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Chris Matthews: Trump Changed Republicans Into A ‘Crazy, Tribalist, Don’t Want To Think’ Party

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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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  • Barack Must Go

    Some things with liberals, especially the left wing zealots never, ever change. Case in point is the fact this guy is still an idiot after all these years.

  • Paul G

    What’s worse Chrissie boy..”Trump Changed Republicans Into A ‘Crazy, Tribalist, Don’t Want To Think’ Party”or you in to an Obama tingle up my leg, I’ll even swallow his sloppy thirds, MSNBC ‘I was at least a ‘good’ journolist 30 yrs ago but now I’m a REALLY has been…
    Did I just about cover it? lmao

  • BeckFinallyDemoted

    yawn…Matthews also said Palin doesn’t read on his show today. So what.

    What Chris says on his show pales in comparison to the things Rush and Beck say and sometimes I wonder why it draws so much attention here.
    Granted he puts his foot in his mouth sometimes but he is not the classic bomb thrower that others are.
    He’s knowledgeable, excitable and he has fun doing his job. He loves politics and he laughs a lot at the absurdity of it, on both sides.
    When do ever you see Rush or Beck or Lawrence O’Donnell laugh except when they are mocking someone?

    I like Chris. :)

  • catfishjuggling

    I am always hearing people say, “I’m a Conservative, not a Republican.” Yet they go out of the way to defend these yahoos who are making it likely that Obama will be re-elected. It won’t be the trickery that he is up to in your crazy world. It’ll be the ineptitude of the Reuplican party yet again.

    Well, if you are then you’d actually agree with Matthews here. The party has lost it’s mind. It has gone from being a party of ideas. Of people like Goldwater and Buckley to an identity movement headed by vapid charatcters like Palin and Bachmann.

    Saying the Republicans are wrong doesn’t mean that being Conservative is too.

    Also, let me be the first to call Chris a RINO.

    I thought that was the whole idea of the Tea Parties?

  • lucky5

    Chris is just jealous because we deal with the real issues.

  • BadGenome

    So this is supposedly a new thing, yet Matthews is saying the same old stuff. Just exchange Trump for Palin.

    Also, I noticed a typo. I think the former chairman of the RNC spells his last name with sixteen E’s, not merely four.

  • catfishjuggling

    catfishjuggling said:
    I am always hearing people say, “I’m a Conservative, not a Republican.” Yet they go out of the way to defend these yahoos who are making it likely that Obama will be re-elected. It won’t be the trickery that he is up to in your crazy world. It’ll be the ineptitude of the Reuplican party yet again. Well, if you are then you’d actually agree with Matthews here. The party has lost it’s mind. It has gone from being a party of ideas. Of people like Goldwater and Buckley to an identity movement headed by vapid charatcters like Palin and Bachmann. Saying the Republicans are wrong doesn’t mean that being Conservative is too. Also, let me be the first to call Chris a RINO. I thought that was the whole idea of the Tea Parties?

    Let me be the first to point out that I used “it’s” when I should have used “its.” Get a damned edit feature Mediaite!

  • Liberal Tormentor

    My show is absolutely non-partisan.

    Chris “I have an obama shaped tingle running up my leg and into my nether regions” Matthews

  • felixw

    Here’s a better headline:

    Trump Changed MSNBC Into A ‘Crazy, Tribalist, Don’t Want To Think’ Network….

    Of course, the same might be said for Mediaite, which now apparently covers stories based on their joke-worthiness rather than their newsworthiness.

  • murf

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    My show is absolutely non-partisan.

    Chris “I have an obama shaped tingle running up my leg and into my nether regions” Matthews

    Exactly at least Beck and Hannity admit their bias, that’s what makes Matthews so pitiful , not to mention not terribly bright.

  • Probably NOT wrong

    BeckFinallyDemoted said:
    yawn…Matthews also said Palin doesn’t read on his show today. So what. What Chris says on his show pales in comparison to the things Rush and Beck say and sometimes I wonder why it draws so much attention here.Granted he puts his foot in his mouth sometimes but he is not the classic bomb thrower that others are.He’s knowledgeable, excitable and he has fun doing his job. He loves politics and he laughs a lot at the absurdity of it, on both sides.When do ever you see Rush or Beck or Lawrence O’Donnell laugh except when they are mocking someone? I like Chris. :)

    Well, Hell, Your liking ole’ Chris is going to
    send some FRESH ‘Tingles” up his leg for sure.
    Have you toild him personally?

  • The Tea Weasel®

    What the hell is Matthews talking about “Trump changed…”. The GOP changed itself in to the party of crazy non-thinkers.

  • CAINtheBULL

    Both parties have a section of crazy tribal people. The right seems to be more intense this time around.

  • writer

    I see Chris is playing it straight down the middle again.

  • BeckFinallyDemoted

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    My show is absolutely non-partisan.

    I agree. Chris should admit he approaches things from the left and his show slants liberal.

    O’Relly and Olby had the same blind spot and it’s ridiculous.

