Outrage after MSNBC host compares Bernie Sanders’ Nevada win to Nazi invasion

US TV network MSNBC is under pressure to fire host Chris Matthews after he compared Bernie Sander’s Nevada caucus win to Nazi Germany’s invasion of France.

By Bethan Smoleniec
Feb. 23, 2020

Senator Bernie Sanders on Saturday earned a decisive victory Saturday in the Nevada caucuses, solidifying his frontrunner status in the race to choose the Democratic nominee who faces President Donald Trump in November’s election.

MSNBC host Chris Matthews compared Mr Sander’s landslide Nevada win to when Nazi soldiers invaded France during World War II, prompting calls on social media for his resignation.

“I was reading last night about the fall of France in the summer of 1940 and the general, Reynaud, calls up Churchill and says, ‘It’s over,’” he said.

“And Churchill says, ‘How can that be? You’ve got the greatest army in Europe. How can it be over?’ He said, ‘It’s over.’”

“So I had that suppressed feeling.”

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