Chris Matthews: Debate Began With Calls For Ideological Unity, Divides Came Later | Hardball | MSNBC

On tonight’s debate, Chris says there were calls for unity in the beginning but ideological divides showed later on in the night.
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Chris Matthews: Debate Began With Calls For Ideological Unity, Divides Came Later | Hardball | MSNBC

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    1. I know right?!

      It’s almost as bad as watching Trump pretending to be President for the last two and a half years lol huh?!

      Except they’re not NEARLY as misogynistic hateful bigoted xenophobic or corrupt!

      Which, by all standards, makes any one of them a VAST improvement.

    2. @TWSTF 8 Yep, and you’re gonna watch him for 5 1/4 more years.
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    1. Yep. Literally 90% of people support it (source: PEW research). That means even the overwhelming majority of repubs. It is common place in every other Western democracy and has been for decades. Hardly radical, except to the backward extremists.

  1. With ten candidates on the stage, they ran out of fingers to point..I was waiting for them to take off their shoes !!

  2. Warren/Bernie 2020. Time for real change, not centrist/moderate/corporate/repub light “dems” like biden.

    That kind of status quo is part of the reason 45* was installed: many dems are sick of dems being almost as plutocrat as repubs and so didn’t vote for HRC (especially after the failed promise of obama, another corporate shill).

  3. Assault weapons will be needed by citizens because slowly the government is becoming the true enemy of the people are american soldiers willing to shoot fellow Americans ? I would love to see how many are that brainwashed that might be a very scary consensus

  4. “Hard left”; good ol’ corporate Matthews pleasing his capitalist masters. Let’s see what real Americans think of the “hard left” progressive agenda:

    70% of Americans are for Medicare for All
    81% for the Green New Deal
    62% are for free public college
    76% are for higher taxes on the wealthiest Americans and biggest corporations
    90% want Universal Child Care
    70% support abortion rights
    68% of support the requirement for private health insurance plans to cover birth control
    75% support immigration
    90% want background checks for all gun sales

    More? Here:

