Chris Matthews: Trump Changed Republicans Into A ‘Crazy, Tribalist, Don’t Want To Think’ Party
Chris Matthews welcomed Roger Simon and Michael Steele to his show to discuss the seriousness of Donald Trump as a potential presidential candidate and what his triumph might say about the Republican party. Simon suggested Trump’s early poll success is simply a result of celebrities doing well in politics, but warned Trump that New York celebrities aren’t as well liked across the country. Matthews disagreed, thinking Trump will have lasting appeal, especially with unsophisticated people.
Matthews also told Steele that he thinks Trump’s talk has changed the Republican party, suggesting:
“I think the Republican party . . . is not the George Will party of the cerebral, let’s look at the issues, reduce the deficit. It’s become – I’m not saying necessarily an ethnic party – but a kind of a crazy, tribalist, let’s get those people, we don’t like Obama, we’ll throw what we can at him. They’re so angry they don’t want to think.”
Steeele disputed that a majority of his party cares about the birth certificate and instead explained Trump’s popularity simply as a result of him being “exciting.” And in a final unrelated jab at Republicans, which was at least humorous for its randomness, Matthews joked with Steele that his rich Republican friends don’t want to hire people and would prefer to hire robots.
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