Chris Matthews: It’s ‘Unusual’ For Republicans To Side With A Foreign Nation (Israel) Against Obama

Chris Matthews was fascinated that many prominent Republicans would so publicly “line up with a foreign leader against the President of the United States,” as they did this past week when they chose to support Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against the proposal suggested by President Obama. Matthews told Cynthia Tucker and Sam Stein that he thought this was “unusual,” yet neither guest seemed surprised, instead attributing it to Republicans playing politics as usual.

Tucker argued that just because we support Israel, doesn’t necessarily mean that we have to support every action taken by the Israeli government. And Stein suggested this was merely Republicans trying to make Israel a wedge issue to peel off voters. Matthews seemed convinced, especially since he said Obama was not expressing an opinion on Israel’s borders any different than what former presidents have expressed.

However, for a more compelling debate on the issue, next time Matthews might want to invite his MSNBC colleague Joe Scarborough to appear, since earlier today Scarborough established why Obama shouldn’t be shocked his public statements on Israel were criticized.

Watch the clip from MSNBC below:

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