oh, I didn’t realize that Matthews came out of PA.... I live in PA and I never hear of him in this context.... I think any ties he may have had must be in the distant past?
Matthews was born and raised in Philly and attended Lasalle HS there. He then went to college at Holy Cross in Massachusetts.
Matthews has a brother who’s still in Phila area, and is purportedly a conservative Republican and at one time had considered running for Congress under the GOP banner (long time ago).