    82 percent of Americans think wealthy people have too much power and influence in Washington.
    69 percent think large businesses have too much power and influence in Washington.
    59 percent—and 72 percent of likely voters—think Wall Street has too much power and influence in Washington.
    78 percent of likely voters support stronger rules and enforcement on the financial industry.
    65 percent of Americans think our economic system “unfairly favors powerful interests.”
    59 percent of Americans—and 43 percent of Republicans—think corporations make “too much profit.”
    82 percent of Americans think economic inequality is a “very big” (48 percent) or “moderately big” (34 percent) problem. Even 69 percent of Republicans share this view.
    66 percent of Americans think money and wealth should be distributed more evenly.
    72 percent of Americans say it is “extremely” or “very” important, and 23 percent say it is “somewhat important,” to reduce poverty.
    59 percent of registered voters—and 51 percent of Republicans—favor raising the maximum amount that low-wage workers can make and still be eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit, from $14,820 to $18,000.
    96 percent of Americans—including 96 percent of Republicans—believe money in politics is to blame for the dysfunction of the U.S. political system.
    84 percent of Americans—including 80 percent of Republicans—believe money has too much influence in politics.
    78 percent of Americans say we need sweeping new laws to reduce the influence of money in politics.
    73 percent of registered voters have an unfavorable opinion of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision.
    80 percent of Americans think some corporations don’t pay their fair share of taxes.
    78 percent think some wealthy people don’t pay their fair share of taxes.
    76 percent believe the wealthiest Americans should pay higher taxes.
    60 percent of registered voters believe corporations pay too little in taxes.
    87 percent of Americans say it is critical to preserve Social Security, even if it means increasing Social Security taxes paid by wealthy Americans.
    67 percent of Americans support lifting the cap to require higher-income workers to pay Social Security taxes on all of their wages.
    66 percent of Americans favor raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.
    59 percent favor raising the federal minimum wage to $12 an hour.
    48 percent support raising the national minimum wage to $15 an hour. (A survey of registered voters found that 54 percent favored a $15 minimum wage.)
    63 percent of registered voters think the minimum wage should be adjusted each year by the rate of inflation.
    61 percent of Americans—including 42 percent of Republicans—approve of labor unions.
    74 percent of registered voters—including 71 percent of Republicans—support requiring employers to offer paid parental and medical leave.
    78 percent of likely voters favor establishing a national fund that offers all workers 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave.
    60 percent of Americans believe “it is the federal government’s responsibility to make sure all Americans have healthcare coverage.”
    60 percent of registered voters favor “expanding Medicare to provide health insurance to every American.”
    58 percent of the public favors replacing Obamacare with “a federally funded healthcare program providing insurance for all Americans.”
    64 percent of registered voters favor their state accepting the Obamacare plan for expanding Medicaid in their state.
    63 percent of registered voters—including 47 percent of Republicans—of Americans favor making four-year public colleges and universities tuition-free.
    59 percent of Americans favor free early-childhood education.
    76 percent of voters are “very concerned” or “somewhat concerned” about climate change.
    68 percent of voters think it is possible to protect the environment and protect jobs.
    72 percent of voters think it is a “bad idea” to cut funding for scientific research on the environment and climate change.
    59 percent of voters say more needs to be done to address climate change.
    84 percent of Americans support requiring background checks for all gun buyers.
    77 percent of gun owners support requiring background checks for all gun buyers.
    57 percent of Americans believe police officers generally treat blacks and other minorities differently than they treat whites.
    60 percent of Americans believe the recent killings of black men by police are part of a broader pattern of how police treat black Americans (compared with 39 percent who believe they are isolated incidents).
    68 percent of Americans—including 48 percent of Republicans—believe the country’s openness to people from around the world “is essential to who we are as a nation.” Just 29 percent say that “if America is too open to people from all over the world, we risk losing our identity as a nation.”
    65 percent of Americans—including 42 percent of Republicans—say immigrants strengthen the country “because of their hard work and talents.” Just 26 percent say immigrants are a burden “because they take our jobs, housing and health care.”
    64 percent of Americans think an increasing number of people from different races, ethnic groups, and nationalities makes the country a better place to live. Only 5 percent say it makes the United States a worse place to live, and 29 percent say it makes no difference.
    76 percent of registered voters—including 69 percent of Republicans—support allowing undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children (Dreamers) to stay in the country. 58 percent think Dreamers should be allowed to stay and become citizens if they meet certain requirements. Another 18 percent think they should be allowed to stay and become legal residents, but not citizens. Only 15 percent think they should be removed or deported from the country.

    (These are all easily found stats that will vary by a few points from study to study and year to year; I attained these from PEW Research).

    1. But 2 trump supporters got elected to Congress 2 days ago. Most people don’t want what the radical left is peddling

  5. 🎶 WHAT JOE’S GOT, LAUGH’N STOCK, HIS THOUGHTS AND SPEECH ARE SCATTERED ! HE CAN’T PULL HIMSELF TOGETHER , HE FORGOT OBAMA’S NAME !! OH YEAH !! WELL JOE YOU , YOU MAKE TRUMPS DREAMS , COME TRUE !! 🎶

  6. There will be no UNITY as long as Pelosi is the Speaker. What she pulled today was ludicrous. Does she think the people of the US are stupid and we can’t see CORRUPTION when its been shoved down our throats for the past 3 years.?? NOW, with her failure and lack of leadership in todays vote, its plain as day that the fix is in. Pelosi is just as corrupt as Trump . Its looking more and more like she wants the GOP to win in 2020. How else will the people get revenge against the DNC except by throwing a RED WAVE in 2020.

  7. Castro’s memory must have failed him that he signed the Indivisible Unity/Civility Pledge. Maybe he’s getting old.

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