Trump: Chris Matthews “gets dumber” every year
Trump attacked Matthews for a comment suggesting that domestic terrorists tend to come from the right VIDEO
By Jillian RayfieldTopics: Video, Donald Trump, Boston Explosions, Chris Matthews, right wing, MSNBC, Politics News
Donald Trump took up the criticism of MSNBC host Chris Matthews, who, during coverage of the attacks in Boston on Monday, wondered if it could be the work of domestic terrorists. “Normally domestic terrorists, people, tend to be on the far right. Though that’s not a good category, just extremists, let’s call them that,” Matthews said.
In response, Trump tweeted on Tuesday:
.@hardball_chris must have the lowest IQ on television—now telling people that domestic terrorists are from the right.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 16, 2013
.@hardball_chrisDid you forget about Bill Ayers & so many others? You should apologize to all the people you offended yesterday.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 16, 2013
I’ve known @hardball_chris for a long time & sadly, he gets dumber each & every year--& started from a very low base.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 16, 2013
Matthews’ remarks had been picked up by a number of conservative news sites, who took issue with the characterization. “Chris Matthews seems hell-bent on trying to blame the Boston Marathon bombing on a domestic terrorist, preferrably a conservative one,” wrote Noel Sheppard of Newsbusters, for example, who also pointed to comments Matthews made about the attacks possibly being linked to Tax Day.
Here’s the clip, via Newsbusters:
Jillian Rayfield is an Assistant News Editor for Salon, focusing on politics. Follow her on Twitter at @jillrayfield or email her at jrayfield@salon.com. More Jillian Rayfield.
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