Chris Matthews: Democratic Establishment Would Prefer Trump to Bernie Sanders

[juliuswest]

During mid-afternoon coverage of the Nevada caucus, the MSNBC host suggested Democratic Party elites would prefer to see President Donald Trump beat Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the 2020 frontrunner who overwhelmed his competition with a blowout win in Saturday’s contest.

“I’m wondering if the Democratic moderates want Bernie Sanders to be President?” Matthews asked out loud during a discussion with Politico’s Elena Schneider. “I mean, that’s maybe too exciting a question to raise–they don’t like Trump at all. Do they want Bernie Sanders to take over the Democratic Party in perpetuity?”

Another on-air guest essayed a “Well–” but he was quickly cut-off by the loud-speaking Hardball host.

“I mean, he takes it over, he sets the direction of the future of the party,” Matthews continued. “Maybe they’d rather wait four years and put in the Democrat that they like.”

Matthews, not quite finished, later compared Sanders’ crushing victory in Nevada–and prospect of winning the nomination–to the fall of the French army at the Maginot Line during World War II. Or, in simpler terms–he compared the Jewish presidential candidate’s win to the triumph of Nazism over the Third French Republic.

https://lawandcrime.com/2020-election/chris-matthews-democratic-establishment-would-prefer-trump-to-bernie-sanders

Edit: Added Chris Matthews to title (which is the original title from article)

[elleng]

1. according to matthews?

and YOU?

[Celerity]

2. you should fix the title, otherwise it sounds like YOU are saying this

[juliuswest]

34. Didn't realize I left out Chris Matthews, added it

Thanks for pointing that out.

[Celerity]

36. all good m8!!!

[Iliyah]

3. Oh please . . .

The Democratic Party will back the nominee, geez whiz.

Damn

[msongs]

4. your headline is a erroneous. you should fix it to say what was really s aid...

MSNBC pundits say... as much as bernie hates the democratic partyestablishment that headline does not serve the truth

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

5. He won't get anything done

How in the hell is this not sinking into some of these Sander's revolutionaries?

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Democratic Establishment?

A subsidiary of Trump, Inc.?

[Kurt V.]

7. Everything is going to be alright. one of our candidates will be the next POTUS

[CentralMass]

8. Tweety is an a$$hole

[LenaBaby61]

9. "Tweety is an a$$hole."

👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

[Midnightwalk]

17. Tweety is an a$$hole

What did he say this time?

[Garrett78]

13. He's completely lost whatever was left of his mind.

Seriously, that rant is beyond unhinged. He should be fired.

[SharonClark]

16. Agree

[democratisphere]

10. How about none of the above.

[njhoneybadger]

11. That's the goddamned stupidest thing I've ever heard.

Fuck off Matthews

[BlueTsunami2018]

12. He was concerned Bernie might start executing people in Central Park.

It’s kind of hard to take him seriously on this.

[hedda_foil]

14. It's time for him to get the hook!

He's way past his well date. The fear of commies is strong with him. He's still hiding under his desk.

[Faux pas]

15. Who

cares what mattews says?

[still_one]

18. Fuck Chris (I voted for bush) Mathews

[MontanaFarmer]

19. I'd be all for letting him get his ass kicked in 35+ states

by trump, if i didn't feel that our very democracy was at stake. And before you jump all over me, Sanders folks, I'll vote and donate to him. But he's going to get destroyed if he's the nominee. Likely costs us the house for 2 years, likely solidifies the court in conservative hands for 20 years, and gives carte blanche to this regime for 2 more years. I hope I'm wrong.

[mgcgulfcoast]

31. You realize reps said that about Trump 4 years ago?

Sanders would have beaten Trump in 2016 and he is the most likely to beat him now.

[MontanaFarmer]

32. Your story. Hope you're right,

nearly certain you're not.

[juliuswest]

37. This is the ultimate political hypothetical I told you so

He may win the nomination and lose the election just like Clinton, we won't know until it happens. I hope we win not to be able to say those who supported Sanders in 2016 were right this whole time, but so we can move closer to the goals of his policy proposals, replace RBG with a liberal justice, etc etc

[OliverQ]

35. You're basing this on what?

People said Trump would get destroyed too. How did that work out?

[MontanaFarmer]

38. Oh i don't know, call it an educated guess.

I hope I'm wrong. But the blue wave that rose from the ashes of 2016 was carried on the backs of moderate candidates in swing districts, not socialists, democratic or otherwise. Go ask conor lamb, abigail spanberger, or even mark Kelly who they'd like at the top of the ticket. This isn't just me talking out of my rear end.

