MSNBC’s Chris Matthews Attacks Iowa, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio in Single Interview (Video)
The “Hardball” host also referred to Hillary Clinton’s latest speech as a “cheerleading session” on network’s “Morning Joe”
Brian Flood | February 10, 2016 @ 8:45 AM
Last Updated: February 10, 2016 @ 8:46 AM
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews stopped by “Morning Joe” today to get a few things off his chest.
The “Hardball” host started off by calling Iowa’s election process “crazy, stupid caucusing” before praising New Hampshire’s policy that doesn’t involve “cheerleading.”
Matthews then said Marco Rubio took a “swan dive” adding: “Which he should have. When you’re exposed as a robot, people ought to change their opinion of you.”
“By the way, would somebody tell Senator Cruz, the highly educated — what Harvard law, Princeton? It’s Nev-a-da. It’s Nev-a-da! He’s going to have a hard time out there if he keeps saying ‘Nev-ah-da,'” Matthews said. “You should get the name of the state right when you’re heading there.”
Matthews wasn’t done, calling Cruz “out to lunch” before referring to Hillary Clinton’s latest speech as a “cheerleading session” and “strange.”
9 Media Outlets Fed Up With Donald Trump for Proposed Muslim Ban (Photos)
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New York Daily News' Dec. 9 cover featured a cartoon Trump beheading the Statue of Liberty.
The cover's caption read, “When Trump came for the Mexicans, I did not speak out as I was not a Mexican. When Trump came for the Muslims, I did not speak out as I was not a Muslim. Then he came for me …”
Following Trump's declaration to ban Muslim immigrants from entering the United States, CNN's Chris Cuomo got heated during an interview and called the plan "stupid."
CNN
The Detroit Free Press denounced Trump's plan on Dec. 9, with a front-page editorial blasting the GOP candidate's "vile bigotry."
Detroit Free Press
After Trump repeatedly interrupted the hosts of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Joe Scarborough cut the interview short and demanded the show go to commercial.
The New York Times ran an analysis of all of Trump's speeches, interviews and press conferences, calling his speech patterns "ominous."
New York Times
Several news outlets have blasted Trump's anti-Muslim immigration plan as bigoted, but the Philadelphia Daily News went as far as to compare him to Hitler on the front page.
Philadelphia Daily News
NBC News' foreign correspondent Richard Engel warned on Twitter and on air that Trump's anti-Muslim statements could have troublesome effect on U.S. relations abroad.
Twitter
The Huffington Post took a swipe at Trump's plan for a "full shutdown" of Muslim immigration, declaring the plan "fascist."
The Huffington Post
The New Yorker took aim not at Trump, but the media, calling on TV news outlets to hold Trump more accountable for his statements.
The New Yorker
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Following the GOP candidate’s call for a “complete shutdown” of Muslim immigration, the media has begun to push back — click through to see how