Charlie Rangel Steps Down, Chris Matthews Blames Everyone Except Charlie Rangel

After the confusion last night about whether or not Congressman Charlie Rangel – head of the House Ways and Means Committee – was stepping down over several charges of unethical money routing and accepting comped corporate trips, the NY Democrat announced this morning that he would be taking a temporary leave of absence. MSNBC’s Chris Matthews can’t believe it.

Chris Matthews’ take on Rangel accepting (at the very least) corporate-sponsored travel to the Caribbean? “(It’s) not a big deal compared to some of the other stuff that’s out there right now.” He then goes on to accuse journalist-outlets like The New York Times for Rangel’s stepping down…forgetting of course, that if any media outlet is going to call someone on the table for taking freebies, it would be The Times.

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