‘Free Beacon’ Montage: 31 Times Matthews Compared Ted Cruz to Joe McCarthy

31 Times Chris Matthews Compared Ted Cruz to Joe McCarthy (Washington Free Beacon)

MSNBC host Chris Matthews is incredibly proud of his negative comparison of Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) to former Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R., Wis.), who rose to prominence in the 1950s for his staunch anti-Communism and controversial methods of political attacks.

So much so that Matthews has made that direct attack at least 31 times on his MSNBC program, Hardball.

It’s the place for politics–or more accurately, the place for Matthews to flip out about Cruz whenever he does something like say Chuck Hagel would make a poor Defense Secretary (McCarthyism!), opposing executive order amnesty (McCarthyism!) or questioning President Obama’s allegiance to Israel (McCarthyism!).