For the second night in a row, MSNBC's Chris Matthews gratuitously attacked Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus as someone who is almost singlemindedly devoted to disenfranchising black voters.
Matthews made the remarks in the midst of a panel discussion about how Republicans like Priebus had glommed onto a report of a Obama administration official calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "chickenshit" in order to make political hay of the controversy.
Here are the relevant transcript and video:
ANDREA MITCHELL: Netanyahu has told people in his cabinet that he's written off Barack Obama. You saw Reince Priebus and others [like Speaker] John Boehner denouncing what was in Jeff Goldberg's piece, which was, as I say, not denied by anyone at the White House.
CHRIS MATTHEWS: You mean the courageous Reince Priebus.
MITCHELL: No, no, lookl--
MATTHEWS: The guy who spends most of his time repressing the black vote. Anyway, that's what he does.
MITCHELL: --I'm just saying that the Republicans see, the Republicans see a campaign issue here.
MATTHEWS: Of course they do! It's an excellent opportunity. He put his chin out.
