美国犹太进步活动家团体“现在不要”呼吁MSNBC东道主克里斯·马修斯为将伯尼·桑德斯参议员在内华达州的会议胜利与1940年纳粹入侵法国相提并论而道歉。
随着内华达州党团会议的结果在周六晚上开始滚动，马修斯，主持人硬式棒球他批评桑德斯的早期领先优势，声称共和党人将放弃对这位进步候选人的反对研究，如果他赢得2020年民主党提名，这将“杀死他”。
然后，他将这位参议员不可避免的胜利与希特勒入侵法国相提并论:“我昨晚读到了1940年夏天法国的陷落，雷诺将军打电话给丘吉尔，说‘一切都结束了’丘吉尔说，“这怎么可能呢？你拥有欧洲最强大的军队。怎么会结束呢？他说，‘结束了。"
桑德斯以47%的选票赢得了党团会议关联主席巩固他在民主党领域的领先地位。
“这是几周以来，第二次有MSNBC评论员在谈论@贝妮斯·安德斯(BernieSanders)时使用纳粹的比喻。贝妮斯是一名犹太候选人，他的家人在大屠杀中被杀害，”周六，在马修发表上述言论后，“我不是现在”在推特上发帖。“我们要求‘哈德鲍尔克里斯’道歉——我们仍在等待‘恰克托德’的道歉。”
新闻周刊联系了国际新闻网和美国国家广播公司征求意见，但是没有及时收到发表的回复。
马修斯的言论很快在网上引起了强烈反响，人权组织、记者和参议员的支持者指出，桑德斯是犹太人，在大屠杀中失去了家人。
“克里斯·马修斯在很多场合都对我很慷慨，甚至还冲我的书冲口而出。然而，他不断提到政治暴力和今天的纳粹主义来描述伯尼·桑德斯的竞选活动是苍白无力的。电影制作人阿伦·乔德里写道:“哈里·鲍尔克里斯必须辞职，否则就被MSNBC解雇。”。
记者沃克·布拉克曼补充道:“哈德鲍尔斯只是在国家电视台上将伯尼·桑德斯和他的运动比作希特勒和纳粹。”。“桑德斯是犹太人，在大屠杀中失去了家人，他有望成为美国第一位犹太总统。够了。马修斯不应该上电视。”
马修斯的评论并不是MSNBC主持人本月第一次因有关桑德斯竞选的言论而引发反弹。在新罕布什尔州初选前的一段时间里，主持人查克·托德引用了一篇专栏文章，称桑德斯的支持者是一个“数字棕衫旅”，这引起了推特的关注
在他之后引用一篇文章保守的出路堡垒将桑德斯的支持者比作纳粹准军事组织，标签#FireChuckTodd开始在推特上流行，一些候选人的支持者称这一部分“站不住脚”
JEWISH GROUP DEMANDS MSNBC'S CHRIS MATTHEWS APOLOGIZE FOR COMPARING BERNIE SANDERS' VICTORY TO NAZI INVASION
Chris Matthews of MSNBC waits to go on the air inside the spin room at Bally's Las Vegas Hotel & Casino after the Democratic presidential primary debate on February 19, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
IfNotNow, an American Jewish progressive activist group, called on MSNBC host Chris Matthews to apologize for comparing Senator Bernie Sanders' Nevada caucuses victory to the Nazi invasion of France in 1940.
As Nevada caucuses results began rolling in on Saturday night, Matthews, the host of Hardball, criticized Sanders' early lead, claiming that Republicans would drop opposition research on the progressive candidate that would "kill him" if he won the 2020 Democratic nomination.
He then compared the senator's inevitable win to Hitler's invasion of France: "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.' 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.'"
Sanders won the caucuses with 47 percent of the vote, reported The Associated Press, solidifying his front-runner status in the Democratic field.
"The second time in as many weeks that an MSNBC commentator has used Nazi comparisons when talking about @BernieSanders, a Jewish candidate with family that was murdered in the Holocaust," IfNotNow tweeted on Saturday, following Matthew's remarks. "We demand an apology from @HardballChris—and we're still waiting for @chucktodd's apology."
Newsweek reached out to IfNotNow and NBC for comment, but did not receive a response in time for publication.
Matthews' remarks quickly drew considerable backlash online, with rights groups, journalists and supporters of the senator pointing out that Sanders, who is Jewish, lost family members during the Holocaust.
"Chris Mathews has been generous to me on a number of occasions, even blurbing my book. However, his constant references to political violence and today Nazism to describe Bernie Sanders campaign is beyond the pale. @HardballChris must resign or be fired from@MSNBC," filmmaker Arun Chaudhary wrote.
"@HardballChris just compared Bernie Sanders and his movement to Hitler and the Nazis on national television," journalist Walker Bragman added. "Sanders, who is Jewish and lost family in the Holocaust, is on track to be the nation's first Jewish president. Enough with this. Matthews should not be on the air."
Matthews' comments were not the first time an MSNBC host sparked backlash this month over remarks said about the Sanders campaign. During a segment ahead of the New Hampshire primary, anchor Chuck Todd drew Twitter fire for quoting a column that described Sanders' supporters as a "digital brownshirt brigade."
After he quoted an article by conservative outlet The Bulwark comparing Sanders' supporters to Nazi paramilitaries, the hashtag #FireChuckTodd began trending on Twitter, with some supporters of the candidate calling the segment "indefensible."
