Matthews Mentions Trump Alongside Saddam; ‘Not All Bad Guys’ Have ‘an Escape Route’

Matthews Mentions Trump Alongside Saddam; ‘Not All Bad Guys’ Have ‘An Escape Route’ (NewsBusters) 

While not a direct comparison, MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews invoked President Trump alongside murderous Iraqi dictator and executed war criminal Saddam Hussein, wondering to former Obama-era U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance if the President “has an escape route” concerning possible legal perils as a result of the Mueller probe.

And at the end of the show, Matthews used his “Trump Watch” commentary to invoke the Mueller probe coming after the President in the same breath as “an old saying that nothing concentrates the mind like that thought of an imminent hanging, when you face a tragic reckoning, drastic alternatives come quickly to mind.”