MSNBC’S Chris Mathews Faces Calls To Resign

Kotch also noted that another MSNBC anchor, Chuck Todd, recently quoted an article on air that compared Sanders’ supporters to members of Hitler’s Nazi militia.

“Not long ago Chuck Todd read a line from a writer that compared Sanders supporters to [Nazi] brownshirts,” he wrote. “Why the f*** is this tolerated? These deranged maniacs are shaping public opinion. It’s really bad!”

“Chris Mathews has been generous to me on a number of occasions, even blurbing my book,” filmmaker Arun Chaudhary wrote. “However, his constant references to political violence and today Nazism to describe Bernie Sanders campaign is beyond the pale. @HardballChris must resign or be fired from@MSNBC.”

Walker Bragman, a journalist, added, “.@HardballChris just compared Bernie Sanders and his movement to Hitler and the Nazis on national television,” he wrote.

“Sanders, who is Jewish and lost family in the Holocaust, is on track to be the nation’s first Jewish president. Enough with this. Matthews should not be on the air.”

Krishan Patel added, “Chris Matthews just compared Bernie Sanders, a Jewish man whose relatives were killed by the Nazis, to the Nazi army. He should be fired immediately.”

Sanders’ communications director, Mike Casca, also took to Twitter to respond to Matthews’ comment.

“Never thought part of my job would be pleading with a national news network to stop likening the campaign of a jewish presidential candidate whose family was wiped out by the nazis to the third reich,” he wrote. “But here we are.”

MSNBC and Sanders’ team have been contacted for comment.

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