On Friday’s episode of the ABC talk show “The View,” Meghan McCain blasted CNN host Chris Cuomo as she and her cohosts discussed the revelation that he was advising his brother Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) about his sexual misconduct allegations.
McCain Sounds Off
“Well, I just think it’s hypocritical…We’re all in positions where we work in media and politics,” McCain said. “We have to talk about people that we love. Quite frankly, if my dad had been accused of sexual assault, I would be talking about it on ‘The View.'”
“I’m not a snowflake. I’m not Chris Cuomo,” she added. “I do love my family and my dad. There’s no crying in baseball. This is the job we signed up for. If you can’t hack it, do something else. During the height of Cuomo mania, he was having his brother on every night.”
“He was making jokes with prop comedy as older people in nursing homes and people with disabilities were having COVID positive patients in there and dying, including my own friend Janice Dean’s mother and father-in-law,” McCain said.
McCain Doubles Down
“I think Chris Cuomo is a macabre ghoul. On top of everything else, he us accused of sexually assaulting numerous women, and nobody seems to care,” she continued. “He’s keeping his job forever.”
“I just think CNN can’t have it both ways,” McCain said. “You can’t spend hours and hours a day criticizing Fox and Fox News contributors’ and hosts’ relationship with the Trump White House and at the same time give him which is a very, very slight slap on the wrist.”
“But I think Chris Cuomo is a sanctimonious tool. I think the fact he’s acting like it’s just too precious to talk about his brother, I too have family in politics,” she concluded. “It’s tough. I would talk about them on air, and I have when it’s hard. Grow up.”
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McCain then clarified, “It was Andrew Cuomo that was accused of sexual assault, not Chris Cuomo, the TV host and the brother.”
This came after Cuomo apologized to his viewers the night before and admitted that he’d put CNN in a difficult position with his actions.
CHRIS CUOMO APOLOGIZES FOR ADVISING BROTHER: The CNN anchor responded to calls for the network to take action after he took part in strategy meetings about allegations against his brother New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo — the co-hosts weigh in. https://t.co/f8u2wbJuik pic.twitter.com/Udggl3zWfw
— The View (@TheView) May 21, 2021
This piece was written by James Samson on May 22, 2021. It originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission.
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