Chris Matthews Insists 'Homeland' Is a 'Totalitarian' Word That Wasn't Around When He Was Growing Up

Ken Shepherd | September 8, 2014
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In the midst of discussing the president's handling of the ISIS insurgency in Iraq and Syria on his Monday evening edition of Hardball, MSNBC's Chris Matthews railed against President Obama's use of the term "homeland" to describe America's home soil. But numerous presidents have used the term "homeland" in speeches, including Matthews's former boss, Jimmy Carter.