Media Research Center "In Matthews’ mind, any opposition to the President is due to racism on the right. Name almost any issue that President Obama has faced confrontation on, and the MSNBC host has cited racism as the root cause. The real reason for the shutdown? Racism! Opposition to the Affordable Care Act? Racism! Voting for Mitt Romney? Racism! The rise of the Tea Party? Racism!
"The following is a countdown of the Top 20 Worst Chris Matthews Quotes Calling Obama Critics Racist:"
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“What does your study tell you about the nature of the racial piece here of the Tea Party?...Is it sort of a resumption of the Old South, of the way things were before the Civil War, for example?...Is it like that old dreamy nostalgia you get in the old movies, you know what I mean? Gone With the Wind? Is it that kind of America they want to bring back or what? When they don't, where there were no gays, where blacks were slaves, where Mexicans were in Mexico? I mean, is this what they want?”Chris Matthews to author Christopher Parker on MSNBC’s Hardball, March 20, 2013
Chris Matthews Slimes Dick Cheney as a Racist for Calling Obama a 'Liar'