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MSNBC's Chris Matthews: Bernie Wouldn't Help You After A Car Accident, But Biden Would

Bernie Sanders supporters have a multitude of criticisms of cable news shows, ranging from them being the supposed gatekeepers of the establishment to the networks being in cahoots with the corporate interests that fund their shows, hence the apprehension to actual progressive politics and the likelihood of both a higher tax bill and losing of their stranglehold on American politics.

Chris Matthews, host of 'Hardball' on MSNBC is one of the premier anti-Sanders pundits on what is considered the premier anti-Sanders news network. Matthews has previously asked Joe Biden surrogate John Kerry "how big of a threat would Bernie Sanders be to the country?"

However, Matthews has well and truly outdone himself now. While Matthews was on another MSNBC show, Morning Joe, he proposed the ridiculous question of which Democratic Primary candidate would get out of their car and help you should you be involved in a car accident.

Matthews stated: "It's sort of like the question pollsters ask, 'who cares about people like you', my question is a little bit more direct than that. Suppose you're lying on a road hurt, maybe you've had something happen to you, you fainted or something else happened, which of the candidates would stop their car and get out and help you? Which of them? Ask yourself that question and you've got your candidate, I think, because I'm not sure on all of them. I think Biden wins that one pretty easily, I think Elizabeth [Warren] maybe, I don't think Bernie wins it, do you honestly think Bernie would stop and help you?"

In steps Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough to state that he thinks Bernie would help, to which Matthews snickers, claims that Scarborough was "covering for himself" and laughs to himself.


What Chris Matthews doesn't understand is that there is real world empirical data that debunks his ludicrous thought experiment. Some pollsters, when asking for people's preferred choice in the Democratic Primary, also ask questions like the one Matthews mentioned - Who cares the most about you?

What are the responses to that question? Let's look at the most recent CNN poll in which Sanders surprised everybody when it was announced that he was leading by 3%. When people were asked which candidate best understands the problems facing people like you, Sanders won resoundingly, 29% to Biden's 18%. Sanders also wins when people are asked who agrees with you most on the issues that matter most to you? Sanders wins again, 30% to Biden's 20%.

Matthews is also seemingly unaware of what happened to Sanders in 2018. Sanders stopped and helped a woman who was stuck in oncoming traffic after she was enamored with seeing him. Wheelchair user Amy Currotto said that she was in awe of seeing Sanders and completely froze while in the middle of oncoming traffic. Sanders shouted to Currotto: "Ma'am! Ma'am! Ma'am, you've got to get off the street! You've got to get off the street!" She claimed that she was in "complete awe" while Sanders attempted to get her to safety. Sanders then took a photo and spoke to Curotto, before he ran to the Senate building after noticing that a crowd had started to form to see him. Curotto had planned to ask Sanders if he was planning on running for President again in 2020, which we now know he is.

To be completely honest, I personally think any one of the Democratic candidates would stop to help someone in distress. I truly don't see this as a partisan issue and believe that all of them would help because they're just fine, normal people who I happen to disagree with on policy. Then again, I'm not a extremely wealthy hack news host who has to say stupid things such as this in order to defend my class interests.
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