Joe Reacts To Chris Matthews Retirement | Morning Joe | MSNBC

Of all the television personalities I have met as a viewer, Chris is the most human and I say that as one of the highest compliments you can give anyone. I'm sorry, I think you understood and I think he understood you and everything. None of us will miss him, what a touching night it was last night and when Steve Kornacki called Chris Matthews the most human television personality he had ever met, Steve of course said that was his biggest compliment and it should have been because you know Chris didn't. Don't mince his words, he was a man without cunning, you knew what Chris believed and why he believed it.

He was a former Capitol Hill police officer who always wore his heart on his sleeve and, over the years, occasionally received advice about his favorite guys. guy in trouble, but you know what also made Chris Matthews a beloved figure and made his hardball show a political institution that I think more than any other show over the last quarter century defined our all-too-human political times, yeah, I suppose so, but those of us who continue to play or report on harsh politics could stand a little more of this humanity these days, even if it sometimes reveals our flaws, exposes our weaknesses and yes, even shows our blind spots .

Chris gave us that every night and that's why we were cleaning. tears from our eyes last night and why we are going to miss him terribly tonight and every night when 7 o'clock rolls around, thank you Chris for everything you have done and Steve Kornacki on the big board, thank you for what you said about Chris. I didn't appreciate that show last night and in your words, I think you just clarified what I was trying to say with Chris. That's the word. I was just trying to think of what to say on the air and there's this concern that it just kept coming back to me again and again, human, human and a human in terms of the relationship that he had with his audience and that's what I always saw.

I think you all saw it too whenever he was around groups of people. You know, public settings and a lot of people, myself included, can be a little standoffish and you see something completely opposite with Chris, he loved people and they loved him and I saw that relationship up close and personal, always It called my attention. I was impressed and I think he's human and one of the good ones, you know, yeah, you know, it hasn't even been 12 hours since his resignation and I'm still processing what happened, reading a lot, but it saddens me that the passion and joy of Chris were contagious. as we've all said and it was backed by a political instinct that has no comparison in our world and you can't imitate that you can't replace that you can't replace that and he shared it with us every night and as a woman, I just want to say this.

I loved working with Chris Matthews. I really enjoyed being his colleague and I really understand the important changes around this so-called cancel culture. Are important. They are difficult. They are painful. In many cases they are necessary. However, at this point I'm wondering if as we move forward and look at this and what happened here, there might be a better way for all of us in the future where we work through this and get to a better place but for now I'll just say that I will miss him every night at 7:00 p.m. but I'm still your friend, thank you for visiting MSNBC on YouTube and make sure to subscribe to stay up to date on the biggest stories of the day and you can click on any of the videos around us to see more than four Morning Joe and MSNBC, thank you. a lot to look at