Chris Matthews compared Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s White House appointments to the nepotistic practices of Russia’s Romanov family on MSNBC Tuesday night.
“You know, history shows that nepotism doesn’t work,” Matthews waxed. “It works for the sovereign, as I said last night, but it doesn’t work for the people.”
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“Over time, no matter how many doors this guy smashes through, that has been the practice.”
“Now, there have been exceptions like Bobby Kennedy who spent three years while he ran his brother’s presidential campaign, his senate campaign,” the MSNBC host continued. “He was chief council to the rackets investigating committee for three years. He knew what he was doing in Washington politics.”
“She’s a newbie. Her husband is a son-in-law. It is like the Romanovs,” Matthews stated, drawing raised eyebrows and a shake of the head from MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle. “He is. He is distributing the wealth among his family members power.”
“It’s an unusual, un-American thing to be doing.”