Chris Matthews Accuses Republicans of Playing the Race Card, Causes MSNBC to Squirm By Daniel Halper August 27, 2012 2:10 pm FacebookTwitterEmailPrint Add Washington Examiner on Google FacebookTwitterEmailPrint On TV this morning, Chris Matthews accused RNC chairman Reince Priebus and Republicans of playing the race card, causing clear discomfort on the set of MSNBC’s Morning Joe: TagsBlogRaceTWS Archive Related Content Foreign Policy Rubio insists US would be running Venezuelan ‘policy,’ says he’s ‘very involved’ Senate Cotton says US military presence in Venezuela ‘always an option’ after Maduro ouster World Venezuelan government reasserts control over Caracas after Maduro arrest Foreign Policy Pence applauds Trump’s ‘decisive leadership’ against Maduro: ‘Libertad will be restored’ White House After one year, Trump is on his way to ‘out-progressive-ing’ Biden on the economy