During MSNBC’s Monday broadcast of “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews expressed displeasure over the fact that Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie recently referred to radical Islamic terrorists as “animals,” rather than “bad people.”
Matthews — speaking to Mother Jones’ David Corn — claimed that “Republicans now say it’s OK to hate Muslims,” reports News Busters.
“I mean, when you hear carpet bombing, there’s no way to hear that from Cruz without knowing a lot of regular people that just happen to live in those geographical areas will die because you’re carpet bombing. You’re not going after the bad guys. You’re killing everybody that’s there.” (RELATED: CNN Military Analyst: Carpet Bombing ISIS Would Violate Laws Of War)
“And also, ‘animals,'” Matthews exclaimed. “I mean, call them what they are, bad people. But what’s this ‘animal’ thing that Christie’s throwing around?”