On Chris Matthew's show "Hardball" Monday night, host Matthews took exception to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie using the word "animals" to describe Islamic State Terrorists.

Instead, Matthews prefers ISIS terrorists be called "bad guys."

The Washington Free Beacon says, "The Hardball host scoffed at Christie’s statement without explaining why he was so offended at calling jihadists who post films of mass beheadings inhuman. He suggested that we use the term “bad guys” to describe those who are responsible for the death of thousands of innocent people."

“And also, animals! I mean, call them what they are, bad people. But what’s this animal thing that Christie’s throwing around?” Matthews said.

Matthews also said that the GOP was condoning hatred towards Muslims.

“Republicans now say it’s OK to hate Muslims. I mean, when you hear carpet bombing, there’s no way to hear that from [Sen. Ted] Cruz without knowing a lot of regular people that just happen to live in those geographical areas will die because you’re carpet bombing,” Matthews said. “You’re not going after the bad guys, you’re killing everybody that’s there.”