[OliverQ]

39. Let's see:

Bernie is dominating the youth vote by massive margins. They were the largest voting block in 2018, and millions and millions more have reached 18 since then. He's by far the top choice among Hispanics, which make up a sizable portion of the electorate, especially in states like Nevada, Arizona, California, Texas, New Mexico, Florida, etc. Polling shows him beating Trump by 18 among independents. He does quite well with African Americans, maybe not #1 yet, but I believe he's #2. He's the only candidate who has been able to outreach with non-typical Democratic voters. Biden told a more conservative voter to go vote for Trump. Bernie hired him on his campaign.

And nobody in the race is filling stadiums with tens of thousands of people or generating the enthusiasm we saw with Obama like Bernie is.

Maybe it requires a populist to beat another populist. No Centrist has won the General election this century. We tried the Biden/Klobuchar/Buttigieg approach numerous times in recent elections, and they all failed. Maybe we should try something different?

[MontanaFarmer]

40. Quick, name all the democratic socialists elected president?

And before you use the example of 2016 being "the moderate way" failing, remember she got screwed by Sanders, comey, the FBI in NY, and of course Russia, and still got 3 million more votes while losing by 80k combined in 3 states. Poor example. Kerry? Fine. Gore? Robbed.

[OliverQ]

41. Basically 1930 to the late 1960s

were dominated by Socialist policies. FDR's New Deal was viewed as Socialist and akin to something out of the Soviet Union.

Bernie actually polls better as a Socialist than he does as a Democrat.

[Fiendish Thingy]

20. I think it's just about time to organize a boycott of Matthews' sponsors

If we can do it to Fox RWNJ’s, we can do it for someone who is supposed to be on our side, but continues to spew divisive nonsense.

[PufPuf23]

21. Way past time for Mathews to fade into the sunset but

he probably correct about some of the Democratic leadership.

Mathews is a prime example that none of the MSM flavors support other than government by mega corporations and the wealthy.

[Vivienne235729]

22. Tweety proves, yet again, why Joy Reid would be a better fit for that time slot.

[Aaron Pereira]

23. I just don't believe the Democratic establishment would go that far.

It's evident they don't like Sanders and they're fighting his nomination but Chris Matthews can speak for himself. Who listens to that guy anyway?

[rockfordfile]

24. I'm a Democrat and I will support the Nominee. Trump is a traitor

[Corgigal]

25. We need base plus.

Only in about 6 states. Nothing else matters. Chris Matthews can retire now.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. Matthews is full of it.

Nobody is worse than Trump.

[democrattotheend]

27. This is my concern

I wasn't alive in 1972, but as a poly sci major I studied all of the elections since FDR fairly extensively, and from what I recall, one of the reasons McGovern lost so big was that much of the party establishment went through the motions of supporting him but sat on their hands and let him fall, especially when it looked like he was going to lose. I'm worried about a similar phenomenon if Bernie gets the nomination.

[juliuswest]

30. This is exactly the history that should be studied

Place Trump as Nixon and Sanders as McGovern and there you go. There are a ton of differences from 1972 to 2020, almost fifty years later. The networks do not have a fraction of the dominant influence they had, i'm paraphrasing from msnbc earlier today, but they referenced Lyndon B. Johnson saying he lost after Walter Cronkite stopped supporting him. Sanders doesn't necessarily need the support of the democratic establishment to win, or at least their enthusiastic support. With the grassroots organizing and consistent donations from his supporters he may be able to make up that party deficit.

[democrattotheend]

43. Welcome to DU

I understand what you are saying, but I disagree that the Democratic establishment doesn't matter. Even if Bernie can win without establishment support, which is questionable, he'll still need support from the establishment to pass any of his agenda. He's being short-sighted pissing everyone off.

[LonePirate]

28. Sanders is a threat to their wealth, infrastructure and power so Matthews may be right.

[mgcgulfcoast]

29. How stupid is that from Matthews?

The more the media and dem bigwigs like Carville rip on Sanders the more my support level for Sanders goes up.

[Afromania]

33. Somebody needs to get that dude some shampoo. Looks like his head has been up his ass again.

Any fucking body that wants trump over anybody can go to hell at this point. Matthews is projecting because, tbh, I think his sorry ass wants trump in there again.

[Bucky]

42. Oh look, it's another millionaire scared of Bernie Sanders

What a fatuous twit

[BootinUp]

44. Nah. Nt

[Hermit-The-Prog]

45. Breaking: Chris Matthews ate his own brain. And nobody noticed a difference.