Chris Matthews Asks Sanders Supporter If She Knows Who Will Pay for His Free College Tuition ‘for Everybody’ Idea. Watch Her Stunning Answer.

In an interview with liberal politician Barbara Lawton — a former Wisconsin lieutenant governor and staunch supporter of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders — MSNBC host Chris Matthews wouldn't let her off the hook.

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After getting what appeared to be political talking points over why she supports Sanders, Matthews shifted to the candidate's free college tuition proposal.

“He’s talking about free tuition at the University of Wisconsin, wherever the campus is," Matthews said Tuesday. "Free for everybody, free at University of Michigan, free Berkeley, free Penn State, free for every state university, and I keep asking myself, 'Where is all that enormous amount of money coming from?' And do you think he has a way of getting that money?”

“Of course he does,” Lawton replied. But after she continued further, Matthews apparently wasn't satisfied.

“You say ‘we,’ but who is going to pay for it, who?” Matthews asked.

"The people of the United States," Lawton answered before Matthews interrupted and continued to dig. But Lawton's reference to "when everyone is paying their fair share of taxes, and when we set the priorities as a nation ..." wasn't sitting right with the host.

“So you don’t know where it’s coming from?” Matthews pushed.

With that Lawton admitted, “I don’t have to right at this moment, actually.”

While Lawton later noted Sanders had spoken of tapping into the financial industry for funding, Matthews seemed skeptical: "There's no such thing as a free lunch. Somebody pays. And I think we ought to know who it is, okay?”

(H/T: Young Conservatives)