MSNBC's Chris Matthews Labels Evangelical Christians "crazy, stupid and uninformed" about the Situation in Israel

MSNBC political commentator Chris Matthews appeared on "Morning Joe" Wednesday and said Evangelical Christians don’t understand the politics of Israel because they have "mythical" beliefs about it.



Matthews connected President Donald Trump’s expected decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital to Roy Moore's Senate campaign in Alabama. He said support for Israel among Evangelicals comes from their "crazy ideas about Israel."



"Don't think this isn't related to Alabama next week. It is related," Matthews said. "Because it’s the Christian Evangelicals down there with their crazy ideas about Israel which is, I don't know, mythical."



"They don't understand the situation over there, how tricky it is ethnically and tribally," he added. "They don't care because it's a religious belief. Trump is playing into that this week; you watch him."



Matthews justified his superior knowledge of the situation in Israel by citing the fact he once lived in Jerusalem, and he expressed support for former President Bill Clinton’s strategy of giving concessions to the Palestinians. He said the only hope for peace is for Palestinians to have hope East Jerusalem can be their capital, and in contrast, he argued moving the embassy to Jerusalem will cause deaths.