Chris Matthews EXPLODES At Reince Priebus Accuses GOP Playing Race Card

Chris Matthews lashed out at Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Monday in Tampa during a live "Morning Joe" segment, with the feisty MSNBC host accusing Mitt Romney and the GOP of playing the race card in their campaign against President Barack Obama.
"It is an embarrassment to your party to play that card," Matthews said. "This stuff about getting rid of the work requirement for welfare is dishonest, everyone's pointed out it's dishonest, and you are playing that little ethnic card there. You can play games and giggle about it, but the fact is your side is playing that card. You start talking about work requirements, everyone knows what game you're playing. It's a race card."
Matthews railed Priebus over Romney's recent joke about the birther movement.
"This thing about if your name is Romney," Matthews said. "Yeah you went to prep school and you brag about it. This guy's got an African name, he has to live with it. Look who's going further in their life. Who was born on third base? This absurdity, making fun of the birth certificate issue."
"Of course he's playing the race card," he continued. "Why would he bring [the birth certificate] up?"
"Because he's an awkward joker," co-host Mika Brzezinski responded.
"He misfired badly on the joke," Joe Scarborough said.
Tom Brokaw, seated next to Matthews, called it a demonstration of Romney's "awkward sense of humor."
"I do think in fairness that during the debates there was a lot of stuff aimed at the president that was not refuted by leaders of the party," Brokaw said.
Priebus, who stayed mostly silent during Matthews' rant, eventually responded.
"I'm not going to get into a shouting match with Chris," Priebus said, calling his accusations "garbage."
"We've gotten to a point in politics where any moment of levity is frowned upon by guys like you just so you can push your brand," the RNC chairman said. "You know what, good for you."

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[A va]

how can priebus dislike gays after taking it in the ass by chris

[tcasey001]

Chris is right and he did again on air - he wanted to connect Obama with being Foreign or influenced by foreigners...how is any policy anything but policy.

[TheZom1965]

Scarborough is a moron. I love how his MSNBC cronies care more about not offending somebody than actually being journalist and calling people out on their b.s. There job is to be journalist and not Dinah Shore. I can't stand Matthews because I think he is full of it and a hypocrite who got Donahue canned while he did his Joe McCarthy rah rah American thing with Iraq but at least he is calling this jerk out on his b.s..

[Lanskee Shuru]

Thanxx for your original, precise analysis. As for Chrissie, we have yet another squeek-voice with nothing to say. It's a tragedy that the politicians and media have total control of the mindlessness which gudes the country. It's 3-in-1 aka the "Inner Party."

STUPIDITY IS GENIUS

[warlocks4life]

Chris thinks for minorities when people talk about welfare and food stamps, programs that more whites use than minorities (total number, not percentage wise), and then he accuses others of racism.

I can't for the day that minorities realize that left wing nuts like Chris are racist that think minorities need them and their help. Left wing policies are designed to keep minorities down and dependent, which ensures they will continue to vote for democrats.

[James Kirk]

Chris Matthews is incapable of having a respectful debate.

He is intellectually bankrupt. The fact of the matter is he is in the tank for the left. Anyone who can't engage in honest disagreement is literally, objectively unqualified to hold the position that NBC gives him. And thats why NBC news is held in low regard. Even the people on the panel who agree with his politics were clearly offended by that behavior.

[Aegius]

@Minerdoog. An elderly man and woman can provide a mother and father for the kids and many have adopted kids and raised them. Can you say, "Clarence Thomas", who was raised by his grandparents?. 2 gay men or 2 gay women can't. The 'rights' of marriage can be attained per civil unions w/o redefinition. Frankly you just give insults anyway; that's why debating you is a waste of time.

[StompingRabbits]

SCUMBAG~