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Chris Matthews On Trumps Family: At Least Mussolini Executed His Son-In-Law
MSNBC host Chris Matthews took a comparison too far on Thursday during a segment comparing President Donald Trump to a long line of power-hungry politicians, including Italian strongman Benito Mussolini.
Speaking of nepotism and the at-times baffling amount of power that Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner seems to wield, Matthews remarked, So the son-in-law you know, one good thing Mussolini did was execute his son-in-law.
I mean, Im talking about Ciano, he added, referring to Galeazzo Ciano, whom Mussolini had executed in 1944 after a sham trial found him guilty of treason.
Matthews sought support for the comparison from New York Times columnist Frank Bruni, who appeared on the segment as a guest, but Bruni wasnt buying.
I dont think ... Lets be careful there, Bruni said, raising his hand sharply.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chris-matthews-jared-kushner-mussolini_us_5956ade5e4b05c37bb7e56ee
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Oh, Tweety. You're not helping with this. (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Jul 2017
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Chemisse
(30,807 posts)1. His mouth runs away with him at times.
Clearly his brain was left in the dust on this one!
eShirl
(18,490 posts)2. Bad Tweety; only Trump is allowed to say stupid crap like that.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)3. He always talks about the nepotism and guess he was just referencing Ciano
but he always discusses what a bad idea of having Jared in charge is
dem4decades
(11,282 posts)4. I guess that's better than his usual comparison - the Romanoffs.
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)10. He says "They're the Romanoffs" in the clip
So you got a 2-for-1.
panader0
(25,816 posts)5. I was watching when he said that----way over the top.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)6. Ugh, that is disgusting!
Plus, it may very well get him fired.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)7. Why are you linking to RW links on DU?
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)8. I didn't link to anything!
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)9. huffington post is not considered a right-wing source
Where do you get that thought.
I heard him say that and thought " uh-oh, that's going to cause you trouble"
HipChick
(25,485 posts)11. Look at the Youtube source...a RW pro Faux Trump propaganda video
Huff post link thrown in there to made it look liberal....Troll 101