Matthews Compares Ted Cruz to Joe McCarthy on Day Cruz Announces Candidacy

‘He is out there channeling McCarthy today’

On Day Cruz Announces for President, Hardball's Matthews Spends Much of Program Blasting Him As Latter-Day 'McCarthy' (NewsBusters)

Chris Matthews was back at the helm of Hardball today after a week's vacation, and, fortuitously for him, the very same day his bête noire, Ted Cruz, announced for president before a supportive crowd at Liberty University. From start to finish, Matthews did not disappoint his audience, spewing out hateful invective about the junior senator from Texas, rehashing his tired talking points comparing Cruz to Joe McCarthy.

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