Sean Hannity Comes Rushing To The Defense of CNN’s Foul-Mouth Chris Cuomo

By Judi McLeod —— Bio and Archives August 13, 2019

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What gives with “Tick Tock”, “Tick-Tock”-teasing Fox News host Sean Hannity? Last week, he boosted the profile of 2020 presidential candidate, Commie-loving New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, who got to trot out his lib-left agenda, mostly uninterrupted, for one full-hour on prime time TV. You really weren’t having a nightmare … “that really was de Blasio pontificating at length about his radical plans for America and it really was Sean Hannity—not just providing him leeway but even joking with him.” (Canada Free Press, Aug 8, 2019)

“Hard to believe but true, Fox News gave Hiz Honor de Blasio better coverage than CNN or MSNBC.”

Hannity ended his jocular interview with de Blasio with this message for Democratic presidential primary contenders: “By the way, I have a message for all you 2020 candidates,” he said. “It wasn’t that bad. Come on the program, we will give you a fair shake and you can reach more people than any other show on cable.” Looks like he meant it: Today Hannity came rushing out of the bullpen in defense of CNN’s Chris Cuomo, though not a 2020 candidate, one of their biggest supporters. “Fox News’s Sean Hannity came to Chris Cuomo’s defense after video shows the CNN host threatening a Trump supporter who referred to him as “Fredo”—a character in The Godfather known as the dumb brother.(TownHall, Aug. 13, 2019)

“The footage shows Cuomo becoming enraged, claiming using the word is an insult to Italians and akin to the n-word. "Eventually, he threatens to throw the man down the stairs.

“The YouTube video claims to be "Footage sent in by a [That's The Point with Brandon] fan," and goes on to explain that "a fan of news went to ask Chris Cuomo for a photo, mind you the man who asked him DID NOT know his real name and knows of him only through The RUSH LIMBUAGH SHOW [sic] and on that show Rush repeatedly calls him 'FREDO' so the man legitimately thought his name was FREDO. At this point CHRIS CUOMO LOSES IT AND THREATENS THE MAN WITH VIOLENCE!” (Washington Examiner, Aug 12, 2019)

"Punk-# b--ches on the right call me Fredo," Cuomo says, and goes on to explain why he finds that name offensive. "Fredo was from The Godfather," Cuomo said. "He was a weak brother. And they use it as an Italian aspersion. Are any of you Italian? Are you Italian? It's a f--king insult to your people. It's an insult to your f--king people." He then claimed that "Fredo" is the N-word to Italians. "Is that a cool f--king thing?” “The other man in the video then mockingly tells Cuomo that he is "a much more reasonable guy in person than you seem to be on television," to which Cuomo responds, "If you want to play, we'll f--king play.” “After further back-and-forth, Cuomo said, "You're gonna have a f--king problem. It's a little different on TV. Don't f--king insult me like that. You called me Fredo, like I call you 'punk b--ch.'"