Chris Matthews is getting to be the Joe Biden of MSNBC – confused and kinda over the hill. Here’s his latest embarrassing Bidenesque gaffe:
Chris Matthews thought Jamie Harrison was hanging out w/ his opponent Lindsey Graham at a Trump rally. It was Tim Scott pic.twitter.com/QhbRl4AYvk
— Christopher Cadelago (@ccadelago) February 29, 2020
Yikes. Here’s more from the Hill:
While on air during a Trump rally in South Carolina, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews confused S.C. Democratic senate candidate Jamie Harrison with Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), both of whom are black.
“I see you standing there next the guy you’re going to beat maybe,” Matthews said to Harrison, while the camera was on a frame of Scott and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
Matthews, the host of “Hardball,” was immediately corrected by other anchors before realizing he had mixed up the two S.C. politicians.
“Big mistake, mistaken identity, sorry,” Matthews said.
Now you know that if this had been a Fox News host that there would be marching in the streets and effigies in his image beaten up and burnt. But Matthews gets a pass because he had a tingle up his leg when he heard Obama speak….