We look back on some of the thrilling highlights of MSNBC host Chris Matthews, who stepped down as the host of Hardball Monday after a career dominated by shouting, Obama-loving, and hawk-denouncing. 
Longtime MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews, who once included Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a list of "bad guys" along with Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announced his "retirement" from the network on Monday. 
MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews on Friday confused Sen. Tim Scott (R., S.C.) with Jaime Harrison, a Democrat running to challenge Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) for his Senate seat. 
MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews on Tuesday scolded the Democratic presidential field for attempting to pander to Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I., Vt.) supporters instead of attacking his “self-declared socialism” and challenging his ability to pass Medicare for All. 
MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews called out Joe Biden's senior campaign adviser Symone Sanders for the former vice president's avoidance of Sunday news interviews. 
MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews compared Republican lawmakers applauding President Donald Trump’s State of the Union to North Koreans praising their dictator.
MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews on Wednesday gushed over Sen. Mitt Romney's (R., Utah) floor speech about voting to remove President Donald Trump from office.
As establishment Democrats grow wary of a Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) nomination, MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews raised the possibility of Rep. Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) emerging as the Democratic nominee during a contested convention. 
MSNBC host Chris Matthews said Israel's longtime prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was one of the world's "bad guys," lumping him in with brutal dictators such as Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Recep Erdoğan. 
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) on Wednesday couldn't name any of her Republican Senate colleagues that she believed had character. 