Matthews is “not sure” that Cruz and Rubio should be referred to as Hispanic? Does that mean that he’s not sure that these two 2016 GOP presidential candidates—both of whom are on the upswing at the moment—really are Hispanic?

I’m not sure who died and made the MSNBC host the sacred arbitrator of who’s authentically Hispanic and who isn’t.

But I am sure that Matthews was way out of line, and that he should apologize to both Cruz and Rubio. For one thing, the former was born in Canada, the latter in the United States. Neither comes “from Cuba.”

I’m also fairly sure that you’d be hearing more Latinos say so — including the Washington-based advocacy groups — if these two candidates were Democrats, and the flub had come from a host at Fox News.