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NewsNation host Chris Cuomo didn’t hold back in a fiery takedown of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), accusing her of steering the Democratic Party toward collapse with her far-left politics and social media grandstanding.
During a recent segment, Cuomo, the former CNN host and brother of ex-New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, criticized Ocasio-Cortez for suggesting that former President Donald Trump should be impeached over his strike on Iran’s nuclear weapons facilities. To Cuomo, the comment wasn’t just misguided — it symbolized everything that’s going wrong with the Democratic Party.
“How do you keep them from having the nuke? ‘Impeach Trump’ is the opposite of having a better idea,” Cuomo said. “You’re killing your party.”
He went further, suggesting that Ocasio-Cortez and those aligned with her are driving a wedge within the Democratic coalition: “I hope it works out for you. I hope you guys splinter off and become, you know, whatever you really are. Because you’re not a capitalist and you’re not a Democrat.”
Cuomo invoked his political roots, noting the legacy of his father, the late Mario Cuomo, a revered former New York governor. “I was raised by a real one,” he said, daring critics to come for his family. “Go ahead and criticize Mario Cuomo. What’s going to be your biggest insult? That he spawned me and Andrew?”
He didn’t stop there. In a passionate tirade, Cuomo contrasted Ocasio-Cortez’s approach to leadership with that of his father, claiming she falls short in every category — from intelligence to charisma to electability.
“You ain’t shit compared to him,” Cuomo said bluntly. “Not in terms of intelligence, not in terms of success, not in terms of pedigree, not in terms of philosophy, not in terms of mission, not in terms of eloquence, not in terms of charisma, not in terms of anything.”
According to Cuomo, AOC’s brand of politics is more about performance than substance. He accused her of catering to her social media following while ignoring the broader needs of the party and the country.
“You are killing your party because you are not a real one,” he concluded. “You’re doing what’s good for you in a vacuum with your little social media following, no different than a pod bro. Democrats better wake the f**k up and realize that you’re better than this. Be with the 80, not the 20.”
The explosive remarks have already sparked intense debate within Democratic circles, highlighting the deepening rift between the party’s traditional base and its rising progressive wing.
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