Newsweek reports:
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews is facing calls to resign after he compared Bernie Sanders’ victory in the Nevada caucus to the Nazi invasion of France. As the results came in and Sanders took an early lead on Saturday night, Hardball host Matthews claimed Republicans would release opposition research on Sanders that would “kill him” if he became the Democratic nominee for president.
But Matthews said it was “too late” to stop him, at one point comparing Sanders’ victory over other top Democratic contenders to Hitler’s invasion of France. “I was reading last night about the fall of France in the summer of 1940 and the general, Reynaud, calls up Churchill and says, ‘It’s over.’ And Churchill says, ‘How can that be? You’ve got the greatest army in Europe. How can it be over?’ He said, ‘It’s over.'”
Folks it’s realpic.twitter.com/Vm0BxJ6ge6
— Eli Valley (@elivalley) February 22, 2020
Chris Matthews on MSNBC comparing Bernie winning to Nazis. GFYS. I am supporting @ewarren in the primaries but would enthusiastically support Bernie if he becomes the nominee. It’s not just an attack on Bernie, it’s a framing of progressive values and its GARBAGE. #NevadaCaucus
— Lizz “Hollywood Death Cult” Winstead (@lizzwinstead) February 23, 2020
Cable news personalities had a lot to say about Sanders’ early lead in the Nevada caucuses, with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews likening it to the shock of France falling to Germany during WWIIhttps://t.co/C4g6kZpv3v
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 23, 2020