Chris Matthews Says Trump Attacking Judges Is Part of His ‘Sesame Street’ Strategy: ‘Teaching MAGA People What to Think’
Chris Matthews argued President Donald Trump’s attacks on a federal judge and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are all part of his MAGA “Sesame Street” strategy.
On Wednesday’s Morning Joe, Matthews accused Trump of “questioning the separation of powers” by calling for a federal judge to be impeached after the judge issued a temporary halt to Trump’s mass deportations under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
Supreme Court Justice John Roberts issued a rare statement rebuking Trump on Tuesday in which he said, “impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose.”
Matthews argued on Wednesday that Trump’s attacks are simply a way to inform his MAGA base of the people they should hate and “cause hell” over.
Matthews said:
He’s questioning the separation of powers, and he’s questioning whether a judge has a right to be a judge. Clearly, he’s teaching again, as I said the other day. He’s always teaching. He’s always got a Sesame Street-thing going. Teaching the MAGA people what to think. They all hate this judge now. That’s what he wants to do, the MAGA people. And they’re the ones the senators are afraid of and the Congress people are afraid of are the MAGA people because they go to the meetings and they cause hell. And they sometimes agree with Trump, but mostly they do what he wants and they do what they see him doing.
Matthews also cited Trump’s recent heated confrontation with Zelensky at the White House where the two argued in front of cameras, and Trump told Zelensky to be “more grateful.”
Trump, Matthews said, “trashes” Judge James Boasberg just like he “trashes” Zelensky. To the MAGA base, Matthews added, Zelensky is the “bad guy” while Russian President Vladimir Putin is the “good guy.”
“[Zelensky’s] the bad guy. The good guy is Putin, the guy [Trump] cuddles up to every night,” he said.
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