Cuomo Thanks Hannity, Maddow For Their Defense Over Heckler Incident

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 18: Chris Cuomo visits SiriusXM Studios on June 18, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Santiago Felipe/Getty Images)
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CNN host Chris Cuomo returned from vacation on Monday evening and thanked his prime time competitors — Fox News’ Sean Hannity and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow — for coming to his defense over his reaction to being insulted by a heckler.

“Alright, no secret how I spent one particular afternoon on vacation. And there is nothing to add, except to say thank you. Thank you to all who reached out in person, who sent messages,” he said. “I appreciate it. That includes Mr. Hannity and Ms. Maddow. They acted as colleagues, not competitors, and I won’t forget it. The key is for us to all be better, and that starts with me.”

Cuomo was criticized earlier this month after he was secretly filmed threatening a heckler who called him “Fredo,” a term Cuomo said was comparable to the n-word for Italians.

“I’ll fuckin’ ruin your shit,” Cuomo was recorded saying. “I’ll fucking throw you down these stairs.”

When the video surfaced Hannity rushed to Cuomo’s defense, saying the CNN host was just defending himself when the heckler was being a “jackass in front of his family.” Meanwhile, President Trump and his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., seized on the incident, with Trump going as far as to say that Cuomo wouldn’t pass red flag laws that prevent people convicted of violent crimes or who are diagnosed with severe mental illnesses from getting access to a weapons.

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  1. This one may actually not be worth commenting on.

  2. Actually there is one comment of note; namely that Trump in this instance is a bigger a-hole than Sean Hannity which would make Trump the biggest a-hole on the planet. I do not know if this is just an instance where Hannity has empathy toward someone in his line of work or Trump really is the biggest a-hole on the planet.

  3. Of course. These TV pundits are all richer than Croesus, and as such are in the same club. It only helps them get richer to speak up for each other.

  4. I’m surprised he didn’t have KellyAnne Conway on to offer a ridiculously opposite view on why Hannity & Rachel shouldn’t be thanked.

    Let’s get at it !

  5. Avatar for pine pine says:

    "saying the CNN host was just defending himself when the heckler was being a “jackass in front of his family.”

    Not really a hard call.

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