  • Garth

    murf said:
    Exactly at least Beck and Hannity admit their bias, that’s what makes Matthews so pitiful , not to mention not terribly bright.

    Yeah, at least Hannity and Beck are assholes. Jesus, why do you insist on being an idiot?

  • RodBlago

    Did anybody watch Chris Matthews in the end of the late 90′s and early 2000′s. This guy was not the president of the Clinton/Gore fanclub and even voted for George W.Bush in 2000. The same with Bill Maher who voted for Dole in 96 and Nader in 2000.

    Both these guys so called move to the left is mostly due to the move to the far right by the GOP. If the Republicans were the party of people like John Huntsman and the Maine senators I don’t think he would be bashing them as much.

  • murf

    Garth said:
    Yeah, at least Hannity and Beck are assholes. Jesus, why do you insist on being an idiot?

    Anal Cyst , Assholes , Head up Ass , any other fetishes you wanna share ?

  • glenn113

    One thing I cannot stand about Chris Matthews! He’ll ask a guest a question and before the guest gets two words out Matthews either does one of two things. He asks the guy another question or answer the question for the guy. Man I hate that. That is so annoying. I don’t think I honestly ever heard him let a guest answer a question without interrupting the guy before he has one sentence out… Other than that I think Matthews is great. I just wish he know how freaking irritating that is.

  • illusive man

    “Chris Matthews: Trump Changed Republicans Into A ‘Crazy, Tribalist, Don’t Want To Think’ Party”

    And the Dem party is the fiscally oppressive, Globalist, You don’t need to think because we will think for you party.

    Both partys suck Matthews, Why can’t you admit that?

  • Rio

    Matthews disagreed, thinking Trump will have lasting appeal, especially with unsophisticated people.

    Matthews is obviously speaking for himself.

    Noticed in conservative blogs since he burst on the scene that Trump originally appealed to some of the Repubs because of his stance on China, oil, the anti-Obama stance and that he’s all business, pushing all the buttons that caused angst, but, he’s rapidly losing his luster with the BC nonsense. Trump supporters have since backed off because of donations to democrats, flip flopping on party and other issues. The non-Trump conservatives appear to be winning the debate. Trump was a flash in the pan.

  • eli

    MATHEW IS RIGHT, REPUBLICANS, CONS, TEA, ETC., ETC., ARE SO UNDEREDUCATED, UNDEVELOPED, PEA SIZED BRAINIES, SO THEY HAVE TO TALK LIKE SHITTERS TO MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND. LOOK AT BARACK MUST GO”, “NOBAMA”,PAUL G. GOOD EXAMPLE FOR NO BRAINS

  • Garth

    murf said:
    Anal Cyst , Assholes , Head up Ass , any other fetishes you wanna share ?

    This is what you assholes do routinely. LMAO!! You are an idiot.

  • glenn113

    murf said:
    Anal Cyst , Assholes , Head up Ass , any other fetishes you wanna share ?

    You should get better at the name calling because President Obama is going to win a second term. So it doesn’t matter that the small percentage of the extreme wingnuts that hate him, the birthers. the diddo heads and the teabaggers. You guys represent a very small percentage of the general population and as a matter of fact the general public who don’t support your views at all is about the same percent of you guys that hate him. So keep on calling him all those names cause get use to it. It will be President Obama 2012. Start venting your anger awhile. hahaha

  • murf

    glenn113 said:
    You should get better at the name calling because President Obama is going to win a second term. So it doesn’t matter that the small percentage of the extreme wingnuts that hate him, the birthers. the diddo heads and the teabaggers. You guys represent a very small percentage of the general population and as a matter of fact the general public who don’t support your views at all is about the same percent of you guys that hate him. So keep on calling him all those names cause get use to it. It will be President Obama 2012. Start venting your anger awhile. hahaha

    First off those weren’t my insults but ” Garth’s ” so you totally missed the point there.

    Secondly I’m a conservative which makes up 42% of the population ; You ( liberals ) make up 20% so again you’re wrong. Lastly Obama ran as a Centrist last time around , and Bush had extremely low approval ratings . Obama policies have been widely unpopular from HCR to his public positions on many national issues. So go ahead and be cocky , you Leftists on this site really are factless as all hell .

  • glenn113

    murf said:
    First off those weren’t my insults but ” Garth’s ” so you totally missed the point there. Secondly I’m a conservative which makes up 42% of the population ; You ( liberals ) make up 20% so again you’re wrong. Lastly Obama ran as a Centrist last time around , and Bush had extremely low approval ratings . Obama policies have been widely unpopular from HCR to his public positions on many national issues. So go ahead and be cocky , you Leftists on this site really are factless as all hell .

    I don’t think Obama’s policy on taxing the rich is unpopular. Matter of fact a poll just came out. Something like 70 some% to 20 or30. Ouch.! Oh, by the way, did you see the latest Medicare poll? d’oh
    Thank God most people have caught on to what the GOP Govenors are trying to do, including seniors. In 2010 they got hoodwinked by Fox and the Tea Party and are not happy about it………The three most important things about seniors who represent the biggest percentage of voters: They like their Social Security, they like their Medicare and they like to vote.

