MSNBC’s Chris Matthews Claims to Live in ‘Black Majority’ DC, But Actually Lives in MD Suburbs
Jeff Poor, Daily Caller, August 30, 2012
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During Tuesday night’s coverage, [MSNBC host Chris] Matthews made the case that he is well-positioned to judge racial issues because of where he lives, after having repeatedly insinuated that Republican figures are racist.
“I go back to living in D.C. all these years. I’ve lived there 40 years, a black-majority city, and anybody who wants to get up early in Washington and drive down North Capitol and drive past Florida Ave., sees nothing but young, but black people up at 6:30 in the morning going to work,” Matthews said. “That’s where they’re going, to work, and not at big-wage jobs and not to get a welfare check, they’re out working hard all day and not coming home with a fantastic paycheck. So this notion of blacks live on welfare and whites live on work is a brilliant political ploy, but it’s not true, Rachel [Maddow]. And you know it. I know it.”
That’s not exactly true. Matthews doesn’t live in the District of Columbia but instead lives in Chevy Chase, MD, an affluent suburb of Washington, D.C.
“Media profiles of Matthews (Washington Post, NY Times) and his wife, former TV reporter and Marriott flack Kathleen (Politico) have reported that the Matthews reside in Chevy Chase, an affluent Maryland suburb,” Coleman wrote.
