Matthews Bashes Obama’s Ebola Response: ‘People Need to See How Gov’t Works’

Hardball anchor Chris Matthews told Morning Joe Wednesday morning that the White House’s disorganized response to ebola, especially the conspicuous absence of ebola czar Jon Klain this weekend, was not helping shore up the institutional faith people need in times of health crises.

“I always wonder why the Democrats don’t take government seriously,” Matthews said. “People have to see how government works before they believe it will work. There’s no way to see into this administration positively and see how it works.”

“Why wasn’t Ron Klain out there this weekend, fighting as the czar? If he was going to be the chief spokesman even, let alone chief executive, of the fight against ebola, why wasn’t he out on point? …Who’s running the White House right now? Chris Christie said he got a call from Valerie Jarrett but said he hasn’t heard from the White House. What’s that about? It’s unclear how this thing works.”

Watch the clip below, via MSNBC:

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