On Monday, former CNN host Chris Cuomo revealed that he had called former President Donald Trump after the second assassination attempt to apologize for the media’s response.
Trump faced his second assassination attempt in just two months on Sunday when a deranged supporter of Kamala Harris pointed a rifle through a fence at the Trump International Golf Course West Palm Beach, where the former president was golfing. The would-be assassin, Ryan Routh, was reportedly hiding at the golf course for nearly 12 hours — which is especially concerning considering the fact that Trump’s decision to golf was a sudden change of plans and not public knowledge.
In response to the second assassination attempt, the mainstream media and the Democrats doubled down on their demonization of Trump, even blaming him for his own near-assassination — even though this demonization is likely what radicalized both of Trump’s would-be assassins to commit their crimes.
Cuomo discussed the phone call during his primetime show on NewsNation, telling viewers that he had reached out to the former president to express his sympathy for what he is going through, and to denounce the “unacceptable” reaction from the media.
“The reaction is unacceptable,” he said. “Media and political players have gotten away with playing down what should be a cause for panic.”
Cuomo went on to point out the hypocrisy of the left’s attempts to downplay the attempted assassination, questioning whether they would have had the same reaction if one of their family members or a politician they support had faced similar attacks.
“‘Oh but the guy didn’t even shoot.’ What if it was your father? Or what if it was Kamala Harris or President Biden, God forbid?” he asked. “Do you think that it would be almost a shoulder shrug and more talk about the Secret Service and allocation of funds than just how crazy it is that this is what’s happening in our country?”
Cuomo also called out Biden and Harris specifically, condemning the “fake concern by our sitting president and almost nothing from the Democrat who wants to lead us.”
He then discussed his phone call with the Republican nominee, stating: “I called former President Trump. I didn’t ask him any questions. I didn’t go after him about his role. I just want to know how his family’s taking this.”
“I wanted to just say, listen, I’m really sorry that this is going on and it’s being dealt with this way,” Cuomo added. “Not because I’m in favor of his politics or what he says. I criticize him all the time. That’s my job, and he deserves it. But he doesn’t deserve this, a guy pointing an AK-47 at him while he’s playing golf? And we take solace in the fact that the guy didn’t get any rounds off? That does not work for me. If I had been through what that guy has been through in the last two months you would not know where I am. You would never see me on TV again. No way I would do that. I don’t know how he does it. He’s got kids that are adults, but he’s got grandkids. He’s got a wife.”
Cuomo also highlighted Democrats recent mockery of Trump’s wife, Melania, for daring to express concern about the plots against her husband. This mockery is especially deplorable considering the fact that she expressed worry about another assassination attempt against her husband just days before her fears came true. One of the members of the media who mocked Melania was Cuomo’s former colleague, disgraced former CNN host Don Lemon.
Don Lemon mocks Melania Trump describing her distress over the attempted ass*ss*nation of her husband. Sick. pic.twitter.com/4LGbBeKomN
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) September 11, 2024
“I don’t think she’s right, but I totally get why she feels that way, and people mock her?” Cuomo said of Melania.
He went on to argue that the rhetoric about both presidential candidates is overblown, pointing out that Trump is not a “despot in waiting” and claiming that Harris is “not a communist.”
“You can think what you want about Trump,” Cuomo said. “He does not have many more full-throated critics of what he says and does than me, okay? And yet I called him today because I am ashamed of how we are responding and not responding to the threats on him. And I feel for his family.”
“We are playing a dangerous game with ourselves, and we’re doing it for petty stakes,” Cuomo said.
We all know what is wrong with our politics and us as a people. How do we get to a better place? I don't know what sets us right but I know damn well what is wrong. Thoughts? pic.twitter.com/YOjMk9A5MW
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) September 17, 2024
