Matthews misquotes Sotomayor to accuse her of using “little person talk” Written by Media Matters Staff Published 07/14/09 6:25 PM EDT From the July 14 edition of MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews: Video file Video Player Media error: Format(s) not supported or source(s) not foundDownload File: https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/video/2009/07/14/msnbc-20090714-littleperson.mp4ShareCopyEmbedCopyShare to facebookShare to twitterShare to email00:0000:0000:00Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Share Sotomayor actually said of her “wise Latina” speech and comments by former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, “I was trying to play on her words. My play fell flat. It was bad” [emphasis added].