  • murf

    glenn113 said:
    I don’t think Obama’s policy on taxing the rich is unpopular. Matter of fact a poll just came out. Something like 70 some% to 20 or30. Ouch.! Oh, by the way, did you see the latest Medicare poll? d’oh
    Thank God most people have caught on to what the GOP Govenors are trying to do, including seniors. In 2010 they got hoodwinked by Fox and the Tea Party and are not happy about it………The three most important things about seniors who represent the biggest percentage of voters: They like their Social Security, they like their Medicare and they like to vote.

    A single issue is not going to win re-election. I’ll concede the tax the rich issue , however if the GOP would become better at messaging and not let the Democrats demagogue the entitlement reform debate , you’d be surprised how many people agree that they need fixed.

  • glenn113

    The Democrats are the ones that are terrible at messaging.

  • WildMan

    The Village Idiot, Chrissy ‘Tingles & Thrills’ Matthews has really gone off the deep end. I swear he is using stronger drugs than what is prescribed by a Doctor. The old man is totally out of control and is so embarrassed because all of the new talking heads at PMSnbc are getting better numbers aka more viewers than he is or ever has. Or ever will for that matter. He is sinking in the ratings so fast that he will do whatever it takes to get at least one more viewer. Well Chrissy, it ain’t working and it won’t work. You have been turning off viewers for years now and it is only getting worse. Time for you to go off to the glue factory, i.e., RETIRE!!!

  • WildMan

    eli said:
    MATHEW IS RIGHT, REPUBLICANS, CONS, TEA, ETC., ETC., ARE SO UNDEREDUCATED, UNDEVELOPED, PEA SIZED BRAINIES, SO THEY HAVE TO TALK LIKE SHITTERS TO MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND. LOOK AT BARACK MUST GO”, “NOBAMA”,PAUL G. GOOD EXAMPLE FOR NO BRAINS

    eli, get your damn eyes checked. You are blind as a bat at midnight. Cut the caps, kid.

  • Chicago nick

    When this Obama humper who said “it’s my job to make sure this man succeeds” which I you and our founders would contend is the absolute polar opposite of what an free society’s media’s job actually ‘is’ tells his people Trump is a disaster, he’s exactly what America needs since he can’t even understand what his primary job is.

    Only in a dictatorship’s propaganda ministry is it the job of the media to protect the El Presidente….

  • Probably NOT wrong

    COMCAST, watch your programs!!
    Your RATING prroblems are glaring back at you!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    Trump Did Not Change Republicans Into A ‘Crazy, Tribalist, Don’t Want To Think’ Party. The Republicans were already that because of the Tea Party.

  • fenngibbon

    Matthews gets these obsessions that border on the monomaniacal at times, and it looks as though his current one is this “Republicans and conservatives are insane” thing. Does he really believe it? Seeing as how around 40% of Americans identify as conservative, the fact that Matthews isn’t soiling himself in terror at the thought of that many crazy people suggests that he doesn’t.

  • BadGenome

    Probably NOT wrong said:
    COMCAST, watch your programs!!
    Your RATING prroblems are glaring back at you!

    They really should stick with their To Catch a Predator re-runs.

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    Matthews has devolved into a schtick routine…

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    “Tribalist”?
    This, from a Democratic Advocate, whose Party has made a Religion of group-identity, and PLAYING THE RACE CARD.

    Matthews is an msnbc PAID SELLOUT, and has less credibility than his boss, Mu(barack) Obama!

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    I have to say, I don’t care much for Matthews. He does assemble some informed and interesting guests, but he has the O’Reilly/O’Hannity/O’Van Susteren flaw of talking right over them. Still, he really unhinges the radical rightists reactionaries here. It’s most entertaining.

  • catfishjuggling

    NORBIT Jr. said:
    “Tribalist”?, Mu(barack) Obama!

    You see now this is clever. You tweaked his name.

    Very high end.

  • twosetsofbbooks

    The Ground Zero Mosque, the Rockefellers, and Chris Matthews: the new Israel-bashing. Isn’t this event a bit too “partisan” for Matthews to be on the Board of?

    http://wwwtwosetsofbooks.blogspot.com/2011/04/exclusive-meet-omar-amanat-ground-zero.html

  • CAconservative

    Chris Matthews. Is this guy brain-dead? He’s attacking a huge segment of this country on Obimbo’s behafe and he thinks that’s smart? Instead of attacking the issue, “Constitutional presidential requirement”, he attacks the messenger. This is Chicago style politics at it’s finest. If you can’t defend the argument, go after the messenger, and demagog them in every way possible without ever discussing the issue. This crap may have worked in the past but, that crap has become as transparent as Matthews thinning hair…..now that’s real demagoguery!!

  • Nachi

    The GOP-Goons have never been a “thinking” party. Nothing more than goose-stepping goons of conformity.
    “Ich bin ein Republiscum!”

  • eingriff

    Where does he get this crap, excuse me, excrement.

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