Chris Matthews Throws MSNBC Panel for a Loop by Bringing Up a JFK Porn Anecdote

Chris Matthews absolutely befuddled everyone else on MSNBC’s panel tonight when he brought up porn.

He talked about what candidates did back in the day for election night “rituals.” He name-dropped a couple of people in particular, including JFK, saying he and Ben Bradlee “went up to see a porn movie.”

Rachel Maddow immediately reacted, “What?!”

Matthews said, “They didn’t want to be anywhere near news.”

Maddow bewilderedly asked, “They went to like a porn theater?”

Watch how Matthews elaborated above, via MSNBC.

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