On Thursday night’s episode of “Hardball,” Chris Matthews insinuated that President Trump may be better off to “execute” his son-in-law Jared Kushner.

In response to allegations that Kushner may have wanted secret communication with Moscow, Matthews said,”you know, one good thing that Mussolini did was execute his son-in-law. I know that was an extreme measure. But this is a strange situation.”

Watch the clip above to see his panel’s awkward reactions.