Chris Matthews Confronts Reince Priebus For 'Playing That Ethnic Card' (VIDEO)

Huffington Post, MSNBC by Chris Matthews | Aug. 27, 2012 (News)

The MSNBC host was livid over Mitt Romney's recent birth certificate joke, and false claims that Obama ended work requirements for welfare.

"That cheap shot ... was awful," Matthews said, referring to the joke. "It is an embarrassment to your party to play that card ... you are playing that ethnic card there." Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 27, 2012

The reporting on Matthews reaction are reported verbatim. The courage of of Matthews to confront the racism and lies in the repugnantcon mud campaign, when others are hesitant to address it, is journalism returning to a core reason for the existence of the press..

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