Matthews Blasts Trump’s ‘Cheap Shot’ Letter; Speculates About ‘Something’ Bad Happening
By Curtis Houck | January 18, 2019 9:30 AM EST
Though not as hyperbolic or inconsolable as CNN and MSNBC were earlier in the day, Thursday’s Hardball still featured host Chris Matthews revolting over the President’s last-minute decision to cancel Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s overseas trip, dubbing it a “cheap shot†letter that “doesn’t look good for the country.â€
Beyond that, Matthews speculated without evidence about what would happen “if something goes wrong†with government workers furloughed and stressed. That’s the sort of thing the CNN firefighters would scold a Fox News host for doing, but this is MSNBC, so it’s fine.
Matthews started kvetching four minutes in, complaining to MSNBC analyst and former Obama official Ben Rhodes that Pelosi’s trip was “[h]ardly a pleasure trip for the Paris Air Show or something like that†since “[t]hey weren't bringing their spouses with them†and the trip was “a real CODEL verses a junket.â€
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