Former MSNBC host Chris Matthews appeared on his old network on Thursday, warning that Democratic elites calling for Biden to step down will face ‘payback.’
Matthews emphasized that Biden continues to have the support of minorities and union members, and he predicted that other Democrats will ultimately rally behind him in the fall.
He specifically called out Obama for his apparent betrayal of Biden.
“He is a politician who’s been good at it. He’s been reelected every time since then in Delaware with pretty healthy majorities. And life. He lost his wife and he lost his daughter and he found Jill. Now, who’s going to listen to Jill or George Clooney? I’m telling you, it’s personal,” Matthews said.
“He’s had the elite and it’s so true about the elite. He is absolutely right about the elite. Look at President Obama. He served for eight years loyally. And yet Obama backed Hillary Clinton for president and didn’t back him. But I hear he never even invited him upstairs. He had a good reason to be resentful, but he isn’t. He puts up with it, with the elite,” he continued.
“But right now he’s got the poor people. He’s got minorities. He’s got Hispanics. He’s going to put out the labor. He’s going to hold that base of the Democratic Party, which he will need in November.”
“And I’m telling you, people are going to end up rooting for him in October because he will have a comeback. And in this elite-fashioned attack on him, they’re going to pay for it. But in the end, they’re going to end up voting for him,” he added.
“So I think Biden will be the little guy. He’ll be the Democrat in this race, the true Democrat. And he’s going to get people to turn for him in October. It’s going to be stunning. He is not quitting. He is not built to quit,” Matthews concluded.
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Chris Matthews warns there will be "payback" for Biden critics: "I'm telling you, people are going to end up rooting for him in October because he will have a comeback. And in this elite-fashioned attack on him, they're going to pay for it." pic.twitter.com/pLSpwTwsfR
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