Chris Matthews, to Washington Post reporter Robert Costa, on MSNBC late Thursday night, January 14, after FBN’s Republican debate:
“Why are these straight reporters out there all taking Cruz’s side on his right to run? Is it just they want a bigger number of candidates? I mean, because if you look at the Constitution and the normal original intent of the Republican side and the conservatives – I mean, for example, if Cruz were voting for who gets on the Supreme Court he’d be voting for only somebody, only someone who is a literal interpreter of the Constitution who literally would go by point, what did they mean by that back in the late 18th century? And what did they mean when they said ‘natural born?’ He wouldn’t be talking about liberalizing it.
“So why are they getting away with this two-faced Cruz attitude where I can be liberal in my attitude to the Constitution when it’s convenient to me personally, politically. How do they get away with that?”
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