The nation was captivated on Monday when Congresswoman Gabrille Giffords (D-Ariz.) made a surprise trip to Washington, D.C. after miraculously surviving a gun shot to the head earlier this year.
While the rest of the country was celebrating her triumphant return, MSNBC‘s Chris Matthews used it as an opportunity to tie the Tea Party and America’s “right wing” to gun violence.
In the past, Matthews has accused Sarah Palin and other conservatives of wanting more war, he has called the GOP “tribalist“ and ”crazy,” compared Newt Gingrich to a terrorist and he’s attempted to draw similarities between the Tea Party and the Muslim Brotherhood, among other verbal offenses. Now, it seems he’s working to tie conservatives to the horrible incident that unfolded in Tucson, Arizona, earlier this year.
Following some positive words regarding Giffords‘ return from both The Huffington Post’s Howard Fineman and Politico’s Ken Vogel, Matthews took the conversation on a bizarre detour, saying:
It’s also important to remember why she was, why she was coming back. She was shot by a violent act, of course a person using a gun, breaking up a political meeting with a gun, bringing one to a political event which we saw a lot of during the Tea Party demonstrations, people carrying firearms to political events. The violent level of the right-wing in this country, not particularly this case but generally where people feel the need to show firearms at political events, I think that’s a bad development in our history to bring guns to political events. [Emphasis added]
You should come to argue not to show your firearms. And to have now this horrible case of a woman who was shot down in her political act, meeting with her constituents shot, only not dead because of modern medicine and her character and her resilience, that is all part of this story this year, Howard, and I’m not going to forget it.
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Who cares what this f***tart says? I don't. The left is just trying to bash the tea party, point blank. One day this will blow up in thier ugly faces. I will be there to laugh in thier smug fugly faces. Have your fun you bunch of socialist f***s.
You suck! Do you remember The first Amendment? Or are you like the rest of the left in this country and dismiss the Constitution altogether?
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Sensor this f***tart!!!!
What a complete and utter MORON Mathews is..every time he opens his mouth he proves he is an ignorant and intolerant LEFT WING SOCIALIST HACK!!!
More BS and lies from both the asses and the elephants. Time to retire both parties and all of incumbents from both parties, all of them have gone from public servants to "self serving" parasites.
I believe Matthews is in a state of drunkeness most of the time he's on the air. His words are slurred, mispronounced, in addition to the fact that he's not above making atrocious statements which reveal his absolute hate for Conservatives.
When he has a guest, he interrupts, and hardly allows the guest to get a word in edgewise. If you're getting the idea that I think he's a disgusting individual, you're right!
I thought he was having a stroke on air the first time I heard him slur and mispronounce his words, but then he did it again in another show and I knew he was either drunk or on drugs.
He's just another Commie journalist with "the agenda"
What a Liar, As IF there were a bunch of tea party folks waving guns around at political events….. B.S.
What these conservative haters have seemed to forget: 1) they were demanding a civility in the talk from everyone. 2) things needed to be calmed down. 3) the guy that shot Giffords was a left wing nut. Their comments don't really sound like they have taken anything they have said seriously. I guess it only deals with those that have an opposing viewpoints.
Welcome back to Congresswoman Gabrille Giffords!
As for Chris Matthews…what and idiot!
Didn't figure they would drop it. I even seen the petition to indict Sarah Palin for the shooting
has been going around again.
This is the same station and person that tried to tag the Tea-party for the shooting, as I recall. He is such a total drunk or is still doing LSD from the 60's.
Chris must be a pure behind. He is so far left that he is giving Obama a race.