matthews disagreed with President Obama for his criticism of cable news on Tuesday night, arguing that some on cable “shared his hope.” “I think he [Obama] made a mistake tonight about cable television. I think there are a
MSNBC’s “Hardball” anchor Chris Matthews got in a parting shot at outgoing Representative Michele Bachmann (R-MN) on Thursday. “Tonight we’re recognizing her for the many outrageous, absurd and at times downright scary things she has said. It didn’t take long
On Friday’s “Hardball” on MSNBC, host Chris Matthews speculated on the 2016 race for the Republican presidential nomination and predicted former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA), the 2012 GOP nominee for president, would once again receive the party’s nomination despite the
HBO’s “Real Time” host Bill Maher, along with MSNBC’s “Hardball” host Chris Matthews and TV One’s “NewsOne Now” host Roland Martin expressed their agreement with Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber’s comments about the stupidity of voters on Friday. Maher said that
On Sunday’s broadcast of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC’s “Hardball” made the point that President Barack Obama was willing to negotiate with a rogue element like the Iranian regime on the issue of nuclear weapons, but
MSNBC’s “Hardball” host Chris Matthews talked about his experience interviewing East Germans after the collapse of the Berlin Wall nearly 25 years ago on Friday’s “Hardball” and said that it showed him that systems fail “when they fail to deliver
Late Tuesday after the majority of the results of Wednesday’s midterm elections came in, left-leaning Huffington Post Washington bureau chief Howard Fineman declared this the end for the Obama presidency. H was asked by host Chris Matthews, “Which party has
Thursday at the Aspen Institute’s “Washington Ideas Forum,” MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews said the Republicans could pick up as many as 10 Senate seats because the democrats have nothing to offer voters except running away from the unpopular leader
MSNBC’s “Hardball” anchor Chris Matthews railed against the Democratic Party’s handling of Ebola crisis and failure to instill confidence in the government’s competence on Wednesday’s “Morning Joe.” Matthews argued that Democrats have “much higher stakes in this [the public’s perception
MSNBC’s “Hardball” host Chris Matthews accused Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) of being “tribal” against Mexicans and Africans on Friday. After reading Cruz’s statement on the selection of Ron Klain as Ebola czar, which included a comment about securing the southern
On his Monday broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews admitted that President Barack Obama’s response to Ebola left much to be desire – so much to the extent that he said it was comparable to the problem-ridden ObamaCare rollout
Monday on MSNBC’s “Hardball With Chris Matthews,” Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) agreed that in the words of host Chris Matthews that the Republican-endorsed voter ID laws are an attempt to “screw the black voters” in addition to suppress Democratic voter
MSNBC’s “Hardball” host Chris Matthews accused the president of “playing politics,” “running for office,” and “playing the ethnic groups,” and argued that this has prevented him from passing a major legislative accomplishment like immigration reform on Wednesday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports”
MSNBC’s “Hardball” anchor Chris Matthews declared that President Obama had become a “custodian of bad news” and appeared to argue the president had started becoming “lazy” in his second term on Wednesday. “Let’s get tough here. Is this the problem
On his Tuesday “Hardball” broadcast, MSNBC host Chris Matthews reacted to the news that the first Ebola case had been diagnosed in the United States in Dallas, TX. That led to an exchange between Matthews and his guest, so-called ObamaCare
MSNBC’s “Hardball” anchor Chris Matthews was critical of President Obama’s address to the nation on ISIS during MSNBC’s special coverage of the event on Wednesday. Matthews argued “I didn’t hear in there how we’re going to encourage the Arab countries,
Monday on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews became pointed offered his thoughts on the word “homeland” after playing a clip of President Barack Obama using the term. Matthews launched into a rant saying, “I’m uncomfortable with the phrase homeland. It
MSNBC’s “Hardball” host Chris Matthews criticized President Barack Obama’s statement on the murder of journalist James Foley on Wednesday. Even though he did say that the president’s statement was “powerful,” after playing a clip of the president saying the US
MSNBC once proudly touted its new “Lean Forward” motto with a series of self-congratulatory ads, but a media watchdog’s new spin on slogan may have the network regretting their choice of words. The Media Research Center launched a new campaign
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews discussing the presidential press conference that had just wrapped up, said he understood President Barack Obama’s answer to whether he will grant work permits essentially creating amnesty for up to 5 million illegal
In a presidential campaign the candidate’s biography is everything. That’s why the media pushed a three decade old story about Mitt Romney’s dog at every opportunity. It’s why they have no excuse but to give Hillary Clinton’s defense of a
Thursday on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews was in a surly mood, opening his interview with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) by saying, “I’m running out of hope.” Matthews interrupted Warren’s stump speech about Republicans destroying the middle class with trickle-down
